• The High Lord

  • The Black Magician Trilogy, Book 3
  • By: Trudi Canavan
  • Narrated by: Richard Aspel
  • Length: 21 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,119 ratings)

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The High Lord

By: Trudi Canavan
Narrated by: Richard Aspel
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Life should have been easier for Sonea, now that Regin ignored her and the rest of the novices treated her with wary respect, but she cannot forget what she witnessed in Akkarin's underground room, or his warning that Kyralia's ancient enemy is watching the Guild closely. The last few years have been good for Cery. He has a respected position among the Thieves, and connections in high and low places. When an exotic stranger offers to help him with a secret task, Cery knows he should refuse, but life would be boring without the occasional risk...

As Akkarin reveals more, Sonea does not know what to believe or what she fears most - that the truth is as terrifying as he claims or that he is trying to make her his accomplice in black magic.

©2004 Trudi Canavan (P)2009 Bolinda Publishing

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"A wonderfully and meticulously detailed world, and an edge-of-the-seat plot, this book is a must for lovers of good fantasy." (Jennifer Fallon)

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where have all the editors gone?

Good grammar shouldn't be a hit-or-miss thing in a published work. It is in this book, though. I also found some of the voices to be overly heavy or pedantic. That of the primary love interest was way off.

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An awful end to amazing set up

the first two books were phenomenal, but the third book reads like bad fanfiction. Full of rushed, awkward relationships (including the introduction of a brand new character who gets half the book's screentime just so everyone can get paired off). The entire first half of the book draws on for far too long and all consequences (and the next 20 chapters or so) are completely invalidated immediately to have a big hero moment at the end.

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FYI

I am only writing this to advise anyone with a taste for mature fantasy fiction to avoid this author. Adults are not the target audience.

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  • 09-19-19

Weakest ending ever.

First two, very good. This one, mostly good. Ending, absolute my-publisher-needs-something, I've-already-made-enough-money, stopped-caring-last-week trash. Now I know where the Hunger Games burnout got their inspiration. Utter waste of money

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get the abridged

this is simply a long love story. It is the first time I have ever wished I had gotten the abridged. I hate abridged books but these three books could not stand on their own and should have only been one book. Maybe that would have made the time I put into it worth it.

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just ok. not worth money.

the first books biggest conflict was a fight between the main character and a boy in school. book two, same exact thing except she learns black magic. third book. tiny little fight at the end lacking all detail and imagination. I wouldn't recommend.

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