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    Mageborn: The Blacksmith's Son
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    Mageborn: The Blacksmith's Son

    Written by Michael G. Manning

    Narrated by Todd McLaren

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    Mordecai's simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the
    discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the
    power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke
    of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion. Love and treachery
    combine to embroil him in events he was never prepared to face. What he
    uncovers will change his understanding of the past, and alter the
    future of those around him.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Audio
    Release dateJan 21, 2013
    ISBN9781452681122
    Author

    Michael G. Manning

    Michael Manning, a practicing pharmacist, has been a fantasy and science-fiction reader for most of his life. He has dabbled in software design, fantasy art, and is an avid tree climber. He lives in Texas, with his stubborn wife, two kids, and a menagerie of fantastic creatures, including a moose-poodle, a vicious yorkie, and a giant prehistoric turtle.

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    • 5/5
      Loved it!!! I loved that the author included a witty sense of humor, even addressing the reader at some points. This was a well done first novel. I normally only read at night, but I was so engrossed into this story, that I read all day yesterday and today. Finishing it in less than 24 hours. Eagerly looking forward to the next book in the series.
    • 3/5
      A bizarrely short book. From the description you expect some high fantasy coming of age story but the entire book doesn't even cover 2 weeks. Mort learns magic at a speed you could only expect in a really soft setting, everything falls into place with no effort required at all. None of this is particularly bad per se but it does leave me thinking this book is nothing more that a grand prelude to the rest of the series. Excluding the final chapter when the comically evil lord finally ends the book with something of a bang the rest of the book feels like it should have been a couple of chapters at the start of a story rather than the entire book. I don't mind terribly since I can go straight into the sequels but whomever read this when it was the only book in the series must have been fuming when they were done.Overall I like what I've read but everything just comes to easy to Mort who is too perfect other than his typical cluelessness about the fairer sex. Not that it matters since Penny is immediately completely in love with him and everything is perfect. The book demonstrates potential for the rest of the series but still isn't quite what I feel it could have been which is why it gets 3 instead of 4 stars.
    • 2/5
      A decent premise, but a number of issues kept popping me out of the experience, such as the frequent shifts between first and third person and the liberal use of modern speech idioms.

      Story-wise, Mort overcame his problems far too easily. In fact, so many characters were willing to set the period social conventions aside on his behalf that Mort never faced any serious cultural obstacles, which is the dramatic kernel that gives the "stable boy to wizard" story its soul.
    • 4/5
      A fast paced action adventure - a fun read - will continue to read books by this author. Usually I prefer more lead in, more setting, a slowing introduction to the characters. This author managed to keep the principals interesting enough that they are engaging even without that greater depth of presentation.
    • 5/5
      Just a fantastic read, glad there will be more for a series. Congrats to the author for his first book!! Sitting on the edge for the next one!
    • 5/5
      It's hard to get the story right on this kind of book. A young man who suddenly finds himself in possession of powers. Michael G. Manning has done a great job of bringing humor and humanity to the characters while keeping the villains nice and evil.