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Thaumaturge
- Spellmonger, Book 11
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: Spellmonger, Book 11
- Length: 28 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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When Lenodara the Hawkmaiden - Dara, to her friends - was made an apprentice to the foremost wizard in the world, Minalan the Spellmonger, Magelord of her native land of Sevendor, she thought that the adventurous life was behind her. She looked forward to a long, boring career of learning how to read and taking magic lessons...but Dara’s life as the Spellmonger’s new apprentice is anything but boring!
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My favorite of statesmanship
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But those seven bottles of mead were more than just a folk blessing. As Lord Minalan the Spellmonger began his honeymoon on a decadent river barge with his very pregnant bride, he had no idea that the occasion would have anything more complicated than eating, drinking, and making love on the agenda. But a frantic message from one of the Tree Folk indicating he and Alya may be in danger compels him to skip the lazy repose and travel to a far away ruin to speak with a possibly crazy Alka Alon mage - Lilastien, the Sorceress of Sartha Wood.
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"Chronologically" Book 2.5
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From the moment Dara of Westwood spied the Silver Headed Raptor nesting in Rundeval Peak, the precocious redheaded 12-year-old girl was enchanted. The youngest daughter of the Master of the Wood lived in ramshackle Westwood Hall, in the independently minded Westwood estate of Sevendor. Her determination to capture a baby falcon and train it wasn’t hampered by the fact that Dara had never climbed a mountain, had never been trained in falconry, or even remotely had permission from her father to do it.
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wow what a start
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The goblin invasion is on...and a wizard's work is never done! After facing a hopeless siege, an implacable foe, and an impossible escape, you would think that Minalan the Spellmonger would be able to rest - but the armies of the undead goblin shaman Shereul (known as the Dead God to his human victims) are rolling over the Western reaches of the rustic Duchy of Alshar and is headed toward the heart of the Duchy of Castal. Thousands are fleeing for their lives as hordes of goblins pour out of Boval Vale and devastate the rugged fiefs of the Alshari Wilderlands.
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funny, yet serious, epic yet goofy.
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Publisher's Summary
The Spellmonger in exile!
When Minalan the Spellmonger was exiled from his beloved mageland of Sevendor by Prince Tavard, his friend Duke Anguin made him Count Palatine of the Magelaw, a vast realm in the Alshari Wilderlands that Minalan is all too familiar with. After the goblin invasion, the province is devastated, ruined, and peopled almost only by freed slaves. But Minalan has brought his recovering wife and family into exile with him, and he views their impoverished fief as an opportunity to build a new City of Magi in the wilderness.
To assist, he recruits some of his closest friends among the High Magi: Mavone, the military intelligence specialist; Sandoval, the Marshal in charge of recruiting Minalan’s army; Carmella, whose genius for defensive magics will be key; Gareth, whose ambition to create knows no bounds; and Terleman, perhaps the greatest tactical warmage of his time.
Together, Minalan knows that they can build his new city, Vanador, into an anvil that can blunt the thrust of the dark forces that rise against them. For the first of three Nemovorti have come to the Penumbra, and Gaja Katar has vowed to wipe humanity from the face of the world. Yet he is far from the worst of Minalan’s worries. For the powerful Sea Folk have sent an emissary to see the Spellmonger, and the news he bears will change the fate of all.
Minalan’s only hope is to rely on his cunning, and his ability as a Thaumaturge!
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-11-17
In love with the series
The actor is hilarious, the sarcasm and witt sometimes predictable only because the characters are so well developed.
on to the next book
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-16
Amazing!
The best fantasy series I've heard. amazing story,amazing characters,amazing battles. This gets better and better every audio book. also John Lee as narrorator is by far the best choice that could have been made for this series. Thank you Terry for your imaginative ability and sharing it with us all.
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- Jordan
- 2020-09-16
Great World Building
An enjoyable addition to the series. I like the world building present in this book though I do hope we encounter a competent foe soon.
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- John
- 2020-07-04
could go anywhere from here,
looking forward to the next books in the series. story line is so variable. love it.
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- Jim
- 2020-06-22
continuously good
I listened to hundreds of books in this genre. this is one of the few to be consistently interesting.
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- Charleigh
- 2022-02-13
Shoot me now!
I keep saying I'm not going to listen to any more of this series because so much of it is just blathering on about how to setup a feudal estate, and yet here I am again. And AGAIN over half this book can be skipped. Or slept through. Good Lord! I don't care how many sheep or how much corn seed is needed. Absolute waste of time. I kept waiting for something exciting or of note to occur and nope. Nada. Skipped through to Part 3. Not much there either. Honestly it's like a TV soap opera.... you can skip huge chunks of it and nothing has happened! John Lee is lovely to listen to as usual and the only saving grace of this whole train wreck. Terry, please.... either write a thesis on running a feudal manor, or write a wizard book. Pick one! Stop trying to do both and call it a good story! It's not.
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- Theodore L.
- 2021-12-21
A story of management and government offices.
This book took me twice as long to get through as the previous one despite being a shorter book.
Part one and two (which are most of the book) are all about building this new city in the wilderness. Each chapter for more than half the book is about one very specific aspect about setting up the town and then what the outcome is for the next 6 months to 2 years, then it goes back to present time, Minilan talks about his thoughts on the whole subject and then off to the next very specific topic. Which might be Wood Dwarves or Iron Dwarves or hawk riders or very dry chatter about the next big university or how laws are now enacted or a dozen other mundane subjects.
Every once in a while something interesting happens, but it's few and far between. Most of this book feels like filler.
And the contrived chapter about Ruderal and his father. *spoilers ahead*
Minilan is warned that he needs to get the sea mage on his side or the sea folk will probably wipe his people off the world for a perceived slight, there is nearly 40 minutes of this warning, then when Minilan goes to confront the sea mage, the sea mage has already decided that he will lie to his masters who he says a few lines before hand that he is physically incapable of lying to.
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- Skyler
- 2021-09-07
John Lee is great as always
Great book, great narration. Looking forward to the next installment in the spellmonger series.
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- Mladen
- 2020-10-31
Awesome book!
I loved all the action in the book and the twists. It's a big improvement from the past books.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-09-28
A bit dry
Although I’ve loved the majority of the books in this series. The first half of this book ready more like a text book, very dry. There was a great deal of detail on the set up of the new city that added little to the overall storyline. The second half of the book got back to the wonderful characters, action and story telling.
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- WillMaj
- 2020-06-19
What happened in this book?
There are about fifty plot threads going on in the series. If you're hoping for any of them to be resolved, you're out of luck. Hardly any progress is even made on any of them.
We do get an 8 hour description of how Vanador is built. And how their legal system is set up. And how their currency is set up... Seriously, you may as well skip to the first interlude.
Considering the next book is likely to be focused around concurrent Penny or Rondal/Tyndal storylines I doubt we'll get much progress for at least one book.
Here's what happened (obviously spoilers): A random irrelevant badguy attacks Valador and fails miserably. Also his kids from Isily move in with Minalan and Ruderal talks with his dad.
We don't learn anything about the AI. Minalan has two short conversations with him and learns nothing.
We don't learn anything important about the Vundal.
Minalan predictably gets an extension on giving up all the snow stone. He has to give up another mountain but it doesn't happen in this book and he's getting random irrelevant coral in trade.
Alya doesn't change much. She's starting to be influenced by the Handmaiden in some way related to the Vundal. I'm betting she ends of being changed into one of the Celestial mothers by the Handmaiden and saves the day. Didn't happen in this book though.
The prince is still salty about his son dying. But he isn't doing anything besides gathering people around him who don't like magic. He's mentioned so rarely I can't even remember his name.
Anguin gets married to Princess Rardine. The wedding gets attacked the same way the capital was attacked and irrelevant people die. No dragons during the attack this time.
Minalan starts provoking some random Noble dude. It isn't explained why, and nothing comes of it in this book.
That's about it. Really, it's an irrelevant book. I'm not looking forward to the next one because whatever the other characters are doing isn't going to move the plot forward or answer any questions.
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- tb3
- 2020-06-16
Tons of Description - But Plot Important
This isn't my favorite book in the series. So much of the early book is 'the story of Vanador ' - a very descriptive setup of the new city (not to say that these books have ever been shy on description and world building). But I do feel that the first third of the book drags, with miscellaneous interesting events happening in the latter part.
And yet I think this is an important book for fans of the series - we have here what's described as the first book in what could be a ten book arc. There are major events, and the start (or escalation) of several story arcs to come (Farise, The Forsaken, Forseti, the arsenal, the Formless, etc)
Enjoy it for what it is. It's good, and starts the promise of what's next.
As always, it's pleasant listening to John Lee and how he narrates the series. i DID notice a few places where there were errors (name swapping / incorrect name), and pronunciation goofs, hence I've docked it to 4 stars.
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- Les
- 2020-06-24
Not much here...
A lot of exhaustive descriptions of courts,tax systems, interactions of magics etc. Not much is happening (I made it through 2/3 of this book so far and I am not sure I'll get to the finish).Stalled action,a few conversations ,one joust,another visit from the Sea folk demanding more white stone ....about all. Clearly,the author run out of ideas and now decided to bore his audience to death with his lists of tedium.
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- James
- 2020-06-29
This series is getting really repetitive
I feel like this story is being dragged out forever because the author knows it is a cash machine and all of us are willing to fork out more money hoping the book will be more stimulating than the last, but unfortunately we are wrong. This is like a TV show that has gone on too long.
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- Michael
- 2020-06-29
A rehash of previous plots in the series
There is nothing new here. The book covers the same plots already done in the earlier books. I love my wife, I hire really good people and get out of their way, I feel guilty for not saving everyone, did I say that I love my wife, I hire really good people and throw money at then, I care about everyone, oh how I love my wife, my really good people saved everyone and I didn't have to do anything but stay out of their way and throw money at them.
There was nothing creative in this book, it is just a pulling of similar stories from earlier books and with a little rewrite presented as a new book that barely mores the story forward. In other words, it is a filler book, no new development of any type, so boring to the extreme.
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- Matt McC
- 2020-06-25
Terry. You always get my money, but please..
So many errors, which honestly is kind of normal. I wish production would just correct the obvious things like Tyndal and Rondal. But.. This was so borring. And almost as flat in tone as the hawkmaiden books. This is less of a story and more a catalog of dry events. Just. So bleh. =(
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- DreamscapePen
- 2020-06-24
Better on audiobook!
I love the Spellmonger series and eagerly await the next book. John Lee is a treasure!
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- CLeshock
- 2020-07-18
Running out of ideas?
I’m a huge fan of this series, but it seems like Terry’s running out of ideas. The vast majority of this book is a missive on public planning with very little action. It sets up three huge battles, but only one is portrayed here, and it’s a snoozer. If you skip this one you won’t miss much. Here’s hoping the next book will have more of the excitement, plot twists, and intrigue I’ve come to expect from this series.
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- BarbaraJ.Butler
- 2020-07-03
Way too slow
Clear clearly the author wants to drag this story out for 20 books. Very disappointing. way too much detail regarding city building and not enough action. Felt like I was listening to someone play a video game. When I first started reading the series I was enthralled, but I doubt I will continue. The best part is The Narrator, Mr. Lee who has a wonderful voice.
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- DeltCrow
- 2020-06-16
Return to Magelord
If you liked Magelord, you're going to love Thaumaturge. One of the best of the series.
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