He swore against fate, and that he'd conquer a kingdom, if that's what it took to claim his bride. Then he discovered that such an oath can't be broken. Marching off against a tyrrant to win a land, he was about to face the loathsome and evil Gordogrosso. If he was to win this lopsided war, Matt was going to need more than a few stout companions and some wellworded verse Book Download at GoldLibrary.
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Deadeye Dick. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. May 17, Susan Ferguson rated it it was amazing Shelves: , fantasy , nook , re-read. Matt is frustrated at Alisande's refusal to set a wedding date. When he finds out she's reluctant to marry him because he's not royal, he flies into a rage and swears an oath to God that he'll go win a kingdom and throne.
And is promptly taken up on the offer, not by Alisande but by heaven. He tries to say "oops, didn't mean it" but decides he really did. So he's in the evil kingdom of Ibile and picking up friends as he goes.
He frees a dracogriff from a sorcerer's trap, helps out a cyclops, sav Matt is frustrated at Alisande's refusal to set a wedding date. He frees a dracogriff from a sorcerer's trap, helps out a cyclops, saves a maiden from pursuit when she is fleeing from a castle under seige and runs into some old friends.
And learns a lot about faith and watching his temper and his mouth Dec 20, L. PenDragyn rated it did not like it Shelves: donate-delete , library-e-book. Nostalgia had me borrowing this one from the library after rereading the first one and I have almost no memory of this book, because I'd blocked it out apparently. The other reason I likely blocked this book from my memory was the characterization of Matt.
It's supposed to be three years since the end of Nostalgia had me borrowing this one from the library after rereading the first one and It's supposed to be three years since the end of the first book, and in that time Matt hasn't learned anything about keeping his temper in check or watching what he says.
He hasn't figured out more about how magic works. He has somehow become a worse person than he seemed to be in the first book, not helping people clearly in need of help for no clear reason at all, unlike how he acted in the first book. He wasn't fitting into the amoral skeptic cliche well enough I suppose, by leaping to their rescue without some external motivation.
Forgotten pun-fun from quick minds. Original friends and foes - live flying stone gargoyles with metal teeth. Matt Mantrell 20s, Lord High Wizard, angry at love Queen Alisande over waiting three years to set wedding date, vows to "kick that Ibilian monster-monarch off his throne or die trying" p 4, in this world where words have power.
Spells can surprise when he improvises, bumbling experiments with memorized literature passages, popular songs, even ad jingles, where lesser traditionalists rely Forgotten pun-fun from quick minds. Spells can surprise when he improvises, bumbling experiments with memorized literature passages, popular songs, even ad jingles, where lesser traditionalists rely on research of previous incantations.
Rhymes do not need to be spoken, as long as thoughts in rhyme, end with command "imperative.. In ripoffs, not always clear to me. May be more fun for reader who recognizes original - usually I skip spells. Gordogrosso is the one who should not be named aloud, cannot even be spelled, forsooth, but he does off and on, without rebuke or result.
Matt suspects knight to "renege on all his promises as soon as he was out of sight.. But they could still hear him, chanting a Latin hymn, in a loud, off-key baritone" p Again Aesop's thorn in lion claw fable turns foe to friend.
Dracogriff Narlh is crossbreed "And getting crosser" p Cyclops Fadecourt has courtly speech. Yverne is "riveting" p damsel in distress. Also heir to throne, she abdicates all future claim to marry Sir Guy. How can Matt doubt reality of his beautifully forever young princess Sinelle of Ys eess? Poseidon keeps Atlantis-type underwater city residents young. Ghost view spoiler [ gullible ruler who believed advisor, first Gordogrosso and successors, hidden by illusions hide spoiler ] brings them to old pals, beseiged, "run out of burial room" and food p , from 1 Sir Guy, dragon Stegoman, entropy demon Max.
Max switches places with Puck to obey Matt. Puck knows "just the place within their brains" p to sizzle so enemy sorcerers' words garble. After giant asparagus and cabbage, Friar Tuck looks forward "If naught else, we'll eat vegetable broth enough" p , relieve starvation. Max drags black hole through enemy campsite to devour all in path. Does he never learn? Like 1 converses with Saints, and angels. Why does Matt keep punching and swinging when he is the only one who can magic?
Most of them, anyway. He gargled something that sounded like grudging acceptance. Relief washed the smith's face. Heaven knows, you have served her Majesty too well to deserve such as this! Matt muttered and nodded. He couldn't really blame a man for doing his job properly. He shrugged. The man was just doing as he was bound to do, by his oath of service. Alisande was his queen, after all. The captain seemed faintly relieved. Had he understood Matt's thought so well as that?
But no, Matt hadn't recited a telepathy spell. How could he, bound and gagged? Matt understood--domestic disputes were always rough on the cops.
But don't worry, boys, I won't hold it against you, he thought as hard as he could. Again, the look of relief. Unstop his mouth, soldier--and stand ready to smite him if he should speak a single word. The guard nodded as he untied the sash, face hard. The gag came out, and Matt drew a long breath of clean air with relief. The captain held out the wineskin, and Matt leaned back and drew a long draught. Eyeing his jailers warily, he decided not to try speaking even to thank them, and opened his mouth with a sigh.
It was a new and more comfortable gag they put in--no doubt the captain wanted his glove back--but to say a gag is "more comfortable" is to say a torture is "less painful. It was going to be a long existence, with a very dry mouth and aching jaws. The guard finished tying the gag back in place, Matt sat down with a groan, and the captain nodded, turning to go. The door slammed shut, but there was still a torch, since the remaining guard needed light.
After all, there wasn't much point stationing him there with his short cudgel, if he couldn't see whether or not Matt had worked his gag loose. And Matt was certainly in a mood to try, feeling angry, vengeful, betrayed, rejected, and bewildered. Where had he gone wrong? How had he lost Alisande's love? In sunny Latruria, the wicked old king was dead, and the new king spurned the rule of Evil.
But turmoil began to spread, even across the border, when the new king also resisted Good! In nearby Merovence, Lord Wizard Matt Mantrell donned a disguise and set off to investigate--never dreaming that Latruria's sinister prime minister was mobilizing his minions He was teamed with a lovesick lad, menaced. The rebel slaves need a leader. Even if he's a wizard.
Even if he's dead The revolutionary DeCade died generations ago, leading the last great revolt of the planet Melange's churls against their despotic feudal masters. His staff and bones were broken and lost; only his songs remain. The churl Dulain joined the Resistance in his youth - an exile Resistance, devoted to readying the churls for their next great attempt at freedom.
Now that moment finally nears. Back on. When Gar Pike—the Rogue Wizard—and his traveling companion Alea land their ship on a planet harboring a lost colony to do some minor repairs to the ship's computer, they decided to take some time for shore leave, and explore.
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