The Wizard Knight
Feb 2011 · Hachette UK
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THE WIZARD KNIGHT springs from the myths, legends and literature of times past.
A teenager passes from Earth to a magical realm of seven worlds, where he is given a hero's adult body and named Able. Though forced to act as a man, inside he is still a boy, even as he sets off to find his destined sword and become a knight.
In his quest he battles giants, meets gods, heroes and a sorceress (who repeatedly tries to seduce him), and serves the mercurial dragon king Arnthor in a was that could end everything.
A teenager passes from Earth to a magical realm of seven worlds, where he is given a hero's adult body and named Able. Though forced to act as a man, inside he is still a boy, even as he sets off to find his destined sword and become a knight.
In his quest he battles giants, meets gods, heroes and a sorceress (who repeatedly tries to seduce him), and serves the mercurial dragon king Arnthor in a was that could end everything.
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5 reviews
Charles Shepherd
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December 19, 2023
The long standing device of the unreliable narrator has rarely been used better, if ever. I loved this story for all of the things that weren't spelled out for the reader - it makes the read slower, more thoughtful and much, much richer to an audience willing to unpack it.
A Google user
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January 15, 2012
The plot started of interesting but grew very tedious. While the world was rich with characters i didn't feel any built a relationship with Sir Able (main character), more you were told they did.
Gene tried to make everything a mystery in this book and it became very annoying when he skipped back and forward through the story time line, cut out 20 year and explained it in 2 paragraphs, and many more things.
The only thing i actually really liked about these books(The Knight and The Wizard) was that they ended.
About the author
Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) Gene Wolfe was born in New York in 1931 and raised in Texas. After serving in the Korean War he graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston and worked in engineering until becoming an editor of a trade periodical, Plant Engineering, in 1972. Following his retirement in 1984, he wrote full-time. The author of over three dozen award-wining novels and story collections, he is regarded as one of modern fantasy's most important writers. His best-known work, the four volume far-future Book of the New Sun, won the World Fantasy, BSFA, Nebula, British Fantasy and John W. Campbell memorial Awards. He won the World Fantasy Award four times for his novels and collections and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award for his extraordinary body of work. Gene Wolfe lived in Illinois with his wife, Rosemary, until he passed away in April 2019.
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