Magician: Apprentice
Readers rate it 3.9 (528 on Hardcover)
485 pages · Released Dec 1, 1993 · Spectra
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Magician: Apprentice is an epic fantasy with war, magic, and coming-of-age themes suitable for teens with some fantasy reading experience. The book contains moderate fantasy violence including battle scenes and character peril, but nothing graphically detailed. Pug's journey emphasizes growth, mentorship, resilience, and loyalty—positive values throughout—though the war setting and separation from loved ones introduce some darker emotional elements.
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From the publisher
An orphaned kitchen boy named Pug becomes selected as the Kingdom of Midkemia's apprentice to the local sorcerer. A rift opens between this world and another and a great war rages between the two. Pug is captured and a secret magic within him discovered as that war between the two planets continues. There is great ma... An orphaned kitchen boy named Pug becomes selected as the Kingdom of Midkemia's apprentice to the local sorcerer. A rift opens between this world and another and a great war rages between the two. Pug is captured and a secret magic within him discovered as that war between the two planets continues. There is great magic, fantasy and personal connections between memorable characters.
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- Fantasy
- Midkemia (Imaginary place)
- Imaginary places
- Magicians
- Fiction
- Apprentices
- Fiction, fantasy, epic
- Midkemia (imaginary place), fiction
- Pug (fictitious character), fiction
- Comics & graphic novels, fantasy
- Comics & graphic novels, general
- Comic books, strips
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ISBN 9780553564945 · Spectra