Gone is the naïve boy from the first novel, and in his place comes a man of great wisdom and honor. The most drastic change, of course, is evident in Pug, mainly due to his time with the Tsurani wizards. I did not expect that Feist would develop the cast of Magician: Master as much as he did.
It is always refreshing to see how one’s culture can color their views on all things mystical. This could not be further from the truth for the Tsuranis, who seem to afford the wizards a sort of deity-like reverence. As shown many times in Magician: Apprentice, wizards are not held in high regard by the majority of the Midkemians. Cross-cultural studies have never been this interesting in the real world.Ī bit of a side note: the most interesting aspect of this culture clash comes from each culture’s attitude toward wizards. It is these small details that really lend the book a sense of grandeur and importance.
The difference between the two cultures is especially apparent when Pug sees that the Tsurani revel in arena combat, which is unheard of in Pug’s culture. We saw a bit of this culture clash in the first novel when the Tsurani were deathly afraid of horses. It is fascinating to see the divide between the Midkemians and the Tsurani. While the two sides war with each other, a greater threat lies quietly in wait.įeist does a brilliant thing in Magician: Master: he allows us to see the Tsurani home world through the eyes of Pug. Of course, many other characters also enlist to stave off the Tsurani threat. Let us not forget Pug’s best friend, Thomas, who continues to hear whispers from the golden armor he found in the previous novel, nor Prince Arutha who is valiantly trying to gain reinforcements by sneaking into the famed city of Krondor. It is with these magi that Pug obtains a new name and truly unleashes his hidden power. While captive, Pug’s magic is discovered, and the mysterious Tsurani mages take him captive. When we last saw Pug, he was being held captive by the rift warriors known as the Tsurani. Luckily, Magician: Master ended up being an extraordinary novel, and it is the best follow up novel I have read in years.
I was not particularly eager to read Magician: Master I already had a copy on my bookshelf, though, so I dove in. In my previous review, I gave Magician: Apprentice quite a hard time for staying so close to the standard Tolkien-esque tropes (dwarves, elves, etc.). Magician: Master is the second novel in Raymond Feist’s best-selling Riftwar Saga. He is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Riftwar saga among other books.A few spoilers from the previous novel, Magician: Apprentice, are scattered throughout this review He was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honours in Communication Arts. Feist was born and raised in Southern California. “Epic scope… vivid imagination… a significant contribution to the growth of the field of fantasy.” The trilogy continues with book two, Silverthorn. I was once an orphaned kitchen boy, with no family and no prospects, but I am destined to become a master magician… I longed to train as a warrior and fight alongside our duke like my foster-brother, but when the time came, I was not offered that choice. War had come to the Kingdom of the Isles, and in the years that followed it would scatter my friends across the world. The world had changed even before I discovered the foreign ship wrecked on the shore below Crydee Castle, but it was the harbinger of the chaos and death that was coming to our door. The whole of the magnificent Riftwar Cycle, by bestselling author Raymond E. Magician, available in ebook for the first time, is a masterwork of magic and adventure.
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