Hooray! You have added the first book to your bookshelf. Check it out now!
[−]
  • Search Digit-count Valid ISBN Invalid ISBN Valid Barcode Invalid Barcode
Blog this item

The Magicians' Guild

By Trudi Canavan

(112)

| Paperback | 9781841493138

Like The Magicians' Guild?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!

Sign up for free

Book Description

"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician."

This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move Continue

"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician."

This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work -- until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders . . . and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield.

What the Magicians' Guild has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control.

7 Reviews

Login or Sign Up to write a review

  • 1 person find this helpful

    Indeed a first chapter. The author created a complex fascinating world, with a classic story and an unusually female main character. Definetely enjoyable!
    And I have no doubt whether to go on with the trilogy: on my way!!!

    Is this helpful?

    maCmq said on Jan 8, 2012 | Add your feedback

  • Strangely attractive

    I honestly spent absolutely ages trying to get into this book. A friend lent me it. My main problem was Canavan's bizarre names and naming conventions. I like names to make sense and have understandable roots. However, on about my third attempt, I broke the 50 page barrier, got over the naming thing ... (continue)

    I honestly spent absolutely ages trying to get into this book. A friend lent me it. My main problem was Canavan's bizarre names and naming conventions. I like names to make sense and have understandable roots. However, on about my third attempt, I broke the 50 page barrier, got over the naming thing and read this and the two sequels in a week. Well worth a read.

    Is this helpful?

    Victrix said on Dec 24, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • I thoroughly enjoyed this triology, and this first book in which the characters are introduced is my favourite of the three. The story is enjoyable and interesting in itself, but the characters are what make this story really come alive. It is easy to identify with Sonia and I loved Cery and Rothen.

    Is this helpful?

    Voronda said on Nov 24, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • A new Australian Fantasist

    It is good to see another Australian fantasy writer coming into their own. The magician series was fun to read with enough suggested maturity to keep it from the annuls of young-adult fiction.</p><p>A prequel 'Magician's Apprentice' has recently been published which I look forward to dev ... (continue)

    It is good to see another Australian fantasy writer coming into their own. The magician series was fun to read with enough suggested maturity to keep it from the annuls of young-adult fiction.</p><p>A prequel 'Magician's Apprentice' has recently been published which I look forward to devouring as soon as I can get my hands upon it.

    Is this helpful?

    Cynicalmournings said on Nov 17, 2009 | Add your feedback

  • The entire book was, very, very, draggy. But this trilogy was recommended by 2 friends. They told me that the pace of the story was very slow at the beginning, that i must be patient for the story to develope. And indeed, I endured this one, and the story became more interesting in "The Novice" and ... (continue)

    The entire book was, very, very, draggy. But this trilogy was recommended by 2 friends. They told me that the pace of the story was very slow at the beginning, that i must be patient for the story to develope. And indeed, I endured this one, and the story became more interesting in "The Novice" and "The High Lord". This book is not brilliant, but necessary to get to book 2 and 3.

    Is this helpful?

    弟弟 said on Jul 17, 2009 | 1 feedback

  • *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    Two books and a half would have been enough

    Two books and a half would have been enough, August 27, 2007

    I am moderately satisfied with the series, though not with the first book.

    What I think about each of the three books:

    1) "The Magician's Guild": almost half of the book is spent relating the tentatives of Sonea, su ... (continue)

    Two books and a half would have been enough, August 27, 2007

    I am moderately satisfied with the series, though not with the first book.

    What I think about each of the three books:

    1) "The Magician's Guild": almost half of the book is spent relating the tentatives of Sonea, supported by a friend and the Thieves, to conceal herself from the Guild magicians: I think it is a waste of time and energy, because every reader undestands since a few pages that she's going to be captured and instructed from the Guild (it is impossible not to undestand it: the story is related also from some "good" magicians point of view an it would be of no use describing and introducing us with these magicians if they weren't going to be important characters in the rest of the book). Some thirty pages or so would have been enough to introduce us with the slums and the Thieves and a couple of characters coming through the whole series. Instead, one is just tempted to skip useless pages in order to go to the key events.

    2) "The Novice": quite interesting the developing of Sonea's magical capabilities, satisfying the plot about her acceptance into the Guild. First flaw: unfortunately it is not concluded in itself, and it is absolutely necessary to read the third book.
    Second flaw: the events taking place in here, however pleasant and enjoyable, aren't necessary to the following book, they are quite stand-alone.

    3) "The High Lord": since now, the most appealing of the three books, a nice, well-paced plot (even if the Guild acts as a pretty stupid organism, blind fearful and dull-minded).

    As a conclusion: I would give 1 star to the first book, and three stars to the other two.
    The average would be less than two stars and a half, but I'm willing to give it three stars as a global evaluation because the story has quite a grip on the reader and, despite the series is far from perfect and the characters are sometimes a bit commonplace, one finds himself pleasurably driven forward.

    But please, someone must explain me a couple of things:

    <SPOILER>
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .
    1) why Akkarin during the final combat doesn't want to use the magic stored into the arched vault (I don't remember the name of the building)?? they were gathering magical energy form everyone and everything, why not that? that would have made the difference and everything would have ended differently. it seems to me very very stupid, when the destiny of your land depends on you, that you don't take advantage of every possibility, since the vault could eventually be restored in a second time.
    2) the Sachakan woman: why doesn't she take part in the fight, but, more important, what was she? what was she doing there? yes, she was keeping an eye on the situatuion, but for whom did she act? in the end the author doesn't explain her role at all

    </SPOILER>

    Is this helpful?

    Alice Bridgwater said on Jun 3, 2009 | Add your feedback

Book Details

Improve data of this book

Prices Change currency & sellers

ISBN Edition List Sale Seller
9781841493138 Paperback $13.10 -- The Book Depository
Other editions →
+ 2 copies tradable: →
Added to Shelf Added to Wish List

Inline Translation Mode

Left click to navigate, right click to translate.

inline translation guide

or close

Inline translation is not ready for this page yet.

Inline translation mode.

Share this page with your friends.

The viewport has not loaded.