About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-100765312018

ISBN-139780765312013

eBay Product ID (ePID)30542480

Product Key Features

Book TitleWizard

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / Epic

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreFiction

AuthorGene Wolfe

Book SeriesThe Wizard Knight Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight28.2 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-048092

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"The Wizard is a brilliant Celtic knot of a book. It demands a great deal from the reader, but it repays that investment many times over."-

Series Volume Number2

Number of Volumes2 vols.

Dewey DecimalFIC

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisA teenager passed from Earth to a magical realm of even worlds, where he was soon given a hero's adult body and the name Able. Forced to act as a man, inside he remained a boy, even as he set out to find his destined sword and become a knight., A novel in two volumes, The Wizard Knight is in the rare company of those works which move past the surface of fantasy and drink from the wellspring of myth. Magic swords, dragons, giants, quests, love, honor, nobility-all the familiar features of fantasy come to fresh life in this masterful work.The first half of the journey, The Knight - which you are advised to read first, to let the whole story engulf you from the beginning - took a teenage boy from America into Mythgarthr, the middle realm of seven fantastic worlds. Above are the gods of Skai; below are the capricious Aelf, and more dangerous things still. Journeying throughout Mythgarthr, Able gains a new brother, an Aelf queen lover, a supernatural hound, and the desire to prove his honor and become the noble knight he always knew he would be.Coming into Jotunland, home of the Frost Giants, Able - now Sir Able of the High Heart - claims the great sword Eterne from the dragon who has it. In reward, he is ushered into the castle of the Valfather, king of all the Gods of Skai.Thus begins the second part of his quest. The Wizard begins with Able's return to Mythgathr on his steed Cloud, a great mare the color of her name. Able is filled with new knowledge of the ways of the seven-fold world and possessed of great magical secrets. His knighthood now beyond question, Able works to fulfill his vows to his king, his lover, his friends, his gods, and even his enemies. Able must set his world right, restoring the proper order among the denizens of all the seven worlds. The Wizard is a charming, riveting, emotionally charged tale of wonders, written with all the beauty one would expect from a writer whom Damon Knight called "a national treasure." If you've never sampled the works of the man Michael Swanwick described as "the greatest writer in the English language alive today," the two volumes of The Wizard Knight are the perfect place to start.

LC Classification NumberPS3573.O52W59 2004