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Summary: Classic Fantasy !
Review: I found a copy I had read years and years ago, so I re-read it last night ... Probably one of the best pieces of Fantasy fiction I've ever read. The theories were well worked out, and the main character was developed enough so that you actually cared about what happened to him.
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Summary: What a great follow-up to the Master of the Five Magics
Review: In this sequel to the Master of the Five Magics, you follow a blundering young man as he tries to understand why the five magics are failing. The antagonist in this book is dark and mysterious, and the whole time you are reading the book you want to more about him. If you have read the first book, then take the time to read this one. You will enjoy it as much.
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Summary: Storyline from back of book
Review: Secret of the Sixth Magic by Lyndon Hardy The laws of the five magics were being set aside. First to go were those of the high art of sorcery. Tehn true magic, upon which the commerce of all Arcadia depended, had been voided. And now even thaumaturygy, the engineering knowledge of the world, was under attack. Jemidon had traced the trouble to Melizar, the strange, cold being who had seeminly appeared from nowhere. Somehow, Melizar could alter or negate the laws that had always existed by using a mysterious metamagic- something which only he understood. If the world was to be saved from Melizar, it was up to Jemidon to save it. But what could he do? He was only an outcast, unable to perform even the simplest ritual without ruining everything.
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Summary: Good for the Analytical Minds
Review: This book has one thing that so many other fantasy books are lacking - SOLID RULES. There are hard and fast laws that govern the actions of magic, and Lyndon Hardy has quantified them, and gotten them down to the point where they're considered more like a craft akin to blacksmithing than anything else. So for anyone who's ever wondered what's the guiding principles behind WHY somebody can just have a fireball appear out of nowhere... this is the book for you.
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Summary: A bit confusing at first, but otherwise a great read.
Review: When I first read the book, I rushed through it. That may have contributed to my confusion with it at first. However, within ten mintues or so of my finishing it, many of the details came clear. Despite it's confusing nature, I still felt the urge to keep reading it, though. It is a creative, well-thought out, well written work of fantasy fiction. I consider myself lucky to have it. I am reading it for a second time now at a more sedate pace and gleaning a better understanding of it. The only problem that I could see with the author is that the author should be a little less complicated at the beginning of the novel. It doens't always persuade a person to continue reading if the author does that. At times, it can be a real turn off. Still, a good book.
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