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Escape the dark cellar to wield magic.

The Spellgrinder's Apprentice is a great read for fans of fantasy and adventure fiction. N.M. Browne creates a vivid and convincing world with interesting characters and complex political and religious machinations. The unique concept of earth magic versus spellstone wizardry makes for a compelling story that keeps readers engaged throughout. If you're looking for a thrilling and immersive fantasy novel, The Spellgrinder's Apprentice is definitely worth checking out.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Spellgrinder's Apprentice

₱490.05 Now ₱292.05 Save 40%
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ISBN: 9780747579250
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Date of Publication: 2007-02-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Fantasy
Related Topics: High Fantasy, Magical Realism
Goodreads rating: 3.43
(rated by 269 readers)

Description

An orphaned boy escapes from the terrible dark cellar where he is apprenticed to grind spellstones, stones which can be shaped to wield great magical power. Escaping this shadowy world is punishable by death, but when captured the boy claims a stay of execution under an old and almost fogotten law. If he can reach the coast and flee the country within eight days, he will be free. But the boy's daring escape has also come to the attention of the most powerful man in the land, the Protector, and he believes there must be far more to the boy than his humble spellgrinding background. The Protector is convinced that the boy possesses some skill in earth magic, the magic which the Protector tried to irradicate and replace with the unnatural and unstable spellstone wizardry of his own. If this boy can wield earth magic, then maybe others can too. The boy must be captured at all costs - the Protector must learn what the boy knows, and whether he is the harbinger of the Protector's downfall. The chase begins.
The characters are vivid, the world NM Browne creates - the politics, religion, the landscapes are utterly convincing, and the many layers of sophistication to explore, are tied together brilliantly.


Author: N. M. Browne
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 304
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 05 Feb 2007
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Escape the dark cellar to wield magic.

The Spellgrinder's Apprentice is a great read for fans of fantasy and adventure fiction. N.M. Browne creates a vivid and convincing world with interesting characters and complex political and religious machinations. The unique concept of earth magic versus spellstone wizardry makes for a compelling story that keeps readers engaged throughout. If you're looking for a thrilling and immersive fantasy novel, The Spellgrinder's Apprentice is definitely worth checking out.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.