The Ninth Talisman
Volume Two of The Annals of the Chosen
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Publisher Description
All of the world is kept in a delicate balance under the supervision of the Wizard Lord. It is his duty to govern lightly and protect his domain…but if he should stray from the way of the just, then it is up to the Chosen to intercede.
The Chosen are the Leader, the Seer, the Swordsman, the Beauty, the Thief, the Scholar, the Archer, and the Speaker. These are magically infused mortal individuals who for the term of their service have only one function--to remove an errant Wizard Lord.
The Chosen fulfilled this role when they removed the previous Wizard Lord and exposed treachery from within their own ranks.
Since their last adventure, the world has returned to apparent peace and prosperity. The new Wizard Lord rules benevolently...but with an eye towards modernization through technology, instead of magic.
Do such plans jeopardize the delicate balance of power?
Is a Wizard Lord who is able to rule without magic a threat to the Chosen?
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A few years after Sword, a young man once known as Breaker, destroyed the Dark Lord of the Galbek Hills in The Wizard Lord (2006), his short-lived respite from defending the land of Barokan comes to an end in this solid second installment in Watt-Evans's Annals of the Chosen trilogy. As one of the eight magically empowered Chosen, Sword must protect Barokan against the possibility of its Wizard Lord going rogue. Now, the Wizard Lord's strange behavior has begun to worry the Chosen, and they must determine if his motivation to modernize Barokan is benevolent or if he intends to do away with magic in order to consolidate power. Though Sword's ambivalence about his violent duties makes him a reluctant hero, when it comes time for him to act, he does so swiftly and decisively. Fans of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance saga will find this series much to their taste.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic like empire strikes back down note
I really enjoyed this book, it has so much feel for our heroes to go through defeat, sadness, heavy heart and hard choices.
I really enjoyed this book it was one of the first ones I’ve read outside of Harry Potter thoroughly over and over again and inspired me to read more books along the lines of his writing and even write my own.
Our heroes experience a lot of turmoil in this book and a lot of sadness and emotion the mystery grows and the wizard that remains is very controlling.
Lawrence Watt Evans does a good job of keeping you interested and rooting for the good guy but enjoying with the bad guy does.