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| Author: |
Karen Miller |
| Barcode/ISBN13: | 9780732280796 |
| ISBN: | 0732280796 |
| Imprint/Brand: | Voyager |
| Release Date: | 27 Jul 2005 |
| Format: | A Paperback |
| Series: | Kingmaker, Kingbreaker 01 |
| Number of Pages: | 550 |
| Price in AUD: | $20.99 |
| Categories: | Australian Author Bestsellers Book Fantasy |
Enter the kingdom of Lur, where magic is wielded by few and others are imprisoned if they dare try. The Doranen have ruled Lur with magic since they arrived centuries ago after fleeing Morg, the mage who started a war in their homeland. To keep their lands safe the Olken Lur's original inhabitants are forbidden to use magic. Any Olken who breaks the law will be executed. Gar has come to Lur's capital city to make his fortune. He finds himself working in the royal stables and in time becomes a mediator between the Olken and the Doranen. Soon, he will have enough money to return home and set up his own fishing fleet. But there is unrest among the Olken. It has been prophesied that the Innocent Mage will be born, and the Circle is dedicated to preserving the magic of the Olken until the saviour arrives. The Circle have been watching Gar, and as the city streets are filled with Olken rioters, his life takes a new turn . . .
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The Innocent Mage tells of the coming of age of Asher, a young Olken man. He is the youngest of a large family of fishermen, and being youngest, gets the smallest return for his efforts. Asher is determined to make a better life for himself and his father, by making enough money to buy a boat, for only his father and himself. To do this he sneaks away to the city, where the beautiful Doranen live. The Doranen are fair, and use magic to do everyday tasks, while the Olken are plain, enjoy a simple lifestyle and are forbidden from working magic. The Doranen are now permanent residents in the Kingdom of Lur, having fled from an evil magician in their own realm hundreds of years ago. When they arrived, a magical Wall was constructed by Barl. Within the Wall, the weather is always fair, with sunny days and sufficient rain overnight for plants to grow, while outside the Wall Morg reigns. The King of the land, the Weatherworker, magically maintains the Wall. The heir to throne must possess a strong magic as he is also Weatherworker in Waiting. The problem for Prince Gar is that he has no magic, and as such cannot be heir. Shortly after he arrives in the city, Asher impresses the Prince and is offered a job within the palace grounds. What happens afterwards is a series of events that Asher, the former fisherman, would never have dreamed could happen to him.
I found this book to be quite fast paced throughout and the world to be well realised. There are multiple characters that a reader can feel for, which means you will probably want to see some characters do well, and others meet a nasty end. This is a world of magic, but not of magical creatures, with a good dose of intrigue mixed in. I enjoyed this book a lot, and I suffered the disappointment you get with good books of having reached the end.
Karen Miller's Kingmaker Kingbreaker saga is set in the kingdom of Lur, a country inhabited by two peoples: the Olkens and the Dorarens. Many centuries ago the Oklens surrendered their magic to the Dorarens and since then they have appeared to live peacefully together. A wicked mage from centuries past appears in disguise, determined to take over both peoples. The Olkens have been forbidden to use magic but over the past hundreds of years there has survived individuals with weak magical powers who await the coming of the Innocent Mage.
My candle burned low over many evenings as I escaped into this exciting saga of intrigue, magic, princes, kings and ordinary folk. The series is completed with the two books, The Innocent Mage and Innocence Lost, which must be read as a whole as they are really the one story. Readers of all ages will be enthralled by these books. This is the first fantasy series for local Sydney writer, Karen Miller. So keep writing fantasy, Karen Miller, I look forward to your next series.
