![]() I couldn’t tell you exactly what it was but I knew even as I finished it that I was already on the fence about book four.Īnd that is why I am exceptionally glad I decided to read Maker’s Curse because it is easily the best book since the first one. of The Millennium's Rule series but book three totally lost me. Don’t get me wrong, Trudi Canavan is a terrific writer and I loved the worlds, the magic system, the characters etc. **This review contains very minor spoilers for the end of “Successor’s Promise”**Īlright, before I get into things I have to make a confession - I wasn’t sure I was going to read Maker’s Curse. ![]() It is always a privilege and I look forward to reading more upcoming fantasy in the future. The prequel, The Magician’s Apprentice was released in 2009 and won the Best Fantasy Novel category of the Aurealis Awards.įirst of all, I would like to say thank you to the people at Orbit and Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to review this book in advance. In early 2006 Trudi signed a seven-figure contract with Orbit to write the prequel and sequel to the Black Magician Trilogy. Priestess of the White reached No.3 in the Sunday Times hardback fiction bestseller list, staying in the top ten for six weeks. Trudi’s second trilogy, Age of the Five, has also enjoyed bestselling success. The trilogy is now rated by Nielsen BookScan as the most successful debut fantasy series of the last 10 years. The Black Magician Trilogy reached the international market in 2004, published by HarperCollins’ EOS imprint in North America and Orbit Books in the UK. All three books entered Australian top ten SF bestseller lists. The third book The High Lord was released in January 2003 and was nominated for the Best Novel Ditmar category. The second book of the trilogy, The Novice, was published in June 2002 and was nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. In November 2001, The Magicians’ Guild was first published in Australia. ![]() In the same year she was granted a writers residency at Varuna Writers’ Centre in Katoomba, New South Wales. In 1999 she won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story with “Whispers of the Mist Children”. Trudi Canavan was born in Kew, Melbourne, and grew up in Ferntree Gully, a suburb at the foothills of the Dandenongs.
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