The Wizard in Waiting

10 best books like The Wizard in Waiting (Robert Don Hughes): The Curse of Chalion, Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold, The Hallowed Hunt, Paladin of Souls, Faerie Wars, The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance, Terminal Uprising, The Perks of Being a Beauty, Believing is Seeing, Grave Destiny

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...
Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold
AuthorTerry Brooks
ISBN1857232569
Landover was a genuine magic kingdom, complete with fairy folk and wizardry, just as the advertisement had promised. But after he purchased it for a million dollars, Ben Holiday discovered that there were a few details the ad had failed to mention. Such as the fact that the kingdom was falling into ruin....
The Hallowed Hunt
AuthorLois McMaster Bujold
ISBN0060574747
The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile -- and Lord Ingrey kin Wolfcliff must transport the body to its burial place and the accused killer, the Lady Ijada, to judgment. With the death of the old Hallow King imminent and the crown in play, the road they must travel...
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...
Faerie Wars
AuthorHerbie Brennan
ISBN1582349436
When Henry Atherton helps Mr. Fogarty clean up around his house, he expects to find a mess and a cranky old man; what he doesn't expect to find is Pyrgus Malvae, crown prince of the Faerie realm, who has escaped the treacherous Faeries of the Night by traveling to the human world through a portal powered...
The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance
AuthorGlenn Dakin
ISBN1606840150
Murder, mystery, and adventure aren’t your typical birthday presents . . .
But for Theo, anything that breaks up his ordinary routine is the perfect gift.
A mysterious “illness” and Theo’s guardians force him into a life indoors, where gloves must be worn and daily medical treatments...
Terminal Uprising
AuthorJim C. Hines
ISBN0756412773
It’s been four months since Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos learned the truth. Four months since she and her team of hygiene and sanitation specialists stole the EMCS Pufferfish and stopped a bioterrorism attack against the Krakau homeworld. Four months since she set out to find proof of what really...
The Perks of Being a Beauty
AuthorManda Collins
ISBN1466834900
The beautiful Miss Amelia Snow is not accustomed to being snubbed by the gentlemen of the ton. But when her mother dies unexpectedly, forcing Amelia to take employment as companion to a wealthy cit’s daughter, she quickly learns to play down her looks or risk losing her position. When her employers,...
AuthorDiana Wynne Jones
ISBN0688168434
Believing is seeing, as the title of this outstanding collection of fantasies proclaims. And reading is seeing more than you've ever imagined when in the masterful hands of acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones. Here are seven tales -- seven doorways to bizarre, yet strangely familiar worlds -- to transport...
Grave Destiny
AuthorKalayna Price
ISBN0451416597
Grave witch Alex Craft can speak to the dead, and that makes her a dangerous enemy for anyone with something to hide. . . .

Alex is still trying to come to terms with her changing powers and her growing ties to Faerie when a case she’d rather avoid falls right into her lap. A fae prince desperately...
Mitosis
AuthorBrandon Sanderson
ISBN0449818438
The shorter a Sanderson read is, the less impressed I am with myself if I figure out the twisty paths of that man's genius mind . . .

That being said, I GUESSED THE TWIST AGAIN!!! *gloats* *booty shakes*

Anyway, MITOSIS was a short entertaining story that gave just a (possible) hint more...
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