The Hand of the Sun King
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'Brilliantly told and immediately engrossing, filled with magic, mistakes, and their merciless consequences' Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
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1 author picked The Hand of the Sun King as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A beautifully written novel of a young man torn between two worlds.
Wen Alder is schooled from infancy both in the Imperial arts and (secretly) in the arcane tribal ways of his grandmother. Both are paths to magic ability, the former sanctioned, the latter very much illegal.
There are no prophetic heroes here; just the story of an angsty and foolish young man trying to find his way through competing heritages.
From Richard's list on mentor/apprentice relationships.
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