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More Than Wands #1
A Wizard's Role
Alternate cover edition for ASIN B006M484RO
Wands are for pretenders. Staffs for the impotent. Magic is an Art, and the only thing a real Wizard uses to create is his mind.
Joshua Awen casts spells as easily as he argues the theory behind them. During the school year he's a prodigy, but the summers are a different story. He chooses to spend those in a place where he can't work with the subtle, complex, and powerful force he was born to. He trains to fight with a simpler, rougher, brutal kind of magic.
The summer before his senior year Joshua has to do more than train. He's asked to use his full range of abilities to help the man who taught him how to fight. The consequences of his decision force Joshua to delve into the nature of his magic and reconsider what he believes a Wizard should do with his power.
This text is only 25,000 words long.
Wands are for pretenders. Staffs for the impotent. Magic is an Art, and the only thing a real Wizard uses to create is his mind.
Joshua Awen casts spells as easily as he argues the theory behind them. During the school year he's a prodigy, but the summers are a different story. He chooses to spend those in a place where he can't work with the subtle, complex, and powerful force he was born to. He trains to fight with a simpler, rougher, brutal kind of magic.
The summer before his senior year Joshua has to do more than train. He's asked to use his full range of abilities to help the man who taught him how to fight. The consequences of his decision force Joshua to delve into the nature of his magic and reconsider what he believes a Wizard should do with his power.
This text is only 25,000 words long.
- GenresFantasy
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First published January 1, 2011
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January 2, 2019
Go josh
I really like this series. I wonder what is going to happen next. I wish the book was longer though.
I really like this series. I wonder what is going to happen next. I wish the book was longer though.
February 27, 2015
No wands or staffs are needed in this new-ish take on wizardry. In it, we follow Joshua from an attack in a bar to being told by his uncle he can teach him no more and should try to learn more from his dad. Joshua is a seventeen year old in with daddy issues who is in his summer before his senior year. He is typical in the sense he is in to girls and has an ego. Home Joshua goes and his temperament grows to angry since he looked forward to being with his uncle more. After fighting with his father and realizing some things, off he goes to home and then to a carnival of sorts where he meets up with two female companions and a good friend.
The storyline is a good premise. I like the world building and differentiation between magicians and wizards. I also liked the concept with ���techies��� who are regulars that have some tech to allow them to also use magic. The only issues I would say that I have is that Joshua has an exceedingly large ego, and I hope he learns some humility in the future.
The other is there are times Joshua the know-it-all gives lots of drivel and over explains some things. At times, I felt like I was reading a textbook instead of being a part of a new world. I don't think it takes too much away from the story. This author is good and I fell into the story initially because of how good the bar scene was written. I also know that while it felt like a textbook minutely, I needed those explanations to some extent to understand what was going on. It just seemed over explained in a few instances. Still, the story is a good one and I look forward to reading the next.
The storyline is a good premise. I like the world building and differentiation between magicians and wizards. I also liked the concept with ���techies��� who are regulars that have some tech to allow them to also use magic. The only issues I would say that I have is that Joshua has an exceedingly large ego, and I hope he learns some humility in the future.
The other is there are times Joshua the know-it-all gives lots of drivel and over explains some things. At times, I felt like I was reading a textbook instead of being a part of a new world. I don't think it takes too much away from the story. This author is good and I fell into the story initially because of how good the bar scene was written. I also know that while it felt like a textbook minutely, I needed those explanations to some extent to understand what was going on. It just seemed over explained in a few instances. Still, the story is a good one and I look forward to reading the next.
August 10, 2013
I like the idea and magic system used in the story but to much time was spent on the magic system and not much on the plot. Than again it is a short story. Waiting to see what kind of universe the author will end up building with this magic system at it's core.
September 3, 2016
This book was even more enriched by great characters and complex magic rules--and just as bereft of anything else, like plot.
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