The Wizard Lord

· The Annals of the Chosen Book 1 · Macmillan + ORM
4.6
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Chosen protectors must stop a defiant Wizard Lord in this fantasy adventure debut by the author of the Obsidian Chronicles.

The Wizard Lord's duty is to keep the world in its delicate balance. He must govern lightly to protect his domain from power-hungry interlopers, such as certain wizards who previously fought to rule the world...But if the Wizard Lord himself strays from the way of the just, then it is up to the Chosen to intercede.

There are eight Chosen ones: the Leader, the Seer, the Swordsman, the Beauty, the Thief, the Scholar, the Archer, and the Speaker. Each are magically-infused mortals who, for the term of their service, have only one function—to be available to remove an errant Wizard Lord, whether by persuasion or by stronger means.

Breaker, an ambitious young man, has recently taken on the mantle of Swordsman. But he never expected to be called to duty so quickly. With the fate of his world hanging in the balance, Breaker has no time for doubt. And yet doubts linger...not just about himself, but about the entire balance of power.

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4.6
14 reviews
Stormfather
January 21, 2015
The story was original and interesting, but the telling of it could have been better. The main character didn't really have much past to define him, so he felt rather two-dimensional, and the ending was rather anticlimactic. The main character even mentions a feeling of anti-climax, but the author doesn't seem to realize this is a problem. All in all, it's alright if you've got nothing better to do, but not highly recommended.
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ben fugate
July 28, 2015
Not the best book by this author, but certainly still worth the read
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About the author

Born and raised in Massachusetts, Lawrence Watt-Evans has been a full-time writer and editor for more than twenty years. The author of more than thirty novels, over one hundred short stories, and more than one hundred and fifty published articles, Watt-Evans writes primarily in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic books. His short fiction has won the Hugo Award as well as twice winning the Asimov's Readers Award. His fiction has been published in England, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Poland, France, Hungary, and Russia
He served as president of the Horror Writers Association from 1994 to 1996 and after leaving that office was the recipient of HWA's first service award ever. He is also a member of Novelists Inc., and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Married with two children, he lives in Maryland.

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