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Wizard at Large (Magic Kingdom of Landover, Book 3)
by Terry Brooks
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Del Rey (1989-07-17)
ISBN: 0345362276
EAN: 9780345362278
Dewey Decimal #: 813
Binding/Media: Mass Market Paperback - 320 pages
Edition: First Thus
Release Date: 1989-07-17
SKU: 9342
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Very Good.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Questor Thews is only a semi-competent wizard, but when High Lord Ben Holiday and his love Willow need use of his powers, he tries to comply. He tries, all right, but he doesn't have all that much faith in himself--not since he turned a terrier into an imp. Still, he'll do what he can....
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Customer Reviews
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The Missing Medallion
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-08-17
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Wizard at Large (1988) is the third fantasy novel in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series, following The Black Unicorn. In the previous volume, Ben finally found the Black Unicorn. Willow was with the creature and Meeks was threatening them. Questor managed to do some credible magic and the evil wizard vanished in a bright light.
In this novel, Ben Holiday is a founding partner of a rich and well-known law firm. Then he buys the Magic Kingdom of Landover and leaves his friend Miles Bennett in sole charge of the firm. Ben spends the next year restoring the kingdom.
Willow is a sylph, the daughter of the River Master and a wood nymph. She is now Ben's lover. But Ben still cannot overcome his residual feelings for Annie, his deceased wife.
Questor Thews is the court wizard of Landover. He is the half-brother of the former court wizard, now known as Meeks. Questor is getting better at wizardry, but still has many misapplications of his magic.
Abernathy is the court scribe. He is also a talking dog. He had once been a human, but had been transformed by Questor. Then the wizard had not been able to restore his human form.
Bunion and Parsnip are kobolds. Both are retainers of the kingdom. Bunion is the court runner and Parsnip is the cook.
Fillip and Sot are G'home Gnomes. They are short mole-like creatures who burrow into the ground for shelter and thus are always dirty. They are fearful, talk incessantly and like the taste of household pets. These two were the first to pledge their fealty to Ben after arriving in Landover.
Michel Ard Rhi is the former prince of Landover. He was tutored by the court wizard Meeks from an early age and soon developed a mean streak. After the old king died, Michel and Meeks migrated to Ben's world and fleeced buyers by selling the Magic Kingdom.
In this story, Questor has found a way to transform Abernathy back to his human form, but he needs the Paladin medallion to use as a catalyst. Since Questor's magical efforts usually fail in part or completely, Abernathy is not certain that such effort would be beneficial.
Despite his objections, it is obvious that Abernathy wants to regain his human form. Ben reluctantly agrees to the effort and hands the medallion to Abernathy. On the first try, Questor changes Abernathy into a full dog, without speech or hand-like paws.
Embarrassed, Questor tries again and successfully returns Abernathy to his dog-like form and pushes for a full transformation into a human. But then he sneezes and Abernathy disappears. A bottle with dancing harlequins appears in his stead.
Questor believes that he has exchanged Abernathy for the bottle. And he is certain that he has seen the bottle previously, but is unsure of where and when. Later he realizes that the bottle contains a Darkling, a form of demon that does dark magic for the holder of the bottle.
Meanwhile, Abernathy finds himself crowded into a display case. After a while, a young girl comes into the room and soon discovers him within the case. Elizabeth lets him out and takes him to her room. Unluckily, two guards see Abernathy with her and report the news to Michel Ard Rhi, the master of the castle.
Abernathy is caged in the dungeon of the castle -- which had been brought stone by stone to Washington state -- and left with only dry dog food to eat while he considers giving the Paladin medallion to Michel. But Elizabeth sneaks down a hidden stairway and brings Abernathy some real food and plots his escape from the castle.
This tale leaves Ben without the medallion and missing his friend Abernathy. Fillip and Sot take the bottle and hurry toward home. Soon Ben discovers its loss and starts looking for the G'home Gnomes, taking Willow, Questor and the two kobolds.
The Darkling raises havoc within Landover, passing from one holder to another and whispering dark thoughts into their ears. The next volume is The Tangle Box. Read and enjoy!
Highly recommended for Brooks fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of court wizards, magical quests, and true romance. For those who have not previous read this series, the initial book is Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold.
-Arthur W. Jordin
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A really fun series of fantasy books
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-07-22
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
In this sequel to The Black Unicorn, Questor Thews' latest attempt to break the spell on Abernathy succeeds in sending him to Earth with Ben's medallion! To make matters worse, Abernathy was swapped for a bottle containing an evil imp, one with the power to cause great trouble in Landover. Now it is up to Ben and Willow to retrieve Abernathy and the medallion from Earth, and for Questor Thews to limit the bottle's damage. But, it soon appears that neither side will find their tasks easy.
This is another great book, from a really fun series of fantasy books. I didn't expect a lot out of the Landover books, the premise sounded a little immature to me. But, I nonetheless found these to be a fun series of books with interesting characters and suspenseful stories. I really enjoyed this book, Book #3 in the series, and do not hesitate to recommend it, and the rest of the series to everyone!
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A four star story, but loses a star for disabling txt to speech
Rating  (3)
Date: 2009-07-16
I'm enjoying the Landover series, but the quality of the digitization hasn't been great. Still, the stories are definitely worth 4 stars. However, because the publisher has chosen to disable text to speech, the kindle book immediately loses significant value to me.
Amazon should never have backed down on this feature. :(
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Fairies, Dragons, Witch's.....
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-07-09
I needed this book along with another to complete the series. Have read several times. Now going to next series.
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Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-02-10
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Book arrived on time and was in very good shape. I would purchase again from Amazon.
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