Enchanter

Spellmonger, Book 7

By: Terry Mancour

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Minalan the moody!

Meanwhile, back at the castle...Minalan the spellmonger faces the boredom of house arrest after being confined to his lands by Prince Tavard for his defiance with the Wilderlands refugees. The Alka Alon have returned to their seclusion, dealing with their own crisis, the dead god is being quiet within the Umbra, and Min’s plans toward reestablishing a functional Duchy of Alshar are progressing.

Min sees his punishment as a unique opportunity to indulge in thaumaturgical research. When the Sevendor Magic Fair brings a tide of enchanters eager for snowstone, irionite, and opportunity to his door (as well as the newly formed Arcane Knights of Nablus, the successors of the Censorate in Merwyn), Minalan uses his wealth and position to invite them to stay on in Sevendor over the winter and focus on the developing art of enchantment.

He forms the first Bouleuterion, a conclave of enchanters dedicated to producing and researching the creation of magical items, since the fall of the Magocracy. Such notable enchanters as Lanse of Bune, Taren, and Masters Andalnam and Cormoran arrive to help Minalan and his staff of experts push the frontiers of magical science as far as he can. Even Lorcus, Tyndal, and Rondal help out. His secret mission is, of course, to fathom the complexities of the secret Snowflake of Sevendor, the enigmatic pseudo-molopor created from Minalan’s fevered subconscious...but not before they improve the lot of the peasantry by creating a wealth of labor-saving (and potentially socially revolutionary) devices.

But enchanters and former Censors are not the only ones to arrive at the fair: Baron and Baroness Greenflower, Magelords Dunselen and Isily, come to Sevendor as well...and the results are explosive. Before they depart Minalan’s entire life is thrown into doubt. Especially when a new divinity appears to make him an offer the spellmonger just can’t refuse.

As Minalan works through his psychological issues by obsessively focusing on his craft, he must also nimbly maneuver his way around an inevitable war between Sendaria and Sashtalia, protect his vulnerable domains, deftly negotiate his course through the tangle of feudal law and obligation in the Bontal Vales, and contend with his troubled marriage.

His frustration, guilt, and doubt are soon revealed to be authored by a secret plot against him. The return of an old enemy and the revelation of new foes challenges his position as head of the Arcane Orders and puts his entire family in jeopardy. Could it be that Minalan’s new 11-year-old apprentice, Ruderal, is the only one capable of seeing through the deceptions in time to save them all even as he struggles with his own guilt about his role in releasing Korbal the undead Demon God from his tomb? Or will their fates lie on the whims of a former lover who has ambitions of her own for Minalan?

©2018 Terry Mancour (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Great series... Can't wait to see what's in store

Loving this series. Want it to go on for many more books. I wished I had seen the chronological order at the beginning

Wonderful!!

I love this series.
Everytime I finish one book in the series I beg for the next, immediately.
Watching the spellmonger and associates grow through these 7 books has been a delight and a thrill.

Amazingly good 👌. What a great series. I cannot

Amazingly good 👌. What a great series. I cannot wait for the next one to be on Audible!

Sliwer

A bit slower with some action than previous volumes. Hopefully it is setting up book 8 for some much needed action.

love it

love this story. a great long book. yay magic and kingdoms. long live the spellmonger.

wtf Mage Lord Idiot

Edit: I've reached the end and this book has done nothing but piss me off. why have you made the people so stupid? super frustrating knowing for 10 hours that this was the outcome because you made the mage lord such a vacuous idiot. Super annoying. The worst part, I really enjoyed your books and now I'm just annoyed and it's happened so many times during the listen. hours and hours of feeling annoyed and mad.

Just let it all happen because why not. hiw annoying can he get? well he could single handed leave his enemy's with everything they want, sit there asking "why me", and make the story so annoying you don't want to listen.

A bit theoretical, but another great story.

A lot of theoretical magic discussions, but Lorcus is my new hero.

The ending was a bit an anti climax.

Great 7th book in the series.

The story flows well and the multiple story lines were spot on. The detail in the writing makes the seroes worth the time.

Awesome Series Post 7

Terry Mancour is just an awesome writer. The Spellmonger series is just super and should be a TV series. Before 2010 I wouldn't have suggested that but with today's technology they could pull it off.

Best of the bunch

Great story. The spellmonger series is still going strong and you could even have some tears with this one. Excellent performance from John Lee as always.