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The Knight

The Wizard Knight Series, Book One

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The Knight

By: Gene Wolfe
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
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From legendary fantasy author Gene Wolfe comes The Knight, the first half of the Wizard Knight duology, now for the first time in audio.

A young man in his teens is transported from our world to a magical realm that contains seven levels of reality. Very quickly transformed by magic into a grown man of heroic proportions, he takes the name Able and sets out on a quest to find the sword that has been promised to him, a sword he will get from a dragon, the one very special blade that will help him fulfill his life ambition to become a knight and a true hero.

Inside, however, Able remains a boy, and he must grow in every sense to survive the dangers and delights that lie ahead in encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons. His adventure will conclude in the second installment of The Wizard Knight, The Wizard.

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Well, at least on the second reading, a bit of thought, and a bit of fun digging into the various mythologies of Northern Europe.

And if one is after an unequivacle depiction of “honour, come what may” and fairness observed in ever little act, Sir Able of the High Heart and (most) of his companions struggle minute by minute with with these decisions, and their choices take them to worlds they never expect.

Gene Wolfe is subtle but this exciting story is more straightforward than most

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