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The Magician's Guild

The Black Magician Trilogy: Book One

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The Magician's Guild

By: Trudi Canavan
Narrated by: Richard Aspel
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 Sonea is caught up in a confrontation between the hated Guild magicians and the angry youth of the slums. To her dismay, she discovers that she possesses the same powers as the reviled magicians. To avoid capture, she must seek protection from the city's feared underworld, The Thieves. In return, she must use her powers for them, but her magic never seems to do quite what she intends it to.©2004 Trudi Canavan (P)2004 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd. Fantasy Fiction Magic Users

Critic Reviews

"The first part of the Black Magician Trilogy, this captivating tale has already been hailed by critics as a 'must for lovers of good fantasy'." ( Marie Claire)
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love Trudi's books. I find all her books engaging and enjoyable to read.
well worth the read.

engaging

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Richard Aspel narrates this story well, giving so much life to the words written by Trudi Canavan.
Trudi writes an encapsulating story that grows with each book, even after finishing the book I often think of the story and find myself listening to it again.

Fantastic story and narration

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I'm 10 chapters in and find the narrator making the Egyptian like their dound like Dracula and the main character like a ice cream enthusiat

narrator makes characters sound like halfwits

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I love this book as well as the sequels and have read them multiple times. Now i started listening to it and I’m a bit disappointed with the narrator. The story ist still amazing but i had to get used to the way it’s read.

Great Book

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I don’t often dislike the narration on a book so much it’s unlistenable, but this was it for me. Even on 1.5 speed it was just too slow and too monotone. Might have to try reading the books instead as the few chapters I made it through did have my interest.

Narration killed it

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My favourite book is Magician by Raymond E Feist and really enjoyed this too. If you liked Magician, you’ll probably like this one.

Awesome

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