- The Innocent Mage
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name = The Innocent Mage
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image_caption = "The Innocent Mage" first edition cover.
author =Karen Miller
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country =Australia
language = English
series = "Kingmaker, Kingbreaker "
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genre =Fantasy novel
publisher =HarperCollins
pub_date =2005-07-25
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media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = 560 pp "(first edition)"
isbn = ISBN 0732280796
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followed_by =Innocence Lost "The Innocent Mage" is the first novel in the
Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series byKaren Miller .Plot introduction
Asher of Restharven wishes to own his own boat so that he may get away from his seven brothers and spend time with his father. He goes seeking fortune in Dorana and ends up in service of the young Prince Gar. Unknown to the both of them a secret organization called the Circle is watching Asher for he is the one foretold in the prophecy to save the kingdom.
Plot summary
The Doranen have ruled Lur with magic after fleeing the evil Morg who took over their homeland. For an Olken (Lur's original inhabitants) it is unlawful to use magic. Any Olken who breaks the law will be executed.
Asher has come to Lur‘s capital city to make his fortune. He begins as a worker in the stables of the Royal Palace but is soon made an assistant to the magicless Prince Gar, who is the mediator between the Olken and the Doranen. Soon, he hopes to gain enough money to buy a boat and fish with his father for the rest of his life.
But unrest starts to show among the Olken. It has been prophesied that the Innocent Mage will be born, and the Circle is dedicated to preserving the magic of the Olken until the saviour arrives. The Circle have been watching Asher, and as the city streets are filled with Olken rioters, his life takes a better turn.
External links
* [http://www.karenmiller.net Karen Miller's official website]
* [http://www.http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732280796/The_Innocent_Mage/index.aspx The Australian publishers website]
* [http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Title/9781841496047/ The American Publishers website]
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