BOOK BLURB:In a world where words can come to life, an inability to spell can be a dangerous thing. And no one knows this better than apprentice wizard Nicodemus Weal. Nicodemus is a cacographer, unable to reproduce even simple magical texts without 'misspelling' -- a mistake which can have deadly consequences. He was supposed to be the Halcyon Nicodemus Weal is a cacographer, unable to reproduce even simple magical texts without 'misspelling' -- a mistake which can have deadly consequences. He was supposed to be the Halcyon, a magic-user of unsurpassed power, destined to save the world; instead he is restricted to menial tasks, and mocked for his failure to live up to the prophecy. But not everyone interprets prophecy in the same way. There are some factions who believe a cacographer such as Nicodemus could hold great power -- power that might be used as easily for evil as for good. And when two of the wizards closest to Nicodemus are found dead, it becomes clear that some of those factions will stop at nothing to find the apprentice and bend him to their will!
REVIEW:
A brave new world and a novel take on the worlds of magick. What makes this offering something a little special is the way in which the author not only takes the rules and bends them to their own will imposing something new and well, magical.
The prose is hard hitting, the dialogue crisp with characters that really do leap off the page and have attributes that the reader can associate with aspects of their own imagination. Great stuff and definitely something that will win this author a number of fans. My only real gripe about this offering is that the print is a tad on the small side.
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