The Book of Words

The Book of Words #1-3

by J.V. Jones

This ebook compilation brings together the three thrilling novels in J.V. Jones's epic fantasy adventure series. THE BAKER'S BOY At vast Castle Harvell, Where King Lesketh lies dying, two fates collide. In her regal suite, young Melliandra, the daughter of an influential lord, rebels against her forced betrothal to the sinister Prince Kylock. In the kitchens, an apprentice named Jack is terrified by his sudden, uncontrolled power to work miracles. Together they flee the castle, stalked by a sorcer who has connived for decades to control the crown, committing supernatural murder to advance his schemes. Meanwhile, a young knight begins a quest leaving behind his home and family to seek out the treacherous Isle of Larn, where lies a clue to his desperate search for the truth. And a wondrous epic of darkness and beauty begins... A MAN BETRAYED At Castle Harvell demented Prince Kylock grabs the reins of power and hate by murdering his father. Harvell's two young refugees are torn apart by the storms of young Melliandra is captured by brutal slavers and Jack, whose wild power works miracles, falls prey to a smuggler's lying charms and a woman's seductive schemes. Meanwhile, in the distant stronghold of Bren, Kylock's betrothed, beautiful, mad Catherine, dabbles with darkest sorceries. A knight's shattered destiny is about to lead from death-sport pits to the blood-strewn creation of an empire--and a wondrous epic of grandeur and magic continues... MASTER AND FOOL The Known Lands are teetering on the brink of war. Desperate to avert worldwide catastrophe, Jack, the baker's boy, must learn to harness the full strength of his magic to face his ultimate destiny--a final confrontation with the murderously evil Kylock.

Genres: Fantasy, Epic Fantasy

2033 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 15, 2000

About the author

Julie Victoria Jones was born in Liverpool, England. She has been writing for years, and is currently working The End Lords. She lives in San Diego, California.

All three books in The Book Of Words Trilogy are #1 national bestsellers, and have been bought for publication in England, Poland, Russia, Germany, France and Holland. Her fifth book, A Cavern of Black Ice, is the first in a new series.

J.V. enjoys cooking, gardening, reading, playing RPG's, watching old black-and-white movies, and pottering around the house!

Reviews

[Godly Gadfly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can’t recommend due to it being dark and immoral. (2 stars)

This series of three fantasy novels from the mid 1990s consists of #1 The Baker’s Boy, #2 A Man Betrayed, #3 Master and Fool. It focuses on the adventures of Jack, a baker’s apprentice, who turns out to have powers of sorcery.

The world is largely medieval, but the world building, characters, and story-line are generally quite well done. But unfortunately there’s a lot of sexual content and references, describing a lot of lechery. The themes are also quite dark at times, with numerous assassins and murderers at work. For moral reasons, these get a big `no’ from me.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Epic Adventure!

Fantastic epic fantasy adventure! Magic is real and a simple bakers boy is going to find out just how powerful it is, and the consequences of using magic. That is the beginning of the story and the adventures of Jack, the bakers boy and his friends. So much intrigue and politics, red herrings and mystery, and tons of action and knights in shining armor. This story has it all. I highly recommend.

[Thomas Wolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an Amazon Kindle available compendium of 3 books, a trilogy comprising The Baker’s Boy, A Man Betrayed, and finally Master and Fool.

[David Brady · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genuinely lovely. A writer much missed in recent year, JV Jones had .a blast writing this trilogy and that shines through. I hope to read something new by her in the future.

[Drew · Rating 5 out of 5]

A treasure of a trilogy! Well crafted, great characters, still fun and interesting even after 1800 pages!
This was written 25 years ago (96) but it's far better than most of the more recent fantasy trilogies.
Swords, sorcery, politics, battles, all around a theme of greed. I loved this book!

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This reads like a really, really good first draft. Having started her Sword of Shadows series, I'm guessing that's where she ended up heading. Can't wait for the next installment there, but in the meantime, I would be lying if I said I hadn't enjoyed this series as an interlude.

[Greg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, though pretty standard stuff. Probably best not to read at the same time s Memory Sorrow Thorn as though they diverge the two start in an extremely similar way.

[Vader · Rating 3 out of 5]

5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish

[Clive · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engrossing.

[Tiny · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully written, character driven, well plotted! My kind of fantasy!