Raymond Feist - Magician

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Revised edition first published by Grafton 1992 and HarperCollins

Science Fiction & Fantasy 1993 and reprinted by Voyager 1997

First published in Great Britain by

Granada Publishing 1983

Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1982

Raymond E. Feist asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2012. Cover Photograph © Stephen Mulcahey/Arcangel Images

This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Source ISBN: 9780007485970

Ebook Edition © September 2012 ISBN: 9780007381432

Version: 2018-09-21

Magician

Silverthorn

A Darkness at Sethanon

Faerie Tale

Prince of the Blood

The King’s Buccaneer

Shadow of a Dark Queen

Rise of a Merchant Prince

Rage of a Demon King

Shards of a Broken Crown

Krondor: The Betrayal

Krondor: The Assassins

Krondor: Tear of the Gods

Jimmy and the Crawler

Talon of the Silver Hawk

King of Foxes

Exile’s Return

Flight of the Night Hawks

Into a Dark Realm

Wrath of a Mad God

Rides a Dread Legion

At the Gates of Darkness

A Kingdom Besieged

A Crown Imperilled

Magician’s End

With Janny Wurts:

Daughter of the Empire

Servant of the Empire

Mistress of the Empire

With William R. Forstchen:

Honoured Enemy

With Joel Rosenberg:

Murder in LaMut

With Steve Stirling:

Jimmy The Hand

This book is dedicated to the memory of my father,

Felix E. Feist,

In all ways, a magician

Table of Contents

Title Page RAYMOND E. FEIST Magician

Copyright Copyright Harper Voyager An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF www.harpervoyagerbooks.co.uk Revised edition first published by Grafton 1992 and HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy 1993 and reprinted by Voyager 1997 First published in Great Britain by Granada Publishing 1983 Copyright © Raymond E. Feist 1982 Raymond E. Feist asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2012. Cover Photograph © Stephen Mulcahey/Arcangel Images This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Source ISBN: 9780007485970 Ebook Edition © September 2012 ISBN: 9780007381432 Version: 2018-09-21

By the Same Author BY THE SAME AUTHOR Magician Silverthorn A Darkness at Sethanon Faerie Tale Prince of the Blood The King’s Buccaneer Shadow of a Dark Queen Rise of a Merchant Prince Rage of a Demon King Shards of a Broken Crown Krondor: The Betrayal Krondor: The Assassins Krondor: Tear of the Gods Jimmy and the Crawler Talon of the Silver Hawk King of Foxes Exile’s Return Flight of the Night Hawks Into a Dark Realm Wrath of a Mad God Rides a Dread Legion At the Gates of Darkness A Kingdom Besieged A Crown Imperilled Magician’s End With Janny Wurts: Daughter of the Empire Servant of the Empire Mistress of the Empire With William R. Forstchen: Honoured Enemy With Joel Rosenberg: Murder in LaMut With Steve Stirling: Jimmy The Hand

Dedication This book is dedicated to the memory of my father, Felix E. Feist, In all ways, a magician

Foreword to the Revised Edition

Maps

Book 1: Pug and Tomas

Chapter One: Storm

Chapter Two: Apprentice

Chapter Three: Keep

Chapter Four: Assault

Chapter Five: Shipwreck

Chapter Six: Elfcounsel

Chapter Seven: Understanding

Chapter Eight: Journey

Chapter Nine: Mac Mordain Cadal

Chapter Ten: Rescue

Chapter Eleven: Sorcerer’s Isle

Chapter Twelve: Councils

Chapter Thirteen: Rillanon

Chapter Fourteen: Invasion

Chapter Fifteen: Conflicts

Chapter Sixteen: Raid

Chapter Seventeen: Attack

Chapter Eighteen: Siege

Book 2: Milamber and the Valheru

Chapter Nineteen: Slave

Chapter Twenty: Estate

Chapter Twenty-One: Changeling

Chapter Twenty-Two: Training

Chapter Twenty-Three: Voyage

Chapter Twenty-Four: Krondor

Chapter Twenty-Five: Escape

Chapter Twenty-Six: Great One

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Fusion

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Emissary

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Decision

Chapter Thirty: Upheaval

Chapter Thirty-One: Deceptions

Chapter Thirty-Two: Betrayal

Chapter Thirty-Three: Legacy

Chapter Thirty-Four: Renaissance

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgement to the Revised Edition

About the Author

About the Publisher

It is with some hesitation and a great deal of trepidation that an author approaches the task of revising an earlier edition of fiction. This is especially true if the book was his first effort, judged successful by most standards, and continuously in print for a decade.

Magician was all this, and more. In late 1977 I decided to try my hand at writing, part-time, while I was an employee of the University of California, San Diego. It is now some fifteen years later, and I have been a full-time writer for the last fourteen years, successful in this craft beyond my wildest dreams. Magician , the first novel in what became known as The Riftwar Saga , was a book that quickly took on a life of its own. I hesitate to admit this publicly, but the truth is that part of the success of the book was my ignorance of what makes a commercially successful novel. My willingness to plunge blindly forward into a tale spanning two dissimilar worlds, covering twelve years in the lives of several major and dozens of minor characters, breaking numerous rules of plotting along the way, seemed to find kindred souls among readers the world over. After a decade in print, my best judgment is that the appeal of the book is based upon its being what was known once as a ‘ripping yarn.’ I had little ambition beyond spinning a good story, one that satisfied my sense of wonder, adventure, and whimsy. It turned out that several million readers – many of whom read translations in languages I can’t even begin to comprehend – found it one that satisfied their tastes for such a yarn as well.