Name: Spellwright 3
ISBN: 9780007368914

Blake Charlton

The third book in Blake Charlton's exciting and original trilogy, following on from 'Spellwright' and 'Spellbound'.

Book 3 of the Spellwright Trilogy

Spellwright 3

Nicodemus is a young, gifted wizard with a problem. Magic in his world requires the caster to create spells by writing out the text . . . but he has always been dyslexic, and thus has trouble casting even the simplest of spells. And his misspells could prove dangerous, even deadly, should he make a mistake in an important incantation. Yet he has always felt that he is destined to be something more than a failed wizard. When a powerful, ancient evil begins a campaign of murder and disruption, Nicodemus starts to have disturbing dreams that lead him to believe that his misspelling could be the result of a curse. But before he can discover the truth about himself, he is attacked by an evil which has already claimed the lives of fellow wizards and has cast suspicion on his mentor. He must flee for his own life if he’s to find the true villain. But more is at stake than his abilities. For the evil that has awakened is a power so dread and vast that if unleashed it will destroy Nicodemus... and the world.

Spellwright

Natalie

I really enjoyed this one. Nicodemus Weal, our hero, is quite a unique hero in fantasy fiction: he has a severe learning disability (and it is NEVER described as anything BUT a disability) which absolutely impairs his ability to function in the world of the book. He is magically literate, but his disability makes it so he can't work magic successfully. Since he lives in a wizard community, this is sort of a huge problem.

There are sly references to extruded fantasy product throughout the book and the plot is interesting, the worldbuilding unique, and I didn't see the end coming. 

Note: there are characters in the book who use the word "retard" to describe Nicodemus. I didn't find this problematic, as it was always clear that the use of the word was intended to be a jerk thing to do. And, sadly, people in our world with severe learning disability often have that word applied to them by jerks. But I know folks are sensitive to that particular word, so I wanted to warn for it just in case.

The main reason I read this book, though, is that I've been meaning to for a year and I have an ARC of the second in the series for review in the September issue of RT.

Spellwright 3 Book 3 of the Spellwright Trilogy

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