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Ученики Ворона #1
Замок на Вороньей горе
Бывает так, что обстоятельства диктуют тебе свою волю, но при этом ты лично ничего против особо не имеешь. Уличный воришка Крис Жучок по воле судьбы (выступающей в данном случае под видом немолодого мага со своими далеко идущими планами) стал третьим сыном барона, получил имя Эраст фон Рут и был отправлен вместо него ко всем демонам на кулички учиться магии в какой-то никому не известный Вороний замок. Вот только принять волю судьбы и подчиниться ей безропотно — это разные вещи. И уж совсем не факт, что планы новоявленного барона совпадут с планами того, кто изменил его жизнь навсегда.
313 pages, Hardcover
Published May 23, 2016
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About the author
Andrey Vasilyev
61 books145 followersAt times, I feel I was meant to be an innkeeper someplace on the outskirts of Bree in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. However, in real life, I am a much-celebrated Moscow-based author, as well as one of the originators of the relatively new, yet insanely popular, LitRPG genre that blends cyberpunk, classic sci-fi, and fantasy.
I started writing in my late 30’s and only “because there was nothing handy to read,” but after my first two books gained nearly instant acclaim, I had to give serious thought to changing my current banking career to that of a professional writer. Fortunately for my readers, who had voted his debut novel More Than a Game (link) the “Best Book of the Year 2014,” I never looked back after that.
Over the next few years, I continued work on the now-bestselling Fayroll series, maintained a blog, and participated in various multiple-author projects. I am also the author of The Raven’s Flock and The Arch series, which will soon be available in English.
I started writing in my late 30’s and only “because there was nothing handy to read,” but after my first two books gained nearly instant acclaim, I had to give serious thought to changing my current banking career to that of a professional writer. Fortunately for my readers, who had voted his debut novel More Than a Game (link) the “Best Book of the Year 2014,” I never looked back after that.
Over the next few years, I continued work on the now-bestselling Fayroll series, maintained a blog, and participated in various multiple-author projects. I am also the author of The Raven’s Flock and The Arch series, which will soon be available in English.
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December 28, 2021
Лёгкий стиль, много приключений, само то для отпуска, когда можно читать до поздней ночи без угрызений совести
November 27, 2018
Совсем неплохое начало цикла. Неспешное, неторопливое, обстоятельное. Довольно красивый, на мой вкус, слог. Интересно читать. На психику не давит, но и не детский сад. Всего в меру.
Я доволен.
Я доволен.
February 11, 2020
I really enjoy heroic fantasy and at first, this seemed like a nicely written book within the genre. It's still heroic fantasy, but don't expect a touchy feely tale about different people coming together to study magic.
The protagonist, Chris the Bug (loose translation) is a small time thief, but due to his being at the right place and the right time or maybe at the wrong place and time he is 'rebranded' as the third son of a baron Von Roodt and sent to a distant magical school to study from the mysterious and powerful mage called Raven; by another mage that happens to be Raven's enemy.
Studying magic isn't for those that are very merciful or very kind, in this world, a mage is a deadly enemy to those that displease him, but is in turn vulnerable to those of the order of Truth, an order dedicated to making sure that mages will never have the upper hand like they did before. That's not even counting the class warfare in which the newly minted noble finds himself at the castle where he is supposed to learn magic. The fact that he may not survive the initiation traditionally done at the end of the first year is almost an afterthought.
It was a fun, fairly fast paced book and I am looking forward to reading more of the series. The author created quite a credible world with its own magic rules and mythology. He also made sure that the main character didn't stand out, a feat difficult in heroic fantasy, but all the Chris..Erast is trying to do is to survive the twists of fate that come his way. Not an easy task.
The protagonist, Chris the Bug (loose translation) is a small time thief, but due to his being at the right place and the right time or maybe at the wrong place and time he is 'rebranded' as the third son of a baron Von Roodt and sent to a distant magical school to study from the mysterious and powerful mage called Raven; by another mage that happens to be Raven's enemy.
Studying magic isn't for those that are very merciful or very kind, in this world, a mage is a deadly enemy to those that displease him, but is in turn vulnerable to those of the order of Truth, an order dedicated to making sure that mages will never have the upper hand like they did before. That's not even counting the class warfare in which the newly minted noble finds himself at the castle where he is supposed to learn magic. The fact that he may not survive the initiation traditionally done at the end of the first year is almost an afterthought.
It was a fun, fairly fast paced book and I am looking forward to reading more of the series. The author created quite a credible world with its own magic rules and mythology. He also made sure that the main character didn't stand out, a feat difficult in heroic fantasy, but all the Chris..Erast is trying to do is to survive the twists of fate that come his way. Not an easy task.
June 11, 2017
Читается легко, и это в плюс.
January 11, 2020
Много добра първа книга. Нядявам се, цялата поредица да е на същото ниво.
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