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The Name of Magic
The Heavenly Mages protected the Zan Empire for centuries...Until they disappeared nearly two thousand years ago.
All Zhao Ling wants is to get her father released from debtors prison and make her family whole again.
When she’s offered a full scholarship to attend the Imperial Academy of Magic, Zhao Ling jumps at the opportunity to turn around her family’s fortunes.
While training to be an Imperial Mage, Zhao Ling starts hearing a voice. A voice which belongs to the most powerful of the vanished Heavenly Mages. A voice who claims to be the source of magic for her world.
A voice, whose miraculous connection to her, gets Zhao Ling caught in a web of conspiracy which threatens to unleash an ancient evil that could tear apart her nation.
All Zhao Ling wants is to get her father released from debtors prison and make her family whole again.
When she’s offered a full scholarship to attend the Imperial Academy of Magic, Zhao Ling jumps at the opportunity to turn around her family’s fortunes.
While training to be an Imperial Mage, Zhao Ling starts hearing a voice. A voice which belongs to the most powerful of the vanished Heavenly Mages. A voice who claims to be the source of magic for her world.
A voice, whose miraculous connection to her, gets Zhao Ling caught in a web of conspiracy which threatens to unleash an ancient evil that could tear apart her nation.
498 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 31, 2023
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M. Anthony Harris
12 books13 followersM. Anthony Harris currently lives in Qinghai China and when he's not writing, you can find him practicing Kung Fu, sketching, long-boarding, or sharpening his Mandarin by chatting with the locals. He has an unhealthy obsession with Boba Tea and still hasn't given up hope in his childhood dream of meeting and befriending a Yeti.
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July 12, 2025
Good for Ages 5-7 but Clearly Meant for Older
I don’t know where to start with this book, but that seems par for the course as this book is just as internally jumbled.
The plot is basic, the writing tries to add flourishes but the author is clearly out of their depth when it comes to making sense. I don’t know if it is a sign of AI usage or English as a Second Language but incongruent word choice, poor sentence construction, and repetition are seen in almost every page.
Considering the plot in 95% of the book, writing style, and depiction of love - never given much more respect than infatuation - I would have pegged this for a youthful audience. This is almost wholesome compared to some youth books today!
But the graphic violence and the dark tone carried by the last minute reveal that solves the mystery makes it seem inappropriate for anyone who doesn’t consume more much more mature material ala’ Twilight.
I don’t know where to start with this book, but that seems par for the course as this book is just as internally jumbled.
The plot is basic, the writing tries to add flourishes but the author is clearly out of their depth when it comes to making sense. I don’t know if it is a sign of AI usage or English as a Second Language but incongruent word choice, poor sentence construction, and repetition are seen in almost every page.
Considering the plot in 95% of the book, writing style, and depiction of love - never given much more respect than infatuation - I would have pegged this for a youthful audience. This is almost wholesome compared to some youth books today!
But the graphic violence and the dark tone carried by the last minute reveal that solves the mystery makes it seem inappropriate for anyone who doesn’t consume more much more mature material ala’ Twilight.
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