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anna_hepworth's review
5.0
The most irritating thing about Luckett's work is that I find it randomly, never hearing that another book has been published. This one I found when I went to a different branch of my local library, looking for something else.
It is an interesting play on the idea of the innate magic user - what if there are people whose innate talent is justice - the telling of truth, the identifying what is right. And what happens when their idea of right conflicts with what the people in power want? Oh, and then there is traveling between alternate worlds, an evil sorcerer, and a quest.
As to the story - in his late teens, Sam is looking forward to a life of drudgery, and not very happy about it. Walking home with his friend Finny one night, they encounter an old man being mugged, and Sam goes in to help. The old man then asks them to walk him home, which is fine, until Sam works out that they aren't where they should be. Finny has spent time with the old man already, so she isn't particularly stressed, but Sam just wants to go home. This turns out to be more difficult than he had imagined. This is followed by the discovery that both he and Finny have innate talents - he is a paladin, and she a fire mage. Quest ensues.
It is an interesting play on the idea of the innate magic user - what if there are people whose innate talent is justice - the telling of truth, the identifying what is right. And what happens when their idea of right conflicts with what the people in power want? Oh, and then there is traveling between alternate worlds, an evil sorcerer, and a quest.
As to the story - in his late teens, Sam is looking forward to a life of drudgery, and not very happy about it. Walking home with his friend Finny one night, they encounter an old man being mugged, and Sam goes in to help. The old man then asks them to walk him home, which is fine, until Sam works out that they aren't where they should be. Finny has spent time with the old man already, so she isn't particularly stressed, but Sam just wants to go home. This turns out to be more difficult than he had imagined. This is followed by the discovery that both he and Finny have innate talents - he is a paladin, and she a fire mage. Quest ensues.
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