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    <body><![CDATA[I very much enjoyed this book and the other two in the trilogy - the characterisation was simple but not dull, and Sonea is an interesting and appealing character.<br/><br/>Only two points irritated me: firstly, there is very little sense of place. The Guild and the slums are quite well drawn, but...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49360660">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book started off on the wrong foot for me, with a contradiction in the first paragraph (is the wind howling because of what it sees or is it silent because of what it sees?). The next few chapters did little to improve my opinion. The characters were stereotyped and the description clumsy. Ther...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78817293">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Category: Books <br/>Genre:  Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy <br/>Author: Trudi Cavanan <br/><br/>Magician Guild merupakan novel fantasi pertama yang ditulis oleh seorang penulis Australia Trudi Cavanan. Buku ini merupakan trilogy pertama dari tiga buku yang menyusul kemudian dengan judul The Novice d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52468697">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Présentation de l'éditeur<br/>Cette jeune fille est plus puissante que la moyenne de nos élèves, peut-être même plus que nos mages ! Elle est un danger. Il faut la trouver et l'arrêter. Si c'est une renégate, la loi nous oblige à l'amener devant le roi. Sinon, nous sommes tenus de lui ense...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45635468">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Selesai juga akhirnya. Bukunya terbagi menjadi dua bagian.<br/>Bagian pertama tentang pencarian Sonea,penyihir pertama yang mampu membangkitkan sihir sendiri tanpa bimbingan dan sekaligus penyihir di luar wisma. Alur pencarian ini sedikit lambat. Ketemu hilang lagi, ketemu hilang lagi...yang lucuny...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67014610">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cerita tentang Sonea si gadis biasa (?) yang ternyata memiliki kemampuan sihir. Ia secara tidak sengaja mengungkap kemampuannya itu di saat pembersihan kota, menyebabkan dirinya dikejar2 oleh orang2 dari persekutuan penyihir.<br/>Ide cerita yang dimiliki menarik, tetapi penjabaran di separuh buku a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39657329">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<blockquote> <p> &quot;We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician.&quot; </p> </blockquote> <p> This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work&#8212;until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders . . . and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield. </p> <p> What the <em>Magicians' Guild </em>has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this book when I wasn't in the best of moods and I wonder if it has hindered my regard for it.<br/><br/>Honestly, I felt this book was too light and had hardly any depth.  I am not one for description description description - so much so that I have to re-read sentences again and again t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71881670">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p> &quot;We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician.&quot; </p>  <p> This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work&#8212;until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders . . . and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield. </p> <p> What the <em>Magicians' Guild </em>has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control. </p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[After struggling through Free live free by Gene Wolfe I wanted a book I could pick up and read with ease. This book fit the bill, but don't let that put you off. It's a light read but the characters are well thought out and you do feel for Sonea and want to know more about her and how she will cope ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62105012">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In the begining the story felt boring...but after the wizrads from magician guilds found Sonea from her hiding place and bring her into Wizard Alliance....become more interest.<br/><br/>There is time (night) when Sonea and Cery sneak into WIzard Alliance-magician guilds for help Sonea how to learn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43318761">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Todos os anos os mágicos de Imardin reúnem-se para purgar as suas ruas da cidade. Mestres de disciplina e da magia, sabem que ninguém se pode opor à sua vontade. Porém, o seu escudo protector não é tão impenetrável quanto acreditam. Quando uma multidão de pessoas é expulsa da cidade, Sonea, uma jovem rapariga, enraivecida com a autoridade dos mágicos e do tratamento que impuseram à sua família levando-os à miséria, atira uma pedra ao escudo. Para espanto de todos, a pedra atravessa o escudo e deixa um dos mágicos inconsciente. Trata-se de um acto inconcebível, e a Guilda dos Mágicos apercebe-se que o seu pior pesadelo se tornou realidade: existe alguém com poderes mágicos por treinar à solta pelas ruas, e deverão encontrá-la o mais depressa possível, antes que os seus poderes fora de controlo libertem forças que irão destruí-la a ela e à cidade.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Guida dos Mágicos é o primeiro livro de uma trilogia escrita por Trudi Canavan. Este livro é sobre uma rapariga -Sonea- que faz parte da classe baixa da cidade de Imardin e que como todos os outros habitantes pertencentes a esta classe social da cidade, está revoltada e furiosa com as injusti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78556002">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Tadinya ragu, karena penerjemahnya sendiri bilang kurang asik.  Tetapi aku kan orangnya suka penasaran, daripada nanti habis mati terus gentayangan, maka seri ini aku beli. <br/>Ternyata, boleh juga :)<br/>Karena ini buku pertama, maka buku ini berisi pengenalan tokoh, serta perkenalan tokoh utama...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42198797">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[MC is about  15 years old so I feel this in many ways a young adult book. Strong story, first book in fantasy trilogy.<br/><br/>What works--MC discovers she is what she has always hated--a magician, so physical and emotional plots are natural.<br/><br/>Writing--too many sentences begin with “ly”...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77830724">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't put this book down. It centers on a girls who manifests magical powers in a kingdom that does not and cannot allow such powers to go untrained, uncontrolled or unchecked. Hence the Magician's Guild. The Magician's guild is made aware of her and now must search for her. The subsequent sear...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37858416">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In &quot;The Magician's Guild&quot;, the first book in the Black Magician Trilogy, a lot of focus is put on class segregation. In Imardin the capital Kyralia (this world's main country) there is a &quot;cleansing&quot; of the poor, the destitute, and the criminally charged. This &quot;cleansing&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12822119">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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