As Handar reached Alodar's side, a cloudlet formed over the blaze.
Deafening thunder cracked through the air. If there is a SparkNotes, Shmoop, or Cliff Notes guide.
But aspired by the lure of romance, he did. Find all available study guides and summaries for Master of the Five Magics by Lyndon Hardy. He had no right to aspire to the hand of Vendora, Queen of all of Procolon. Alodar was a mere journeyman, learning the least of the five arts of magic. Once Alodar has learned all five magics, he must battle demons: 'Lightning flashed. So is magic Find out what they are One of the most logical detailing of the laws of magic ever to appear in fantasy Lester del Rey. Run, run, take the only chance that you have, his body said.' (65) This may not seem like the most heroic passage, but much of the book consists of Alodar being humbled into greatness. In 'The Thaumaturge', Alodar and Aeriel have to escape a ruined castle: 'Alodar's muscles tensed. This is in stark contrast to the action scenes, which Hardy zips like an action movie, making me wish this were a movie.
A line like 'Thinking more rapidly than he thought possible, he worked the equations to produce four non-equivalent variations' (212) explains the workings of magic (including magic squares) well, but is tiring to read after a while. As Alodar finds understanding of the story his life tells, the reads finds understanding of the story Hardy writes. The language in Master of the Five Magics is intentionally archaic, making the book surprisingly difficult to read at times yet in a way that fits the story perfectly.
