The Magicians' Daughter
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Publisher Description
In Reiffen's Choice, we learned why Reiffen chose magic.
In Queen Ferris, we learned what Reiffen did with his magic.
In The Magicians' Daughter we learn what Reiffen's magic will do to him.
Ten years have passed since Reiffen and his friends defeated Ossdonc and Usseis. The third Wizard, Fornoch, has not been seen since. Reiffen and Ferris have married; their daughter Hubley will soon turn ten. Avender is King Brizen's trusted captain, and Wellin is Brizen's Queen. All is peaceful and prosperous in Banking and Wayland, but faults are beginning to appear. Wellin, despite achieving her lifelong ambition, is childless. Avender is torn between his loyalty to the king and queen. Most ominous, however, is Reiffen's growing obsession that Fornoch has been waiting patiently all these years to steal Hubley from her parents the way he once stole Reiffen from his.
Many things will change after Hubley's tenth birthday, not least the fact that it's only her first.Tenth birthday, that is.
Also included in this edition is the short story, More Than Once Upon a Time, which gives a little more background on the mysterious magician Mims.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The inflated closing volume of Butler's generational Stoneways Trilogy (after 2007's Queen Ferris) uneasily combines YA fantasy and romance. Hubley, the 10-year-old daughter of magicians Reiffen and Ferris, becomes the target of Reiffen's old teacher and enemy, the wicked Wizard Fornoch. When Reiffen's concern for Hubley turns obsessively irrational, Hubley's magical talent surfaces. She and Reiffen's friend Avender, himself tragically caught in a Camelot-style love triangle with the wife of his king and friend, struggle to redeem Reiffen with the help of stale fantasy-quest figures like the shape-shifting bear Redburr. A pedestrian, predictable plot; tired true-love platitudes ("Babies first, immortality after"); and a spoiled young drama queen heroine make for a sluggish conclusion to an initially promising coming-of-age saga.
