A Sudden Wild Magic

7 best books like A Sudden Wild Magic (Diana Wynne Jones): The Curse of Chalion, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Orphans of Raspay, Paladin of Souls, Проклятый горн, Аутодафе, The Prisoner's Key

The Curse of Chalion
AuthorLois McMaster Bujold
ISBN0007133618
A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as page, and is named, to his great surprise, as the secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule.

It is an assignment Cazaril dreads, for it will...
The Eagle of the Ninth
AuthorRosemary Sutcliff
ISBN0192750453
Classic historical fiction

At the age of eight, I read Eagle of the Ninth, my first encounter with historical fiction. I became hooked. Since then, I have been read Nigel Tranter, John Prebble, Conn Igguden, Simon Scarrow, Ruth Downie, and many others.

Forty-four years later, re-reading...
The Orphans of Raspay
AuthorLois McMaster Bujold
When the ship in which they are traveling is captured by Carpagamon island raiders, Temple sorcerer Penric and his resident demon Desdemona find their life complicated by two young orphans, Lencia and Seuka Corva, far from home and searching for their missing father. Pen and Des will need all their...
AuthorLois McMaster Bujold
ISBN0380818612
Unexpectedly captivating.

I'm a longtime fantasy reader, but I've gotten tired of the current crop of twenty year old heroines, the descriptions of their clothes, their vague struggles with boyfriends, and the development of their special powers. Even if coming-into-one's power storylines...
AuthorAlexey Pehov
The Cursed Horn (The Guardian, book 4).

As usual the book consists of 6 interconnecting novellas.

Time of Graves. In the end of the previous book Ludwig van Hormaien made a promise to a dying friend. Trying to fulfill it, he came to a city called Klagenfurt. His sleep on first night was...
AuthorAlexey Pehov
ISBN5992208356
Стучит молот загадочного кузнеца, создавая из пламени кинжалы. В землях княжеств, среди гор, заброшенных деревень, Темнолесья и на морском берегу беснуются...
The Prisoner's Key
AuthorC.J. Archer
India's study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes from his prison cell. To make matters worse, the moneylender is murdered and the magician is implicated.

Convinced of his...
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