Author: N.M.Browne
'The Spellgrinder's Apprentice' is a book about magic powers that certain people have. The magic is called 'Inward Power', and is also known as 'thaumaturgy'. There is a branch of this magic called 'secret sight', which is the ability to see into the future.
The main character of this story is a young boy named Tommo and a feisty girl called Akkena. Tommo was an orphan who worked in a spellstone grinding factory. He worked there, carving spellstones for the spellstone wielders' use. He was covered in grind dust, remnants of spellstones that had magical properties. However, this grind dust was fatal. No one lived through its effects. Thus, Tommo ran away, hoping to live.
On the way, he met Akkena. She captured him at first, and made him do labour in turn for giving him food. However, after they were on the run from Akkena's father, they became friends, and depended on each other's survival.
King Fallon however, had heard that Tommo sought sanctuary in the name of Gildea, the greatest thaumaturgist that had ever lived. Gildea was Fallon's enemy, thus he sent Haver-snatcher to capture Tommo. Queen Vevena was Haver-snatcher's daughter, and she was at Fallon's mercy, so Haver-snatcher had to play along.
I will not tell you the end, so if you want, you might want to check it out. I personally feel that this book is a fantastic book. but sadly, it has no sequel. I personally feel that this book could have been developed into a series of books. The idea of spellstones is very good material for a series of novels. I really recommend this book to my friends.
i think that this post is well done with description and summary with the writers own feelings.
ReplyDeleteThis is a well-written book review about the "Spellgrinder's apprentice". The development of the story is shown in this review(accept for the ending). The story was summarized perfectly.
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