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'When Caldan’s parents are brutally slain, he is raised by monks and taught the arcane mysteries of sorcery.
'Vowing to discover for himself who his parents really were, and what led to their violent end, he is thrust into the unfamiliar chaos of city life. With nothing to his name but a pair of mysterious heirlooms and a handful of coins, he must prove his talent to earn an apprenticeship with a guild of sorcerers.
'But he soon learns the world outside the monastery is a darker place than he ever imagined, and his treasured sorcery has disturbing depths.
'As a shadowed evil manipulates the unwary and forbidden powers are unleashed, Caldan is plunged into an age-old conflict that brings the world to the edge of destruction…'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Australian Fantasy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: S F Commentary , April no. 91 2016; (p. 91=93)
— Review of Clariel 2014 single work novel ; To Hold the Bridge : Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond 2015 selected work short story ; Skywatcher 2014 single work novel ; The Shaman's Secret 2015 single work children's fiction ; Battleaxe 1995 single work novel ; Avery 2013 single work novel ; A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel -
Review : A Crucible of Souls
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , July vol. 95 no. 1 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 October 2015; (p. 27)
— Review of A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel -
Review : A Crucible of Souls
2015
single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2015; (p. 48)
— Review of A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel
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Review : A Crucible of Souls
2015
single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2015; (p. 48)
— Review of A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 31 October 2015; (p. 27)
— Review of A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel -
Review : A Crucible of Souls
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , July vol. 95 no. 1 2015; (p. 20)
— Review of A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel -
Australian Fantasy
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: S F Commentary , April no. 91 2016; (p. 91=93)
— Review of Clariel 2014 single work novel ; To Hold the Bridge : Tales from the Old Kingdom and Beyond 2015 selected work short story ; Skywatcher 2014 single work novel ; The Shaman's Secret 2015 single work children's fiction ; Battleaxe 1995 single work novel ; Avery 2013 single work novel ; A Crucible of Souls 2013 single work novel
Awards
- 2013 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Best Novel