A Wizard In The Way

by Christopher Stasheff

Paperback, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

Fic SF Stasheff

Publication

Tor Fantasy (2001), Edition: First Edition, Mass Market Paperback, 224 pages

Description

Interplanetary liberators Magnus and Alea land on the lost colony planet of Oldeira, where the peasantry lives in fear. Ghosts and dragons fill the woods, and the local Magician Lord is as likely to abuse the peasants as protect them. But how can Magnus convince the downtrodden to fight back against mystical powers they can't even see?

User reviews

LibraryThing member helver

Magnus and Alea this time find a lost earth colony - one that suffered all the catastrophes associated with Earth withdrawing its support from them after the colony was established but before it had completely taken root. Famine, plague, technological reversion - the whole nine yards. And into the

vacuum that left stepped a new class of magicians - some technological, some animal handlers and some ghost leaders. Yes, ghosts. With the help of a bumbling apprentice ghost leader and a nascent wyverneer, Magnus and Alea teach the oppressed serfs about the Way of Taoism. This becomes their level with which to pull down the magicians.

Again, slightly different. In this one, Magnus and Alea do more running away and more coaxing and teaching than in other books. And this one starts to have some of the goofiness of the Warlock series - the ghost to ghost network and the duel against the ghost in ruined city - with all kinds of body part puns were memorable in that regard.

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