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    Wizard at Large
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    Wizard at Large

    Written by Terry Brooks

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier - though still able to talk.

    All went well - until the wizard breathed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp. It had been in the collection of Michel Ard Rhi, former King of Landover, now exiled to Earth. Abernathy must now be a part of that collection!

    High Lord Ben Holiday set forth for Earth, taking his green but beautiful love, Willow, with him. Unfortunately, they were long in returning. And without the soil of Landover in which to root as a tree at times, Willow could not long survive.

    That left it up to Questor Thews to save them. Grimly he set out to seek help, knowing himself to be incompetent. And to make things worse, the imp had escaped and sought the help of the evil witch Nightshade, now back from exile in Faerie. Questor's only idea seemed impossible, but . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMar 29, 2008
    ISBN9781423350347
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    • 3/5
      I'm more a fan of the Shannara books than the Landover novels, but I enjoy these novels also. They are very simplistic, Brooks has created a very small self-contained world for this characters to adventure in. This means there are no long journeys, but it also makes the setting feel artificial. In that way it reminds me of Piers Anthony's Xanth setting - a small, quirky setting that's a foil for the characters. What makes these books worth reading is the unusual characters he has created, and how he manages to keep them interesting in each new book.
    • 2/5
      I read the series when I was in high school, and I remember that I loved Questor back then. I read it more recently and found that I don't like him at all anymore, so at least half of this book was almost torturous to read.
    • 5/5
      A convoluted comedy of errors. Wizard Questor Thews tries to change Abernathy back into a man but sneezes and sends Abernathy to the US instead. And brings a demon in a bottle to Landover. Ben Holiday goes back to his world to rescue Abernathy and Questor goes in pursuit of the bottle. It had me totally sucked in and I didn't want to put the book down. Loved it!
    • 4/5
      I love this series! It's simple reading but just the kind of easy escapism read you need sometimes.
    • 3/5
      Summary: Questor Threws' confidence is high as he declares that he can return Abernathy to his original form as a man. As expected Questor doesn't get the spell exactly right. Instead he exchanges Abernathy for a bottle.The Take-Away: For the first time, magic is thoroughly explored in the Landover series. Various magical elements are introduced into the story. Since Questor, as Court Wizard, has learned a significant amount of magic, his role is more prominent. In the previous two books, he muddled more than he assisted. No only does he get it right in the third book, his success rate is around 60% (which, if you read Magic Kingdom for Sale -- Sold! or The Black Unicorn this is quite an improvement.)In addition the the court wizard, which really is a staple of fantasy, the bottle that Abernathy is exchanged for contains a Darkling, a creature who uses the magic from the holder of the bottle to work mischief. The nature of the mischief depends on the strength of the magic and the intent of the owner of the bottle. If the holder is quite strong, the Darkling will tempt him to fulfill darker desires.The medallion plays a pivotal role again. Ben Holiday, king of Landover, loaned it to Abernathy and Questor to assist in the transformation. It ends up in Ben's (and our) world when the spell transports instead of transforms. Magic would be easier if it didn't require another language, but that's the point. If it was spoken in the local language -- English or otherwise -- people anywhere would perform magic accidentally. It's a nice convention for magic to work only under a different language. As for any convention, however, there are rule-breaking authors.Rule breakers are critical in any genre, not just fantasy. Since this title was published in the 1980s, how many rules existed for Brooks to break? Was he ground-breaking or establishing the precedent? If high schools and colleges taught literature from this angle, it would have been more interesting than analyzing the social impact of novels that had no social impact (cough, cough, Pamela).Recommendation: Better than the second book, The Black Unicorn. I'll probably grab the fourth one too, but I'm not in any hurry for it.
    • 4/5
      Fun, easy read, another entertaining spin in the world of Landover. Brooks has developed these characters very well, which makes reading how they get into and out of trouble a lot of fun.