Fantasy

With a Single Spell

by Lawrence Watt-EvansBook 2 of 13 in Legends of Ethshar
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Description

Tobas had been lucky to find a wizard to take him on as apprentice. But then the wizard died suddenly and unexpectedly after teaching Tobas only a solitary spell, and the youth was too old to find a new master. How could he earn a living when all the magic he could do was light fires?

What it’s like

ThemeLow FantasyZero to HeroIdentity & Selfhood
ViolenceStandard

Details

First published
1987
Pages
263
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
ISBN
9780345326164
Series
Legends of Ethshar, Book 2

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