Greenmagic

Greenmagic #1

by Crawford Kilian

His father was the king. His mother was a slave. Dheribi thought of himself as an outsider -- more than a servant, less than a prince -- until the night he fought to protect a slave girl from a drunken guardsman. Then he learned what it was to be truly an outcast.
He won the fight -- but he had killed a noble, and the penalty was slavery. But before the king passed sentence, he promised Dheribi that if he helped to overthrow the rival city where he would be sold, the king would pardon him and bring him home.
Dheribi's mother made a different promise. The magic of her mountain people was Dheribi's birthright. She swore that if he learned to harness the power within him, he could free all their people -- and the land itself!
So the slave-prince began the perilous quest to cast down his father's enemies and learn the ways of wizards . . . .

Genres: Fantasy

311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Published February 23, 1992

About the author

Crawford Kilian was born in New York in 1941. Raised in Los Angeles and Mexico City, he is a naturalized Canadian citizen living in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife, Alice, and daughters, Anna and Margaret. Formerly a technical writer-editor at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, he has taught English at Capilano College in North Vancouver since 1968.

Reviews

[William Mcausland · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Greenmagic a few years back and just found a copy of Redmagic, the follow-up book. Greenmagic was a great read and really made me want to dive into creating some fantasy fiction of my own, instead of the Post-Apocalyptic material I now pen. Some of the visuals I got from this book were among the most immersive fiction I've ever read.Crawford Kilian deserves high praise for this work.

[Wayne · Rating 3 out of 5]

not a fan of this book.that said it had some good ideas So the slave-prince began the perilous quest to cast down his father's enemies and learn the ways of wizards. make your own choice

[Peggy Chadwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good characters

Good storyline and characters although some of the characters names were too long or difficult for me. Also took me a while to understand some words meanings.

[Jaye E. Frazier]

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