The Last Wizard

by Tony Shillitoe

Genres: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Fiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Tony Shillitoe is an Australian-based author of fantasy, speculative, teenage and crime detective fiction. His first fantasy series, the Andrakis trilogy, was published by Pan Macmillan in 1992-3. HarperCollins have subsequently published two more fantasy series - the Ashuak Chronicles and Amber Legacy. The Last Wizard (1995) was shortlisted for the inaugural Aurealis Awards, as was Blood in 2002. Caught in the Headlights was listed as a notable read for older readers by the Childrens Book Council in 2003. Most recently, In My Father's Shadow, a young adult novel, was published through Amazon Kindle (2015).

Reviews

[Alan Behan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love chaos and mayhem when reading fantasy, with the way every thing has gone in 2020, I needed something light and breezy and this book was perfect, set in a picturesque village setting, good characters and story, I'd highly recommend this for parents with young adults looking to start fantasy....😊

[Richard Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-reading this for the first time in 24 years, in preparation for it to be read by my own kids.
An engaging and captivating story!

[Robert Negut · Rating 4 out of 5]

Being a single book, it seems shallow somehow. In fantasy, you need to do a lot of writing to create the world the action is happening in.
The start is bad, but later on it seems it was purposefully written like that, and it gets better as you go along. Quite nice in the end actually, and "throws" a few ideas towards those who care to pick up on them.