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The Magic Thief: Lost
Magic to the rescue!
Conn’s quest to save his city’s magic has become urgent: his locus stone is lost and Shadows, ruthless assassins, are stalking the city’s people. But when Conn blows up wizard Nevery’s beloved home, he is banished by his own master. Determined to return and save Wellmet, he travels to Desh, a glittering city in the desert, home to the Shadows and run by a mysterious Sorcerer-King.
The Magic Thief
Take the magic and run!
"I couldn't put it down. Wonderful exciting stuff."
--Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle
In a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not. Nevery finds that interesting, and he takes Conn as his apprentice on the provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own. But Conn has little time to search for his stone between wizard lessons and helping Nevery discover who—or what—is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic.
Here is the first chapter of The Magic Thief."Sarah Prineas' vivid descriptions made me feel as if I was walking right next to Conn, her young resourceful hero. "
–D. J. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series"A magical world, beautifully realised with totally believable characters. If a locus magicalicus is a focus for magic, this book is one too. I was enchanted! A magical book that steals your attention and compels you to read on. Exciting, absorbing, compelling--a totally enjoyable read."
–Joseph Delaney, author of The Last Apprentice series
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The first book in the series was published in the US by HarperCollins Childrens in June 2008.
The international publishers of The Magic Thief series include
Fortuna (Czech & Slovak)
RAO (Romanian)
Random House Mondadori (Spanish/Catalan)
Bertelsmann (German)
Fabbri (Italian)
Gottmer (Dutch)
Borgen (Danish)
Patakis (Greek)
Tammi (Finnish)
Gallimard (French)
Rocco (Brazil/Portuguese)
Quercus (UK/Australia/New Zealand)
Jaguar Publishing House (Polish)
Egmont (Turkish
The audio book is published by Recorded Books