Books with title The Red Magician

Throughout her studies, Ceony Twill has harbored a secret, one she’s kept from even her mentor, Emery Thane. She’s discovered how to practice forms of magic other than her own—an ability long thought impossible.While all seems set for Ceony to complete her apprenticeship and pass her upcoming final magician’s exam, life quickly becomes complicated. To avoid favoritism, Emery sends her to another paper magician for testing, a Folder who despises Emery and cares even less for his apprentice. To make matters worse, a murderous criminal from Ceony’s past escapes imprisonment. Now she must track the power-hungry convict across England before he can take his revenge. With her life and loved ones hanging in the balance, Ceony must face a criminal who wields the one magic that she does not, and it may prove more powerful than all her skills combined.The whimsical and captivating follow-up to The Paper Magician and The Glass Magician, The Master Magician will enchant readers of all ages.

A little girl saves the world. Seven year old Effie is having a very unlucky weekend. Her family is visiting her Grandmother’s farm, and Effie just can’t keep from getting into trouble. And when it looks as though things couldn’t get worse, Effie finds her Grandmother’s Secret Book of Magic and a Wand. That’s when things really get nutty. * Chapter 1 My name is Effie Pringle. I’m eight years old and I have a secret. Can you keep from telling? Because this is a really big secret. Nobody can know. Except I have to tell somebody!! Okay. My secret is that I saved the world. Yes, even you. How? Okay, it all started on my unlucky weekend. The weekend when everything went wrong. Wait, let me start with Friday. I’ll start after school, when the yellow bus stopped on our street. I had jumped off and followed behind Tony and Mike. Tony is my big brother and Mike is his friend. As we walked I listened to what they were saying. I really try my best to not be nosy. But sometimes I just can’t help it. Because I find out all kinds of stuff from listening to people talking. Do you know the things that nine year olds talk about? It’s really interesting stuff.

Have you ever lost someone you really loved?Did you wish the news could have been delivered in a softer way?Now imagine you were 7 years old like the star of this short story, Eric Jones.His Dad is his best friend, and the journey they take together from July to Xmas day is an adventure no family should ever have to face. The bond between father and son is immeasurable, and this is put to the test when Eric's dad starts to share his incredible interest in magic with his son, leading to him revealing that he has developed the ultimate disappearing trick.Eric, throughout the next few months, learns some facts about his father's health through a magical and cleverly told tale, instead of the harsh truth that would be too much for any child to take on board, or even to understand. This precious time they spend together in those 6 months turns into something magical and heart-warming. It is a story that will touch many hearts and without doubt strike a chord with most people.The story has it's climaxes and although explores life's realities, does finish with a positive note reminding all who read it that life is short and has to be lived now and with love.A must read for any family member.

Meet Quentin Coldwater, king of the bizarre and wonderful land of Fillory. But he is getting restless, even in heaven a man needs a little adventure. So when a steward is murdered on a morning's hunt Quentin gets exactly that. But this quest is like no other. What starts as a glorified cruise to faraway lands soon becomes the stuff of nightmares..."The Magician King" is a grand voyage into the dark, glittering heart of magic, an extraordinary journey that allows the imagination to run riot and proves Grossman is the modern heir to C.S. Lewis. This is a book like no other.

MILA THE MAGICIAN tells the adventures of a young man, Mila, who leaves home to learn black magic. After overcoming many difficulties, he becomes a powerful sorcerer. An adventure story; it is also a tale of revenge, as it delves into the psychology and ramifications of vengeance. Mila is motivated by the desire to take revenge against his evil uncle and aunt, who have robbed him of his inheritance and left his mother and sister destitute. But successful revenge does not make Mila happy. He is deeply remorseful as he has harmed many innocent people. In penitence, he turns to Buddhism, and eventually he becomes a great saint. This tale of magic is not completely imaginary; it follows the traditional beliefs and folklore of Tibet. The narration has a Buddhist perspective; loosely based on the early life of the great Tibetan saint Milarepa (11th C. AD). It is not a biography; but an entertaining story set in Tibet, with its beautiful scenery and rich culture.

The most dangerous boy in the world?Timothy is a freak, a weakling, an impossibility. He's the only person in existence without magical powers and has spent his entire life hidden on a remote island. When Timothy is finally taken back to the city of this birth, he is fascinated by the current of magic that fuels the world, and mesmerized by the buildings and orbs that hang weightlessly in the sky. But he is also marked for death.Assassins are watching his every move, and the government wants him destroyed. Timothy can't imagine what threat he could possible pose; after all, he wields no power in this world.Or does he?

From the master wordsmith F. E. Higgins comes another sinister tale with enough twists, turns and scares to satisfy any reader. Now with a stunning new series look! Since his father disappeared under a dark cloud of scandal, Pin Carpue has been alone in the world. His work for the local undertaker keeps him busy, but his life is bleak. Then Pin encounters the Bone Magician, a man who can raise corpses and make the dead speak. As Pin pieces together the secrets of Bone Magic, his own life becomes fraught with grave danger . . .