The Rebel Mages

By: Laurie Forest

Narrated by: Amy McFadden, Jesse Vilinski

The New York TImes bestselling series!

Journey to the world of Erthia in these two exciting prequel novels to The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.

Wandfasted

Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at Verpax University, the Realm War was tearing apart Erthia. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had…and an irresistible draw toward Vale Gardner, the son of the most powerful mage her people have ever known—the Black Witch.

Light Mage

Before Elloren came to possess the Wand of Myth, the Wand was drawn to Sagellyn Gaffney. Sage’s rare magical ability makes her the perfect protector for the one tool that can combat the evil forces in Erthia. But in order to keep the Wand safe, Sage must abandon everything she once knew and take a path that could lead to triumph…or utter ruin.

Books in The Black Witch Chronicles:

The Black Witch
The Iron Flower
The Shadow Wand
The Demon Tide
The Dryad Storm
Wandfasted (ebook novella)*
Light Mage (ebook novella)*

* Also available in print in The Rebel Mages anthology

Great

I absolutely love these books they are exciting and interesting. You can relate these to reality with some of the drama the characters face.

The backdrop of elloren's world.

Loved it all and can't wait to read the next book
I am waiting for the rest of elloran's story

Wandfasted Narrating

I liked hearing this side of the rebellion and appreciated that these stories were combined into The Rebel Mages. I was especially intrigued by Sage’s story.
However, the performance rating suffered immensely because of the narration in Wandfasted by Jesse Vilinsky. I don’t know if Tessla was just not a likeable character, the narrator was just horrible, or both. I highly recommend skipping over everytime she narrates Tessla crying or her little brother talking. Cringe. The narrating in Light Mage by Amy McFadden saved this from having 0 stars for performance, and I feel bad that they are being rated together.
If you love the Black Witch Chronicles, you’ll want to read both of these stories! You may just have to read the actual book or just mentally try to get through the horrible narrating in Wandfasted like I did to save money.

Good stories but awful narrations.

why is it that producers try to fix what isn't broken? The narrator (Whelan) from Black Witch and Iron Flower did a superb job of bringing both the world and protagonist to life. So, why did they change to these terrible narrators for this novella?

The narrator they used for wand fasted was so bad that I had to lower the speed to .90. she whines, she cries, she turns statements into questions ("I'm Ron Burgandy?") in such a way that is jarring and abrasive.

At first it was a relief when I finished Wand Fasted and the narrator changed but it soon became apparent that this was a marginally better performance at best. once again, the weird statement into question, bad pacing, and whining.

The stories were good enough to bear the poor performance. Hang in there. It is worth it.

Sometimes a little fantasy is a good thing.

Sometimes a little fantasy is a good thing, even if a bit duplicative of previous works.