Apprentice (magician 1)

Zusatztext One of the world's most successful fantasy fiction authors. The Guardian Understandably! this is one of the highest-regarded books in the world. Fantasy Book Review Totally gripping . . . A fantasy of epic scope! fast-moving action and vivid imagination. The Washington Post Book World Most exciting . . . A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field. Andre Norton The best new fantasty in years . . . has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkienand keeping him there. The Dragon Magazine Informationen zum Autor Raymond E. Feist Klappentext A worthy pupil . . . A dangerous quest To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. But though his courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry. Yet Pug's strange sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds. For dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of spacetime to being again the age-old battle between the forces of Order and Chaos. Praise for Magician: Apprentice "Totally gripping . . . A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination."-The Washington Post Book World "Most exciting . . . A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field."-Andre Norton "The best new fantasty in years . . . has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkien-and keeping him there."-The Dragon Magazine 1 Storm The storm had broken. Pug danced along the edge of the rocks, his feet finding scant purchase as he made his way among the tide pools. His dark eyes darted about as he peered into each pool under the cliff face, seeking the spiny creatures driven into the shallows by the recently passed storm. His boyish muscles bunched under his light shirt as he shifted the sack of sandcrawlers, rockclaws, and crabs plucked from this water garden. The afternoon sun sent sparkles through the sea spray swirling around him, as the west wind blew his sun-streaked brown hair about. Pug set his sack down, checked to make sure it was securely tied, then squatted on a clear patch of sand. The sack was not quite full, but Peg relished the extra hour or so that he could relax. Megar the cook wouldn't trouble him about the time as long as the sack was almost full. Resting with his back against a large rock, Pug was soon dozing in the sun's warmth. A cool wet spray woke him hours later. He opened his eyes with a start, knowing he had stayed much too long. Westward, over the sea, dark thunderheads were forming above the black outline of the Six Sisters, the small islands on the horizon. The roiling, surging clouds, with rain trailing below like some sooty veil, heralded another of the sudden storms common to this part of the coast in early summer. To the south, the high bluffs of Sailor's Grief reared up against the sky, as waves crashed against the base of that rocky pinnacle. Whitecaps started to form behind the breakers, a sure sign the storm would quickly strike. Pug knew he was in danger, for the storms of summer could drown anyone on the beaches, or if severe enough, on the low ground beyond. He picked up his sack and started north, toward the castle. As he moved among the pools, he felt the coolness in the wind turn to a deeper, wetter cold. The day began to be broken by a patchwork of shadows as the first clouds passed before the sun, bright colors fading to shades of grey. Out to sea, lightning flashed against the blackness of the clouds, and the distant boom of thunder rode over the noise of the waves. Pug picked up speed when he came to the first stretch of open beach. The storm was coming in faste...

ldquo;One of the world’s most successful fantasy fiction authors.”—The Guardian

“Understandably, this is one of the highest-regarded books in the world.”—Fantasy Book Review

“Totally gripping . . . A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination.”**—*The Washington Post Book World

*“Most exciting . . . A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field.”—Andre Norton
**
“The best new fantasty in years . . . has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkien—and keeping him there.”—The Dragon Magazine

Autorentext

Raymond E. Feist

Klappentext

A worthy pupil . . . A dangerous quest

To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. But though his courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry.

Yet Pug's strange sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds. For dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of spacetime to being again the age-old battle between the forces of Order and Chaos.

Praise for Magician: Apprentice

"Totally gripping . . . A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination."-The Washington Post Book World

"Most exciting . . . A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field."-Andre Norton

"The best new fantasty in years . . . has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkien-and keeping him there."-The Dragon Magazine

Zusammenfassung
The Riftwar Saga—a classic of fantasy literature which no true fan should be without—opens with this tale of magic, might, and adventure.

“One of the world’s most successful fantasy fiction authors.”—The Guardian

Raymond E. Feist’s Riftwar Saga—a classic of fantasy literature which no true fan should be without—opens with this tale of magic, might, and adventure.

Orphaned boy Pug is apprenticed to a powerful court magician named Kulgan in the world of Midkemia. Though ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry, Pug soon earns his place as a squire after saving the life of one of the royals at court.  But his courage will be tested still further when dark beings from another world open a rift in the fabric of spacetime to rekindle the age-old battle between the forces of Order and Chaos.

Now the lives of Pug and his friend Tomas are thrown into danger and disarray. Only Pug’s strange brand of magic might yet turn the tide, in the struggle to repel the invaders and restore peace to Midkemia.

Praise for Magician: Apprentice

“Understandably, this is one of the highest-regarded books in the world.”—Fantasy Book Review

“Totally gripping . . . A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination.”**—*The Washington Post Book World

*“Most exciting . . . A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field.”—Andre Norton
**
“The best new fantasty in years . . . has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkien—and keeping him there.”**—*The Dragon Magazine

Leseprobe
1

Storm

The storm had broken.

Pug danced along the edge of the rocks, his feet finding scant purchase as he made his way among the tide pools. His dark eyes darted about as he peered into each pool under the cliff face, seeking the spiny creatures driven into the shallows by the recently passed storm. His boyish muscles bunched under his light shirt as he shifted the sack of sandcrawlers, rockclaws, and crabs plucked from this water garden.

The afternoon sun sent sparkles through the sea spray swirling around him, as the west wind blew his sun-streaked brown hair about. Pug set his sack down, checked to make sure it was securely tied, then squatted on a clear patch of sand. The sack was not quite fu…