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The Wizard Lord by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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3 1/2 Stars: I have read quite a bit of Lawrence Watt-Evan's stories over the years. One of my favorite tales is The Misenchanted Sword. While I liked the idea of a fantasy realm with a check and balance system and several other ideas. The story itself seemed a bit flat. The writing is descriptive, but there is a lot more talking than action in the book. Also a few of the more standard fantasy plots make an appearance in the book. So overall it was a rather straight forward fantasy romp with no real surprises or tremendous action. I liked his Dragon series a lot, this one left me wanting more.
  iayork | Aug 9, 2009 |
A very stereotypical and predictable fantasy. I feel like there could have been some plot twists that would have made this more interesting, but the author did not take them. The sequel was not much better. ( )
  boomstockalaka | Jul 17, 2009 |
Solid reading, with sense and logic, but also with pretty much all the elements of a traditional quest fantasy (magic items, evil magic-users, fighters, thieves, the young man growing up, etc.) done in a not super-predictable way. Good for people who enjoy traditional fantasy but who are tired of knowing the exact nature of the ending before they get twenty pages in. Maybe if I re-read it, I'll give it a 5 next time, if I'm more capable of feeling emotions at that point. ;) ( )
  Impstar | May 7, 2008 |
Solid, workmanlike, entertaining but nothing too original here. Usual Fantasy business of setting off on a quest, in this case to kill a rogue "Wizard Lord," narrated from the point of view of one of the Chosen (the eight savants who can remove a Wizard Lord). Interesting enough that I'd pick up the sequel if I saw it, but enough like everything else I seem to be reading lately that if I miss it I can't imagine I'll feel the loss. ( )
  worldsedge | Jun 4, 2007 |
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The Wizard Lord’s duty is to keep the world in its delicate balance. He must govern lightly to protect his domain from power-hungry interlopers, such as certain wizards who previously fought to rule the world…But if the Wizard Lord himself strays from the way of the just, then it is up to the Chosen to intercede.

The Chosen ones are the Leader, the Seer, the Swordsman, the Beauty, the Thief, the Scholar, the Archer, and the Speaker. Each are magically-infused mortal individuals who, for the term of their service, have only one function--to be available to remove an errant Wizard Lord, whether by persuasion or by stronger means.

Breaker, a young man of ambition, has taken the mantle of Swordsman from its former bearer who wished to retire. Never did he realize that he would be called to duty so quickly, or that the balance of power in his world would be so precarious.

He had a duty to perform.  A world to save.

So why does he still have doubts…not just about himself, but about the entire balance of power?

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