Spellwright
core novel 2010 The Spellwright Trilogy
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.60 (4,677 ratings, collected 2026-10-25) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765317278 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Nicodemus Weal has trained at the wizardly stronghold of Starhaven since he was a boy, apprenticed to the legendary Magister Shannon. He is intelligent and gifted in magical languages, but he is a cacographer: any magical text he touches he misspells, and he cannot even touch the gargoyles made of spells without destroying them. Were it not for his cacography, he would surely be the prophesied Halcyon, for he has every other sign of it, including a remarkable keloid scar on his back. When a powerful wizard is murdered with a misspell, Nicodemus and Shannon both are suspected. Blake Charlton's debut, with a refreshingly new look at the power of words and magic.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Spellwright Trilogy
- Series: The Spellwright Trilogy core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Blake Charlton
Notes
- From the series record (The Spellwright Trilogy): Nicodemus Weal, the cacographer, and the Disjunction.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Spellwright Trilogy: position 1 of 3: next Spellbound (2011)
Sources
- Wikipedia (Blake Charlton)
- Author page on the rating platform (ratings and years with titles)
- Library catalogue (Tor first edition and publisher summary)
- SF Crowsnest (review)
- The Book Smugglers (review)
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