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Summary: Magician Part Two: The Epic Continues
Review: Magician: Master, the second half of Raymond E. Feist's Magician after it was subdivided for audiences with shorter attention spans, picks up some years after the first half ends. Pug has been captured and enslaved on Kelewan, serving the Tsurani. One day, a passing Great One (magic user) notices Pug's latent magic power and immediately takes him for magical training. Unlike Pug's homeworld of Midkemia, on Kelewan magic users are revered, as they form the basic protective and governing body of the Empire (Star Wars fans, think Jedi Knights).Pug, now called Milamber, continues his training until he becomes a full-fledged Great One, and one of the most powerful at that. His mastery of the two paths of magic - the Greater Path, taught on Kelewan, and the Lesser Path, taught on Midkemia, makes him a force that few have seen the likes of on either world. Milamber, exasperated at the Empire's treatment of his countrymen and its own political infighting, makes an important decision to affect what, in his opinion, will be the best for the Empire itself. Feist begins to interject many more adult themes into Magician: Master, and those who dismissed the first book as typical teenaged fantasy fare are going to be disappointed, because they will have missed one of the most thoughtful fantasy books ever penned. Milamber wrestles with the philosophies of power and the precepts of the Utilitarian principle: how far can one go before the ends no longer justify the means? These are grown-up issues treated with grown-up finesse, and in a memorable scene where Milamber/Pug returns to the princess he forcibly left in Apprentice, the reader sees exactly how much of his childhood has been stripped away, leaving the adult. So, too, does Feist's meticulous storytelling follow this model, sloughing off the final remnants of Pug's childhood for the adult he becomes. For those who like their fantasy thoughtful and well-written, be sure and get both Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master. Final Grade: A-
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Summary: A Wonderful Sequel to the First Book
Review: I would have to say that Feist starts out great and only gets better and better the more books he writes. This is the kind of book that gets you hooked on the series and doesn't let go. You wonder "Is Pug going to survive?" "Will he be able to get home?" I give this book my personal recommendation.
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Summary: Magician Series
Review: I read Magician as combined book. I found, as I had heard, one of the best sci-fi books of all time. Following Pug and Tomas through the intergalactic war is a very interesting way of writing a book, and although I wasn't sure of it at first, it is a five star book, well worth the read. Not only does the book follow Pug and Tomas, but it also just follows the war itself, and it is a book that is incredibly hard to put down, you will find yourself walking across the road reading it.
But really, Magician is an extremely good book that you must read or you are missing out on life.
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Summary: The Best Fantasy book I have ever read so far!
Review: A true classic, I have read tons of fantasy books by most of the major writers and some I've read everything they have wrote. This book is currently my favorite, its just pulls you in and won't let go, Feist writing is excellent and the story is one you will always remember. This is a most read for any fans of Fantasy and you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: I started reading this book 2 years ago, since then I haven't been able to put any in the series down, each book in it's own right is a masterpiece! And the best thing is that Mr. Feist is STILL writing books for this series, he's up to about 14 so far. It may sound intimadating to have 14 or more books in a series but it's WELL worth the read!
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Summary: A great improvement. Still...
Review: This is the second half of Magician, and second book in the Riftwar Saga (followed by Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon). After four years a slave in the great swamps of Kelewan, harvesting ngaggi trees the wood and resin of which the Tsurani use for paper, tools, or weapons, Pug discovers soon enough that one of those trees is rotten to save the place from devastation. Along with his slave mate and former minstrel Laurie, he is then hired by a noble Tsurani family: that of the Lord of the Shinzawai. The lord's son Kasumi wants to be taught the barbaric ways of men on Midkemia, and especially to ride the horses that were captured in the invasion. As time goes by, this slave-master relationship will slowly become less formal. There Pug also meets a slave girl whom he will soon fall in love with: Katana. One day though, a Great One, as are called the highly revered Kelewan magicians, upon visiting the Shinzawai discovers Pug's potential and decides to take him to the Assembly. Pug will spend another four years in the cells of this academy of sorts, repetedly questioned and brainwashed into a loyal servent of the Empire. After a final test on a vertiginously high tower where he dreams the whole History of Tsuranuanni, discovering the planet is in fact doomed, he finally becomes Milamber, a magician of immense power. In the meantime on Midkemia Tomas, having donned the Dragon Lord's armour, is now a warrior hero, living with the elves and his boyhood love: the Elf Queen. But his Valheru armour of white and gold holds a strange power and Tomas is constantly tormented by terrible dreams. After mourning Pug for years, Carline has finally turned her love towards Roland. Crydee is under siege, and with the help of Amos Trask the pirate, Prince Arutha goes to Krondor to seek help, only to discover the overambitious and treacherous Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra is now ruling. In this book the reader discovers the Tsurani harsh climate and learns more about its Far-East-like society. This second part is a great improvement compared to the first: all bits fall into place, on both worlds people converge through political struggles to the final climax. However as a lover of long and minutious descriptions, I would have liked to see the characters being developed deeper, and in the end I realised I actually didn't care much for them. Originally written as a stand-alone, Magician could easily be read as such, and I wonder what awaits me in the next two books.
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Summary: When u need something other than the lord of the rings
Review: This is a book where it has the same feel to it as lord of the rigs but is less sophistacted with characters the plot is what makes this book undroppable then when u are finished there is a whole series to follow up with
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Summary: Spectacular
Review: Every time I read this series (17 books which include most or relatives of original characters)I find that I have missed something. I read the riftwar saga the first time in high school back in the late 80's now it is the new millinium and he is still writing and I am still reading. I have read the series now going on my 9th yes that is right the 9th time. I have other writers that I read i.e. (melanie rawn) but none that have captivated me and made me to love the characters (melanie rawn comes the closest) if you have not read the series do you will enjoy every second... Michael in Missouri
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Summary: Satisfying conclusion to the epic saga
Review: This was a satisfying conclusion to the epic saga begun in Magician: Apprentice. Feist is a competent writer and he does a good job of creating a world and filling it up with a colorful cast of peoples and creatures. Although I thought this was very good, I thought the first installment was a little better. I was more interested in Pug, Tomas, Roland, Carline, et al, as they grew up together at the Keep in Crydee. In trying to keep up with the details of the war between worlds, Feist occasionally lost sight of the superb characters he so intimately brought to us in the first installment. Feist sets the plot at a nice pace and despite the length of the two volumes they can be read relatively fast. Overall, this was entertaining and a worthwhile addition to the fantasy genre.
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Summary: Milamber
Review: this book was the best out of Magician. i liked it because it was non stop action and adventure. the idea of rifts conecting worlds was a good thought for this book. the tsurani were good people in the end.
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