Raymond E. Feist was born Raymond E. Gonzales III, but took his adoptive step-father's surname when his mother remarried Felix E. Feist. He graduated with a B.A. in Communication Arts with Honors in 1977 from the University of California at San Diego. During that year Feist had some ideas for a novel about a boy who would be a magician. He wrote the novel two years later, and it was published in 1982 by Doubleday. Feist currently lives in San Diego with his children, where he collects fine wine, DVDs, and books on a variety of topics of personal interest: wine, biographies, history, and, especially, the history of American Professional Football.
Mara začína svoj posledný a najodvážnejší boj proti tradíciam. Machinuje machinuje a machinuje. Už len si počkať, čo tým vlastne dosiahne.
Krásnym bonusom k tejto sérii mi bol pobyt v Číne, kedy som sa pri posluchu príbehu prechádzaj po Zakázanom meste v centre Pekingu a moja fantázia si všetko krásne spojovala s čínskou kultúrou, staviteľskom a mentalitou.