Magelord

Publisher's Summary

Minalan gets medieval!

When you defeat the invading goblin army, get knighted on the field of battle, gifted with lands and gold, usually your happily-ever-after is...happy. But now that Minalan the Spellmonger has been ennobled and enfiefed, Sire Minalan has a task cut out for him that makes defeating goblins seem like child's play: moving his very pregnant bride and a few thousand refugees from Boval Vale into the remote, sparsely peopled Domain of Sevendor. But when he arrives, he finds the land withered from neglect and filled with superstition and suspicion. A third of his domain has been conquered before he got there, and the castle he now owns hasn't been maintained in decades. As Minalan manages the challenges of being a noble, being a mage knight, being the lord of the manor, being a landlord, and fending off a belligerent (and well-armed) neighbor, he also has to learn how to be a husband, father, and a leader of the people.

Then the fateful night his son is finally born, Minalan learns the nature of fear, as he, his family, and his very realm are forever changed when the spell he casts to save their lives transforms the land. Minalan, his apprentices Sir Tyndal and Sir Rondal, his dour but efficacious castellan Sir Cei, and his moody wife struggle through the winter and defend their domain in his attempt to prove what a Magelord can do for his people when he puts magic in their service.

But in the distance, the threat of a renewed war with the goblins looms as they approach the Riverlands, the Gilmoran baronies that are the heart of the Duchies. The contentious High Magi convene to constitute the new Arcane Orders, while the fanatical Royal Censorate of Magic plots to defeat them, and the thousands of hedgemagi, witches, and footwizards they terrorized now see Minalan as a hero. The sinister family schemes to promote Duke Rard II to become King Rard I of the newly united Kingdom of Castalshar - over a pile of bodies, if necessary. And suddenly, out of the sky, fall dragons in the service of the Dead God to strike at the strength of the nascent Kingdom.

How can Sire Minalan fight goblins, plots, poverty, and politics, all from his remote and rustic vale, while keeping the peasants in line and the Warbird of West Fleria at bay? With wit, courage, determination, and a healthy dose of magic. And when the new king tasks him to find a way to slay a dragon, an ordinary knight might shy away from the quest. For Sire Minalan, it's just another day on the job as a magelord!

©2017 Terry Mancour (P)2017 Podium Publishing

Great book, superb performance.

Love the series, this is a great book to listen to. Well worth the money and great for those long drives.

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

Love

I love the Spellmonger. Just enough sass and humility with plenty of drama to endear anyone.

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

continues to enthrall

this is a great series. I am thoroughly enjoying it. The narration has gotten better with every book. Look forward to the next one.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Few epic fantasy writers do it this well.

This entry is mostly works building, and I was still enthralled. It's rare for me to not get a bit bored and start skimming.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Thoughts from a Dungeonmaster.

I love high fantasy books, so I'm rather biased.
But noteworthy points is that I enjoy the detail of politicsinterwoven in the story, combined with the narrators range of "noble" voices makes it a breeze to listen to.
I also find it instructive and plan to use ideas from this series to further enhance my own Pen & paper Roleplaying Campaign.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

The biggest Flaw in this epic

The one thing I would change in great series is the speed in which it is produced on Audio....for the love Ishi' s fragrant slit....speed it up

10 of 12 people found this review helpful

great series

A great series. it's like following your average Joe as he becomes awesome. can't wait for the next one!

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Excellent, can't wait for the next chapter!

I really enjoyed this installment of the Spellmonger series. There were many new characters to enjoy and a fleshing out of old ones. I got to see just what the Spellmonger had been fighting for in the previous books and how he had changed in the process. The noble life doesn't seem so perfect any more, as I saw just how much work goes into it and how it kept Minalan on his toes from start to finish. Cant wait to see what happens next to the simple Spellmonger.

10 of 13 people found this review helpful

magelord

excellent story, cannot wait for the next one.
The performance has improved from previous books.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Fun Listen!

The story is enjoyable and the narrator as well. Whimsical, not deep or high fantasy.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Review?

If you've already listened to the first two books, then it is unlikely you will ever read this review, you will just listen to the book.

If you haven't started listening to the series, my advice is buy the first book and start.

If this is your genre, I would be absolutely astounded if you did not enjoy this author/narrator combination.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Trevlig lyssning

Trevlig lyssning, gillar karaktären och sättet magi förklaras, hur de för storyn vidare. Sen kanske slutet kunde varit längre, men kanske blir bättre i nästa bok

My fav fantasy series of all time (so far!)

I have read series by Terry Goodkind, Sarah J. Maas, Leigh Bardugo, Brian Staveley, Taran Matharu, James Islington and Brandon Sanderson and I think this series is my current favourite. Great mix of magic and reasonable level of sex, violence and gritty language to add that edge of realism. I was originally not taken with the narrator (seemed bit monotone), but he's definately improved from book 2 onwards - much more passion and sense of different characters through change to his voice.Brandon Sanderson. I'm hoping this series will go similar way to Pug in The Magician and The Spellmonger to be a force to take on the gods.
I must have whizzed through 6 of his books in just 3 months

An excellent book

A well told book, which holds your interest with each chapter. As soon as you finish one chapter you wanted to listen to the next one.

GOOD BOOK

I have over 300 audible titles and I have to say that the narration and performance of this book is one of the best I've heard. It's a compelling universe with a great story and awesome characters. I can't wait for a sequel.

Magelord: The Spell monger series, Book 3

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the development of the characters and the story which kept me entertained. Towards the end of the book the battled seems let me use my imagination . I would recommend this book

They keep getting better

Having enjoyed the first 2 books I ploughed on with the third expecting more of the same, but Both the plots and characters have got your check if it could be making this a much more enjoyable listen both the plots and characters have matured significantly making this a much more enjoyable listen. Can’t wait for book 4 - I hope this standard keeps up.

well worth the time to listen to the series

This series has me hooked. Grrat story line great performance have now bought the next two.

Awesome series

Great story line
Great narration
Thoroughly entertaining
If it has a downside, it would have to be keeping me up at night listening to more.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Fine addition to a slightly mediocre series

So I liked this story a lot, it's a nice intriguing look at the nuts and bolts of running a fief in this world with some good world building. I also liked that the creepy perviness that Min has is played down a lot more. What makes this mediocre is that the author can't seem to keep his story straight, numerous examples of him contradicting plot points that he establishes in the previous books (and even in previous chapters!) this is so bad it sometimes feels like it's been written by more than one person. It makes following things hard and bring you out of the story quite jarringly. That said the action sequences are very good and the characters colourful and getting back to good arcs of progression, so I'm looking forward to the next installment.