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Ironfoot

The Enchanter General, Book 1

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Medieval magic, murder, and mayhem!

It is 1164, and for a hundred years England has been ruled by the Normans. A young Saxon boy named Durwin, crippled by a childhood accident, had caught the eye of a Norman sage teaching at a rural school of magic. Realizing that the boy had promise, Durwin was made stable boy, and eventually allowed to attend classes.

Now twenty, Durwin is proficient enough that he is assigned to teach, but the other sages refuse to promote him and he is hassled by the Norman juniors for his disability. But those troubles turn out to be the least of his worries when he manages to corrects errors in an ancient corrupted spell, which promptly prophesies murder.

Sure enough, word soon reaches the school that one of the local count's house sage has died, perhaps slain by black magic. Durwin is whisked away to the family's castle, only to find that one death was only the beginning. The young sage quickly learns of a dizzying plot to assassinate King Henry. Dropped into the middle of the complex politics of England's royal courts, can Durwin stop them in time?

©2017 Dave Duncan (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Magic Royalty Murder Crime England
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I’m so glad I found this novel, quite by accident, and thoroughly enjoyed it in one day. Loved the characters, particularly Durwin Ironfoot himself, and as I live in Northamptonshire it was intriguing to hear about the county in medieval times. It was both well written by Dave Duncan and well narrated by Tim Campbell.
I look forward to hearing Trial by Treason, book two in this series.

Great mix of factual history and magic

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