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    The Wizard Heir
    The Wizard Heir
    The Wizard Heir
    Audiobook13 hours

    The Wizard Heir

    Written by Cinda Williams Chima

    Narrated by Robert Ramirez

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    About this audiobook

    Acclaimed author of The Warrior Heir, Cinda Williams Chima delivers this riveting sequel-a VOYA Perfect 10 and a New York Public Library 2008 Book for the Teen Age. Booted from one exclusive school to the next since his foster mom's death three years ago, 16-yearold Seph McCauley knows he's different. But he doesn't understand why he can summon menacing ravens, freeze summer ponds, and torch all he touches. And then Seph makes the mistake of trusting his new headmaster. If you like Harry Potter, you'll love Seph McCauley. "Chima uses her pen like a wand and crafts a wonderfully rich web of magic."-VOYA
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 12, 2008
    ISBN9781436186148
    The Wizard Heir
    Author

    Cinda Williams Chima

    Cinda Williams Chima is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes fantasy for teens of all ages. In addition to the Runestone Saga, her critically acclaimed work includes the Heir Chronicles and the Seven Realms series. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and she is always working on her next novel. Find out more at cindachima.com.

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    • 4/5
      Totally awesome, better than the first book. A felt the characters were so much better as in real and I could identify with, minus the powers.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed these books. This was my favorite from the trilogy. Jason! <3 Need I say more? XD I'm a sucker for his type of character, and quickly fell for him, but over all the story is great, the plot twists and turns and draws you deeper all the way. I love the return of old faces, as well as the many new characters that are introduced. Great for all fantasy/magic loves!
    • 4/5
      Good followup to Warrior Heir. Some good new characters were introduced and I also enjoyed catching up with the characters from the first book.
    • 4/5
      It was amazing! A lot of blood, a lot of people being injured, but not to the point that it was disgusting. Good character development, and I liked Seph. ^_^
    • 4/5
      Sixteen year old Seph McCauley was orphaned as a baby and the woman who raised him has died, leaving him to bounce from one place to another. He knows he is different, especially as he is plagued by magical accidents and yearns for someone to train him. Then he is sent to Havens a school for boys. The headmaster, Gregory Leicester, is a wizard, and wants to train Seph - it seems all his problems are over. But what does Leicester want in return, and is Seph strong enough to resist him.A great second book in the series from Chimera. I like how the character is separate from the first book but then eventually it is all linked together.
    • 1/5
      this book was not my favorite, not nearly as good as the 1st one. there was good parts that held my attention but other than that is was pretty dry.
    • 4/5
      Following on from events in Warrior Heir this has a new character enter into the scheme of things, this new character is a Wizard, so the start of the book investigates some of the Wizard socieity in Chima's world. Seph McCauley has spent the last few years being kicked out of boarding schools due to unusual things happening around him, now he's being sent to a secluded school, The Havens, which promises to reform him.Little do they know that this school is a matter of life and death for him. I liked the story, when the older characters came back in it made things believable but the battle was over very quickly and there was unresolved stuff left, so book 3, I'm looking forward to it.
    • 4/5
      Seph McCauley is a troubled child. He's been kicked out of four schools in three years when he finally goes to a school called the Havens. Seph is a wizard, and Gregory Leicester, the headmaster, knows it. Leicester tries to recruit Seph for his wizard army, but Seph refuses. Now Seph is tortured by nightmares and has no friends besides Jason. Jason is a rebel. He teaches Seph the basics of Wizardry and decides to escape himself. Seph is about to be killed by Leicester when his guardian, Linda, shows up to save. But Leicester doesn't quit that easily. He follows Seph and takes advantage of every opportunity to hurt him. Just when Seph has found a temporary home, his enemy won't stop hunting him. Also, he has to try and figure out who his parents are, stop Leicester from murdering innocent people, and make friends. This book surprised me. I didn't expect such an emotional struggle in this type of novel, but I think it added to the book. The characters were well portrayed and described. Also, the plot was awesome and I was up till the wee hours of the morning reading. One thing I didn't like was that Jason wasn't as involved as I would have liked him to be. Also, the book incorporated a couple of characters from a previous book, The Warrior Heir. And I also enjoyed how the characters grew off each other. Overall, this was a good book.
    • 5/5
      The second book in the trilogy that I was extremely excited to read. It starts out with a new main character but all the original ones are also part of the story. After The Warrior Heir, you think the story could be done but the author twists the plot enough to keep you guessing and then surprised you more with the ending. The author does a wonderful job of making you either love or hate the characters and you just can't wait for them to triumph or be thwarted.
    • 4/5
      The Heir universe grows more brilliant in this book. We learn a lot more about the characters we loved in the first book and the plot gets even more riveting.
    • 4/5
      Its been a couple years since Jack and Ellen turned the Wizarding rule of the Weirs upside down. But their opposition, Leicester and D'Orsay, have secretly been busy, plotting revenge, and to remake the old agreement, but only more powerful. The opposition has found a way to collectively link wizards' power so that it can be directed by one. And they have found a new wizard they want in their pack - Seph. But Seph is powerful on his own, and fiercely independent. He refuses to link with them, and they torture him for months on end, until Jack's Aunt Linda rescues him and take him back to Trinity. There he starts getting real training about his power, meets Jack and Elle, and a friend with the ability to absorb magic and charms. He also gets some insight into who his parents my have been. But Leicester and his group aren't thru, and make plans to take their revenge on the Wizards Council and Seph.Chima does a great job of bringing the new Heir into the folds of her first book, and adds plenty of new drama, and intrigue int he series. Her characters are very well developed, and they all end up feeling like old friends or familiars.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book even more than the first in the series (The Warrior Heir). The Wizard Heir was well written and I never felt the story was too choppy or slow. I really liked Seph and enjoyed following him as he learned more about who he was and how to use his magical abilities. The emotions felt realistic and believable as Seph is 'run though the wringer' across the storyline. I liked the big twist about Seph's life and thought it built well upon the first novel. Also, it was great getting to return to characters from the first novel as they interact with newly introduced ones in this novel. The book is entertaining, without being too lighthearted - Cinda definitely doesn't hold back the danger from characters we love. The storyline is fast paced and has plenty of action; I didn't want to put the book down! The Wizard Heir is a great story and I look forward to reading the third in this series.
    • 3/5
      The second in the triology about the magical guilds - sorcerers, wizards, enchanters, seers and warriors - where representatives meet to try and forge a new treaty.
    • 5/5
      This is the Sequel to"Warrior Heir". This book is the best book for Wizard and magic fans. I belive that this book is better then J.K Rowling's Harry Potter books.
    • 5/5
      Seph McCauley has been kicked out of private school after private school. Trouble seems to follow him around. When he is associated in a tragic fire that results in the death of a close friend, his guardians – a law firm – decide he needs a drastic change. Seph is sent to The Havens, a school with a good track record with rebellious boys.Seph has always known he is special, in fact, he knows he is a wizard. He just hasn’t had the luxury of training since his parents have long been dead and his foster-mother, a sorceress, wanted to keep him away from the magical world as much as possible. In her opinion, wizards are bad news – always looking for ways to control and manipulate the people around them for their own benefit. He desperately wants training and to know more about his heritage and, at first, he thinks he might be able to find that at The Havens.Jeremy Leicester promises Seph exactly what he wants – as long as he gives Leicester what he asks for in return. When Seph comes to understand what Leicester is after, he decides he doesn’t want anything to do with him. The problem is, Leicester is a very powerful wizard and he isn’t used to being denied. It will take everything Seph has to survive his time at The Havens.Luckily, Seph isn’t completely on his own. THE WIZARD HEIR brings back characters readers grew to love in the first book of this trilogy, THE WARRIOR HEIR. We see Jack Swift, Ellen Stephenson, Linda Downey and Leander Hastings – all important players in the battle between the wizards and the lower guilds. Readers are also introduced to a few new characters like Jason Haley, another students at The Havens, who provides Seph with much needed support and Madison Moss, a beautiful girl who steals his heart, who has many secrets of her own.THE WIZARD HEIR is an enchanting story. It is easy to get lost in the world Cinda Williams Chima creates for her characters. It would be best to read THE WARRIOR HEIR first, but if you can’t get your hands on it, starting with THE WIZARD HEIR would probably be okay. You won’t be lost, but you’ll miss out on some of the references in terms of the returning characters.Don’t wait. This isn’t a series you should miss.
    • 2/5
      Great fantasy read! This book continues with a new character, Seph -- a wizard, who is in desperate need of training. Chima does such a great job of weaving this magical world and creating a whole system of rules and classes of people. Sometimes the plot became a little predictable but it was a great, fast-paced teen read. I think I liked the first book, The Warrior Heir a little better, this story seemed a little darker, but it was still enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful addition to the continuing Heir series by Chima, The Wizard Heir follows Seph McCauley as he tries to discover who he is. At sixteen, Seph's spent most of his life being bounced from private school to private school as his untrained magic flares out and creates disasters. Things seem to be looking up when he is sent to The Havens in Maine and it seems as if he might learn more of the wizard world. Instead his trouble is only beginning. This book can stand alone though a reader will understand the setting more if they read The Warrior Heir and find the world more comfortable. A realistic fantasy that does not stint on showing what people will do for power and the struggles of trying to figure out who you are when your entire life has been bound up with lies. Readers who grew up on Harry Potter or enjoy him will find this series an intelligent next step as it considers what does it really mean when some people have more power than others including the power to control others. All of the characters ring true in their troubles from trying to find the courage to talk to a girl to simply trying to fit into a new school.
    • 4/5
      I am perhaps prejudiced against the "misunderstood kid gets sent to a remote boarding school where it turns out there is more going on than meets the eye" genre, due to a particularly bad experience with a previous book, but the first third to half of this book while we waited for a connection with the previous book in the series, The Warrior Heir, was much less interesting to me than the second half.Once the beloved Jack, Mr. Hastings and Aunt Linda joined the scene, I was quite pleased. This work tells of the after-effects of a modification to the magical/wizarding world governance and structure through a central character, Joseph (Seph) McCauley, who is himself a powerful, though untrained, wizard.
    • 5/5
      Seph, short for Joseph, is used to being sent from school to school. Ever since his first guardian died, he has been having a hard time settling in. And he can't get any straight answers about his family either.So after another tragedy, Seph is sent to a new boys' school in rural Maine. At first, he's hoping this will be the help he's been looking for, someone to train him in magic and teach him how to be a wizard. But it becomes clear very early that this school is more like a prison, and he's going to have to be very lucky to escape with his life.This was a great followup to the exciting first book, The Warrior Heir. I liked Seph, even though he was a bit cocky, and loved his courage and resourcefulness. This is a darker type of magic, in some ways, and certainly violent. There's no question that these are some nasty folks Seph is facing. I still can't decide whether to trust some of the folks in here. Unlike most teen fantasies, I really can't tell what to expect next or how this will all turn out. I can't wait to read the next one in this series.
    • 4/5
      Not quite as good as the "Warrior Heir" but still a good book in the series. The series while fantasy, has a good set of rules that the book follows. Things don't just magically happen, even though the characters might be able to do magic. Everything is worked for, even learning about ones inheritance.The plot was good, fast moving, but a bit predictable.
    • 4/5
      Sequel to Warrior Heir. In Wizard Heir we meet Joseph, Seph for short. He's a wizard, but hasn't had any training so far in his life. This means little accidents go off every once in awhile, and eventually he gets sent to the Havens, an elite private school specializing in reforming troubled young men. There is much political intrigue in this book as well, as we learn from one side of the lines the plots and secrets that could spell disaster for the underguilds. Eventually, Seph finds himself in the company of Jack Swift, the Warrior from the first book. Good action and storyline.
    • 4/5
      Sixteen-year-old Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of one exclusive private school after another. Unfortunately it's not his attitude that's the problem; It's the trail of magical accidents lately, disasters that follow in his wake.& nbsp; Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained--and now that the only person who could protect him has died, his powers are escalating out of control.& nbsp; After causing a tragic fire at an after-hours party, Seph is sent to the Havens, a secluded boys school on the coast of Maine. At first, it seems like the answer to his prayers. Gregory Leicester, the headmaster, promises to train Seph in magic and initiate him into his mysterious order of wizards; But Seph's enthusiasm dampens quickly when he learns that training comes at a steep cost, and that Leicester plans to use his students' powers to serve his own mysterious agenda. In this companion novel to the exciting fantasy The Warrior Heir, everyone's got a secret to keep: Jason Haley, a fellow student who's been & warned to keep away; from Seph; the enchanter Linda Downey, who knew his parents; the rogue wizard Leander Hastings, and the warriors Jack Swift and Ellen Stephenson. This wizard war is one that Seph may not have the strength to survive.
    • 5/5
      The book begins with a new character to the series, Seph, burning down a public area. I love when a book begins with a band(ha). This book is a good pick for the intense readers. I enjoy the almost poetic description of the battle seens and this book also recieves 5 out of 5 rating from me.
    • 5/5
      Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of every private school he as attended. It's not his attitude that's the problem; it's the accidents occur when he is around. Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained and his powers are escalating out of control. After causing a tragic fire at an after-hours party, Seph is sent to The Havens, a secluded boys' school on the coast of Maine. Does The Havens live up to its name, or is it a trap for boys with magic? I actually enjoyed this companion novel to Warrior Heir more. The writing is quick and fluid; the characters very interesting. Seph is, in many ways, old for his years, but endearingly young at the same time. I would definitely recommend this book.
    • 5/5
      Unexpected but excellent sequel. I'm so glad that there is going to be another one!
    • 4/5
      THough this book is a stand alone - or rather, could be read that way - I highly recommend the first, The Warrior Heir, to give you much needed info on the guilds and some of the secondary characters.I like this one better than the first. I don't know why I am drawn to teen books that portray pain and suffering - possibly I am tired of many young adult books glossing the nitty gritty over and someone or something always intervenes at the last moment to save the hero/heroine from real pain. The Wizard Heir definitely has it's share of torture - I'm wondering exactly what that is saying about me....At any rate - this book had very few slow downs - it moved along at a nice pace. I enjoyed finding out the hero's parents were I had hoped they would be and the author filled on some more background on two characters I enjoyed from the first novel.There is obviously room for more in this authors universe and I look forward to the next.
    • 5/5
      Seph McCauley has magic powers but doesn't have the knowledge to control them. He is sent by his guardians to a private school which becomes a nightmare prison for Seph. He escapes the school and learns about himself and his enemies.
    • 5/5
      Seph McCauley has spent the past three years getting kicked out of every private school he as attended. It's not his attitude that's the problem; it's the accidents occur when he is around. Seph is a wizard, orphaned and untrained and his powers are escalating out of control. After causing a tragic fire at an after-hours party, Seph is sent to The Havens, a secluded boys' school on the coast of Maine. Does The Havens live up to it's name, or is it a trap for boys with magic? I actually enjoyed this companion novel to Warrior Heir more. The writing is quick and fluid; the characters very interesting. Seph is, in many ways, old for his years, but endearingly young at the same time. I would definitely recommend this book.