Blaze of Glory (1) (The Laws of Magic) - Softcover
Best friends Aubrey and George begin their magical high jinks in this first book of the Laws of Magic series At a weekend shooting party at Prince Albert's country estate, Aubrey and George find themselves in a hotbed of intrigue and politics. Together they discover a golem, a magical creature built to perform one task—to kill Prince Albert. Aubrey and George are hailed as heroes for foiling the attempt on the prince's life—but who sent the golem, and why? Aubrey is far too curious to let the authorities handle this one, and he and George start an investigation of their own to get to the bottom of the royal assassination attempt.
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Michael Pryor is the author of The Chronicles of Krangor series and the Laws of Magic series. He has been shortlisted six times for the Aurealis Award, including for the titles Blaze of Glory and Heart of Gold.
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A boarding school that specializes in magic; two best friends (one rather goofy but goodhearted, the other brave and bold); and a fast pace: sound familiar? Though there are certainly echoes of Rowling, Pryor’s focus is on politics, showing how wheeling and dealing behind the scenes directly shapes the world. Aubrey Fitzwilliam’s father is the ex–prime minister and still a formidable political player. This connection sends Aubrey and best friend George on a royal hunting party, where they save Prince Albert from a murderous golem. Hailed as heroes, the boys try to figure out who sent the golem and why. All this is complicated by Aubrey’s misfired experiment in practicing Death Magic, which has left him dead, after a fashion. He tethers himself to the living world with a series of ongoing spells, but it’s exhausting just to stay alive, never mind spying and protecting the sovereign. Clever dialogue and a fully realized history of the fictional kingdom set the stage for at least five more titles in the Australian Laws of Magic series. Grades 7-12. --Debbie Carton
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- PublisherRandom House Australia
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1864718625
- ISBN 13 9781864718621
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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