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The Novice

The Black Magician Trilogy, Book 2

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The Novice

By: Trudi Canavan
Narrated by: Richard Aspel
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About this listen

Sonea knows the other novices in the Magicians' Guild all come from powerful families, but she also knows she can turn to Rothen and Dannyl for help when she needs it. That is, until someone starts spreading malicious rumours about her – and Akkarin, The High Lord, steps in.

Promoted to Guild Ambassador, Lord Dannyl leaves for the Elyne court. His first order from Administrator Lorlen is to resume, in secret, High Lord Akkarin's long-abandoned research into ancient magical knowledge. Not knowing the true reason for his journey, Dannyl is soon facing unexpected dangers.

Meanwhile, Sonea has almost forgotten the High Lord's dark secret, but keeping the truth hidden may be a grave mistake.

©2002 Trudi Canavan (P)2008 Bolinda Publishing Coming of Age Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Magic Users

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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)
'Epic, vivid and believable.' (on Thief's Magic) (The Guardian)
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I have read this book and also got it from audible, it is brilliant if a little hard to get in to. But worth the effort. Cant wait for all her other books to become unabridged on audible.

Amazing

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The second book continues where the first one left off. The plot thickens the characters start to materialise.

The Mystery Deepens

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Since the Harry Potter series I have always struggled to get into another magical series - until this one! In this series the magic is all based on scientific facts and altering natural forces!
They characters and well developed and easy to like!

Definitely worth a try!!!

A fantastic series!

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great story and a consistent performance (so far) which is not always the case with some trilogies I have listened too.

consistent performance

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What made the experience of listening to The Novice the most enjoyable?

This is the second book of the Magician's Guild series. I found it much faster to get into than the first and the storyline was much better. This book has got me wanting to download all of them in the series! The only fault I would say is about the narrator. He tends to leave big gaps between sentences and it sometimes seems like the book has stopped, the a few seconds later he'll start again. Not a major issue, just a bit annoying!

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The only fault I would say is about the narrator. He tends to leave big gaps between sentences and it sometimes seems like the book has stopped, the a few seconds later he'll start again. Not a major issue, just a bit annoying!

Better than the first book!

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