![]() ![]() ![]() At the end of The Innocent Mage, we saw Morg bestow a corrupted form of magic upon the previously magicless Prince Gar in the hopes of using the Prince to collapse the Wall for him. However, thanks to the ancient enchantments that have been weaved against him, he is forced to take a more circumspect route to achieving his goals. After 600 years of banishment, all Morg wants is to see the collapse of the magical Wall that has kept him at bay for so long. The story picks up just moments after the climax of The Innocent Mage, with the Royal Family of Lur hurtling to their deaths and the evil wizard Morg in possession of Court Magician Durm. Judging by the quality of work that's been thrown at the thing-gorgeous front cover and crisply edited text throughout-Orbit clearly has high hopes riding on this series, following the high sales of its predecessor in the UK. ![]() I predicted, however, that its sequel would be something worth reading.Īnd now here it is- The Awakened Mage-lovingly produced by Orbit in time for the launch of its American imprint. ![]() Its major weakness, I said at the time, was that its lack of a unifying threat or villain for most of the novel left some of the middle section lacking in focus. The characterisation was strong and the world building was believable (albeit slightly on the sparse side). It was a magic-heavy, family-friendly fantasy, which, though not threatening to set the world alight, was a good read all the same. A couple of months ago, I reviewed The Innocent Mage, the debut novel by Australian writer Karen Miller. ![]()
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