Forest Mage
- Published
- 1 January 2006
- Pages
- 559
- ISBN-13
- 9780061199455
- Type
- novel
About this book
Forest Mage followed Shaman's Crossing in 2006, shorter at 559 pages, as Speck magic begins to take hold of Nevare Burvelle's body in ways his own rigid, colonially-minded culture finds grotesque. Robin Hobb uses the transformation to force Nevare, and the reader, into an increasingly uncomfortable reckoning with which side of the frontier conflict actually holds the moral high ground, ahead of the trilogy's close in Renegade's Magic.
Key facts about Forest Mage
Forest Mage is a novel by Robin Hobb. Readers have had it since 2006. It runs to 559 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Forest Mage. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780061199455 to find the main one.
Forest Mage is book 2 of 3 in The Soldier Son Trilogy series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Shaman's Crossing (2005).
Additionally, Robin Hobb writes The Ki and Vandien Quartet and Realm of the Elderlings as separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy and epic fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Assassin's Fate is the latest published Robin Hobb book on file, from May 2017.
About Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb is the primary pen name of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden, an American fantasy author best known for the Realm of the Elderlings, a sprawling sequence of interconnected trilogies beginning with the Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest) and continuing through the Liveship Traders, Tawny Man, Rain Wild Chronicles, and Fitz and the Fool trilogies. See every Robin Hobb book in order.
Its place in The Soldier Son Trilogy
Forest Mage is book 2 in the The Soldier Son Trilogy series. It follows Shaman's Crossing. It is followed by Renegade's Magic. See the full The Soldier Son Trilogy reading order.
Nevare Burvelle is a second son in a rigid, colonially-minded military culture where a second son's entire identity is predetermined: he will become a soldier, full stop. Shaman's Crossing (2005) follows Nevare through a brutal cavalry academy as his nation pushes an expansionist frontier into land belonging to the Specks, a forest people whose magic turns out to be much more real -- and much more dangerous to Nevare personally -- than his own culture believes. It's Robin Hobb working outside the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061199455