Sorcerer's Legacy [Paperback]

Janny Wurts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1982

In Janny Wurts' Sorcerer's Legacy, we discover a world full of magic and intrigue. It is into this world that Elienne has chosen to come, to save a princes life. Lady Elienne finds herself captive in the dungeons of the one who killed her husband and conquered her lands. While there, a great wizard appears to her offering to take her away. Does she stay and suffer certain cruelties from the one who now wants to make her his new queen... Or does she go with this wizard who claims that she is the only one who can save his prince's life. Neither choice has much chance of her surviving, so neither choice looks good. But if she goes at least it will be by her own choice...

--This text refers to the Print on Demand (Paperback) edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

'JANNY WURTS IS GREAT NATURAL STORYTELLER' - L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP

'A gifted crator of wonder' - Raymond E. Feist --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Janny Wurts is the author of the 'Cycle of Fire' series, co-author of the Empire series and is currently working through the Wars of Light and Shadow series. She paints all her own covers and is also an expert horsewoman, sailor, musician and archer. --This text refers to the Print on Demand (Paperback) edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Ace; First Edition edition (November 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441775403
• ISBN-13: 978-0441775408
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,545,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I value direct experience over virtual experience and research alone.
Most of the things I write about, I have done at one point in my life.
I find inspiration in the natural world, travel, insatiable curiosity, and in music.

I paint the covers and do all the interiors artwork and maps for my novels.

Experiences have included horse training and competitive riding, offshore sailing, Outward Bound, music gigs, and extensive amateur bagpiping competition, and a second career in oil painting and illustration.

One of my goals is to bring the vividness of these experiences to the readers on the pages of my stories.

For the past fifteen years, I've been happily married to Don Maitz, the artist of SF/Fantasy book cover and Captain Morgan Spiced rum fame.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, January 31, 2006

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Cat (ND USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sorcerer's Legacy (Paperback)

I absolutely loved this book. It is one of my favorites. The story has such depth. The characters are well developed. It is layered with action, excitment, and intrigue, with emotions bringing it all together to form a story with depth. So many of the books today are frivolous and shallow with no emotional content. I highly recommend this book.

The Khadrach hordes have overrun her home and murdererd her husband. Elienne the widow of the Duke of Trathmere, is imprisoned in the dungeons of her own castle. There a powerful sorcerer comes to her and offers her a choice. Come with him and become the Bride of an unknown Prince, or stay where she is and either die or become the Khadrach Inquisitor's concubine. At first she does not want to go, her husband has been dead less than a day and the thought of being with anyone else repulses her, for she loved her husband greatly. Then the sorcerer reveals that she is pregnant with her deceased husband's child. In order to save the child and herself she agrees to go with him. The sorcerer, Ielond takes her forward in time, to a different place and a different world of which Elienne knows nothing. But the cost of transporting her into a time which is not her own, means that upon their arrival Ielond must die. With Ielond dead, she is set adrift in her new world. With the help of instructions left by Ielond, his apprentice Kennaird, and the sorcerer Taroith, Elienne acclimates to her new world and sets about saving the prince.
Prince Darion of Pendaire was cursed at seventeen by the evil Regent Faisix (who doesn't want to give up control of the realm) with dark magic that left him sterile. In Pendaire, a king cannot inherit the throne unless he can prove he can continue the bloodline by providing an heir. Since Darion cannot he is scheduled for execution whereupon his cousin would inherit the throne; his cousin who is completely controlled by Faisix. The prince's Guardian, the sorcerer Ielond, searched through five thousand years of history to find the one woman who could give Darion an heir and spare his life. That woman is Elienne, her unborn child (passed off as Darion's) will ensure he will be crowned king.
Elienne doesn't want a new husband, but Darion demonstrates that he's a caring and compassionate man who doesn't deserve the fate that awaits him. Putting aside her grief and heartache, she decides to help him and uses her wit to foil several of the evil Faisix's plans to discredit her and Darion. Gradually she begins to fall in love with Darion and he with her, but a prophecy given to Elienne by a Seer makes her think that she is doomed to fail Darion. In order to spare Darion grief and heartache should she fail, Elienne remains aloof, cool, and distant. Their relationship grows strained as her pregnancy advances. She is restless, a sense of doom hangs over her and she knows its a matter of time before Faisix strikes again. It is up to her to see that Ielond's hopes come true, to make sure that at whatever cost Darion lives to be King.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant step into the Fantastic, August 10, 2000

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"jamesemr" (South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sorcerer's Legacy (Paperback)

This is a wonderful read... The lyrical quality of Janny's writing, pours visions into the mind's eye as one is reading, literally painting scenes with her fluid grasp of words... The carefully created world to which Elienne is carried away by the sorcerer is perfectly rendered, with its own political hierarchy around which the plot swivels gracefully; and there is also the beautifully conceptualized system of magic and sorcery, which adds to the strength and 'realism' of this fantasy realm.

The pages literally turn themselves!

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss this gem of a stand-alone fantasy novel., February 13, 2010

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R. Daniel Williams (China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sorcerer's Legacy (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is just plain enjoyable. It has time travel, magic, prophecy, romance, an evil regent, a handsome prince, a one-in-a-million lady, and a wonderfully unfollowable plot all in the pages of this hidden gem. I've been reading fantasy novels for over 25 years, and how this one slipped past me, I'll never know. This book is really good. Read it if you get the chance.