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 In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer - much to the frustration of her mother, who would rather she found a husband. Despite knowing that women aren’t readily accepted by the Guild of Healers, Tessia is determined to follow in her father’s footsteps. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn. When treating a patient at the residence of the local magician, Lord Dakon, Tessia is forced to fight off the advances of a visiting Sachakan mage - and instinctively uses magic. She now finds herself facing an entirely different future as Lord Dakon’s apprentice. Although there are long hours of study and self-discipline, Tessia’s new life also offers more opportunities than she had ever hoped for, and an exciting new world opens up to her. There are fine clothes and servants - and, she is delighted to learn - regular trips to the great city of Imardin. However, Tessia is about to discover that her magical gifts bring with them a great deal of responsibility. For a storm is approaching that threatens to tear her world apart.©2009 Trudi Canavan. (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Magic Users Village

Critic reviews

"A wonderfully and meticulously detailed world, and an edge-of-the-seat plot, this book is a must for lovers of good fantasy." (Jennifer Fallon, author of The Demon Child Trilogy)
"Canavan is a natural storyteller." (Emerald City)
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loved it, great story start to finish and the narrator gets top marks highly recommended 👍

10/10

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i love this series and have been reading for years. thank you so much for such an amazing part of my life

utterly fantastic

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This is a good story to introduce the universe, but the narration so far is in a monotone and makes the whole thing very boring. I've made it through a couple of hours but I'm struggling to go any further to be honest.

Good story, terrible narration

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If you could sum up The Magician's Apprentice in three words, what would they be?

Woman's true nature

What did you like best about this story?

Whatever the odds, one who is considered to be the weaker sex shows the greater strength not only by her desire to heal, but also being prepared to put herself in danger for the sake of others. This sort of feminine courage appeals more to the heart than the sacrifice of a male. In this story the depth of such courage might be missed due to the simplicity of its telling. Yet making a most pleasurable listen.

What does Richard Aspel bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

A male voice telling the story of a woman somehow had within his intonation his respect for the feminine.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. But this is an unfair question, with any good listen one wants to listen all the way through, and especially as most readers do such an excellent job of it.

Any additional comments?

The reviews to this book are surprisingly diverse, from boring and atrocious to brilliant and entrancing which can only show it to be a well written book. Why? Because well written books only appeal to some. A book which everyone enjoys like say "Wind in the Willows", is that it is not only well written, but the story appeals to all. The story of The magicians Apprentice only appeals to some.

Subtle and Surprising

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Good story give some background to the magician guild series. Their some much going on and it very well done speacil when it looking at cultural difference within the people of this book

another good listen

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