“In the world of wizardry, the sins of the father are weighed heavily against the son. “The Wizard’s Son” is the story of Orlan Lightesblood, a son of one of the most powerful wizards in the world. But being born under a wizard is no easy task, as the training that lies ahead of him seems to be a drop in the barrel for the enemies he will inherit. “The Wizard’s Son” is an exciting fantasy, highly recommended.”
Midwest Book Review at Amazon.com
Maiden in Light
The sequel to The Wizard’s Son is expected out in May 2011.
From the back-cover blurb:
“From the top of the gate, Alys smiled down. There was no evidence of evil, yet Laurel felt it. That absence of living energy concealed something grotesque. She shuddered when she met those night eyes, repulsed as she might be by a dead mouse accidentally trod underfoot or a cold, scaly water-thing brushing against her body in a stream. Her nerves thrilled with danger. She’d seen this girl before, watching and smiling secretly. She’d sensed this presence months ago, though she hadn’t understood until now what it was. This was why she had come to New York…”
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Maiden in Light cover
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Back cover verbiage:
“From the top of the gate, Alys smiled down. There was no evidence of evil, yet Laurel felt it. That absence of living energy concealed something grotesque. She shuddered when she met those night eyes, repulsed as she might be by a dead mouse accidentally trod underfoot or a cold, scaly water-thing brushing against her body in a stream. Her nerves thrilled with danger. She’d seen this girl before, watching and smiling secretly. She’d sensed this presence months ago, though she hadn’t understood until now what it was. This was why she had come to New York…”
When Laurel Windswift enters an apprenticeship under her uncle, the great wizard Lord Redmantyl, she sees only the delights that her magic can bring. But her desire for more knowledge brings her too soon into the dark secrets that all magicians of power share, and forces her to take up a wizard’s duties of night vigils against monstrous and inhuman forces before she is ready. When Laurel returns to her home city to investigate a small magical anomaly for her uncle, this maiden of light meets a child of darkness, and must undertake a task too terrible to perform.
On an alternate earth filled with wonder and danger, the wizard’s niece must make a decision that will affect the rest of her life. As she struggles with the unbearable obligations of a magician, she also faces the ostracism of the merchant families who cast her out as a child, her aunt’s matchmaking efforts, and finding an unexpected love.
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Another Author Interview
How long did it take to write the book?
“About two years initially, then a few more months for rewrites. The story was originally all in chronological order, but in an effort to shorten it and get to the focus of the plot more quickly, I moved a lot of scenes involving Orlan’s childhood to later sections of the story and made them flashbacks.”
September 1, 2010: Kathryn L. Ramage interview on the Indie Spotlight.
Author Interview
“What inspired you to write this book?
“I began working on this novel in grad school, when I was taking courses in Old English and medieval lit. In my first versions of the story, I used a lot of proper names and other words that were a sort of amalgamation of Old or Middle English and medieval French, as if the two countries and their languages had never become separate; the Norman Empire contains both. A lot of that has been edited out since to make the story easier to read, although I’ve tried to keep just a little taste of it in some of the names.”
August 30, 2010: Interview with Kathryn L. Ramage on SellingBooks.com.
The Wizard’s Son Reviews
So far:
July 20, 2010: The Wizard’s Son review at GoodReads.com by Linda Robinson
June 13, 2010: The Wizard’s Son reviewed at GoodReads.com by Catrina
May 25, 2010: The Wizard Son is reviewed at Amazon by Loucypher Justin
May 20, 2010: The Wizard’s Son reviewed at Young Adult Books Central by J. Mitchell
May 15, 2010: The Wizard Son is reviewed at Amazon by Johnathan Gladen
April 12, 2010: The Wizard’s Son Fantasy and Sci Fi Reviews
(Note: the Amazon reviews for 12-April-2010 are the same)
April 12, 2010: The Wizard’s Son Amazon US (all Amazon reviews)
April 12, 2010: The Wizard’s Son Amazon UK
February 18, 2010: The Wizard’s Son Amazon Review (all Amazon US reviews)
December 31, 2009: The Wizard’s Son Amazon Review (all Amazon US reviews)
The Wizard’s Son
Where to buy: Amazon; Barnes & Noble; Bookfinder; IndieBound; Createspace (10% off code: MPY7RN5U); eBook format; More options.
The Wizard’s Son (ISBN: 9780578032931)
by Kathryn L. Ramage
The Wizard’s Son
By Kathryn L. Ramage
“‘His first vivid, visual impression was of Redmantyl standing over him in the morning sunlight, so tall and red and bright that the wizard had been burned into Orlan’s memory. Indeed, Orlan marked his life from that moment, when all the light and strength and wondrous magic of the world had stepped into his childish awareness. He believed he had known he belonged to that man, even before he knew who Lord Redmantyl was. Before that, there was nothing.
“‘That summer, he began to test the unyielding barrier which kept him from his childhood—his father’s spell, placed upon him years ago. Until now, he had accepted it: who would wish to look back on dirt and poverty and misery when he lived in an ivory castle of magic? Orlan had not tried to remember, but his visit to Storm Port made him attempt to recall a past which had been kept from him. He wanted to know about his mother and the life he had known with her at Lammouthe. Could the spell be broken? He was a magician of some skill himself. Surely he could undo this. He must know: what had he been before his father had brought him to Wizardes Cliff?’
“Orlan Lightesblood is the son of the world’s most powerful wizard and is training to become a wizard himself. But beyond his father’s castle, he is still an innocent youth, defenseless against the evil and temptations that threaten the future laid out for him. On an alternate earth filled with wonder and danger, the wizard’s son must overcome the demons of his own past and his father’s enemies to survive to manhood.”
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More fiction by Kathryn L. Ramage.
Reviews of The Wizard’s Son:
April 12, 2010: Fantasy and Sci Fi Reviews (the Amazon reviews are the same, but please click on them anyway, thanks)
Amazon US (all Amazon reviews)
February 18, 2010: Amazon Review (all Amazon US reviews)
December 31, 2009: Amazon Review (all Amazon US reviews)