The Wizard (Gollancz S.F.)

The Wizard (Gollancz S.F.)

by Gene Wolfe (Author)

Synopsis

THE WIZARD KNIGHT springs from the myths, legends and literature of times past. A teenager passes from Earth to a magical realm of seven worlds, where he is given a hero's adult body and named Able. Though forced to act as a man, inside he is still a boy, even as he sets off to find his destined sword and become a knight. In his quest he battles giants, meets gods, heroes and a sorceress (who repeatedly tries to seduce him), and serves the mercurial dragon king Arnthor in a was that could end everything.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 13 Dec 2007

ISBN 10: 0575080256
ISBN 13: 9780575080256
Book Overview: 'Sir Able of the High Heart is part Candide and part Conan the Barbarian,. Wolfe's version of Faerie is both allusive and elusive, beautiful and fatally glamorous' Tad Williams 'Wolfe doesn't just rearrange the cliches of sword and sorcery fiction; he recreates the genre. This is a compelling, breathtaking achievement' Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'Gene Wolfe is the smartest, subtlest, most dangerous writer alive today' Neil Gaiman Gene Wolfe's THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN, published in two volumes in Already a bestseller for the book clubs both here and in the US

Author Bio
Gene Wolfe was born in New York and raised in Texas. He trained as a mechanical engineer, but began to publish short stories in the 1960s. He won a World Fantasy Award for THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER and a Nebula for THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR. He is a World Fantasy Life Achievement winner.