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The High Lord (Black Magician Trilogy) by Trudi Canavan (view source)
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Sonea is now (for reasons I'm going to be vague about as I'm trying not to spoil the plot of the first two books in the trilogy) studying magic directly under the mysterious and rather shadowy High Lord. From him she learns that Kyralia is under threat of invasion, and from here on has to make several difficult choices as to how she can best help defend her country.
And yet, despite my moaning, I still finished the book quickly and managed to enjoy it, although I can't help feeling that, with a bit more attention to characters, and a slightly less bland writing style - at times, passages that should have been exiting and adrenaline-filled: battle, and a particularly tense trial being two examples, ended up reading like a dusty history book - what is merely a decent book could have ended up being a very, very good one. The learning curve throughout the books is, however, obvious, and as these are re-issues, perhaps her more recent work has improved again.
I can't finish without mentioning the ending, which is less of an ending than a sputtering, juddering halt that leaves all kinds of loose ends; I would expect better of a trilogy. It's all good harmless fun however, and a perfectly reasonable read; just don't expect very much from it. Having finished this trilogy you might like to try one of Canavan's [[The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan|stand-alone novels]].
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