The series focuses on a slum dweller, Sonea, whose life changes with the discovery of her magical potential. The series is based in Imardin, the capital of the fictitional country of Kyralia.
Genre: Fantasy
Author: Trudi Canavan
Publishers: Orbit books, HarperCollins
Books in the trilogy*
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The book introduces the characters and describes the society of Imardin, emphasizing on the ill treatment of the poor by the magicians. Sonea is one of the poor slum-dwellers ofthe city. She is horrified to learn that she can do magic and has reason to be scared as theother magicians are searching for her. Back to top |
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The book is about Sonea's struggle to be an accepted part of the Magicians Guild as a novice. This is made more difficult by Regin, whose sole motive in life seems to be to trouble her and outdo her at every possible occasion, and the burden of keeping a dark secret which, if leaked out, may destroy the Guild forever. Back to top |
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Sonea whose trust in the magicians, built with much effort, was broken soon after. Sonea doesn't know what to believe. Should she believe Akkarin, who claims that Kyralia is in danger of a threat from a faraway land? Or could the threat be from a much closer source?
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*The series is a trilogy as of now but the author might write a prequel as well as a sequel to the series.