Of Sorcery and Science
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Publisher Description
A teen who is The Chosen One in a fantasy realm finds himself a nobody back home—that is, until magic appears in the real world and he must re-enter the portal to save a doomed realm.
Months after entering a portal, becoming a powerful mage, and saving a distant realm, disgruntled Asian American high schooler Andy Lao returns home to find that absolutely no one believes what happened to him. In fact, things are worse than ever before as his subpar science and math grades make him a target of his parents' disappointment. But how do you think about tests and college applications when you’re The Chosen One of a magical land?
One day, at the portal's location, Andy sees a glowing bit of mana on the ground. And with that, magic is possible again. But when a mysterious, surly teen girl comes through the portal, she claims to be the Chosen One ... and that Andy’s the one who doomed the realm. Together, they’ll save magic—because the answer lies in modern science.
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Chen (The Photonic Effect, for adults) combines adolescent angst and magical adventure for a rollicking tale about a teen who, having recently saved and vacated an alternate realm, struggles to reacclimate to contemporary life. High schooler Andy Lao, a "B+ at best" student, can't reconcile the six months he lived in the Realm of Garriod (during which only a day passed on Earth) with the panic-inducing morning he's currently experiencing in trigonometry class at Westerberg High. Upon his initial return home, no one believes Andy when he claims to have been transported to a faraway land, where he trained as a powerful mage and Garriod's Chosen One to defeat an ancient evil called the Chaos Demon. Worse, his poor grades strain his relationship with his Taiwanese immigrant parents, who expect Andy to follow in his older, med student sister's footsteps. When Andy visits the portal site one day, he learns that mana has appeared from Garriod, making magic possible in Westerberg. Later, he's joined by a mysterious girl from another time claiming to be Garriod's true Chosen One, and that they must work together using magic and modern science to once again save Garriod from destruction. Andy's relatable interpersonal highs and lows are relayed alongside adrenaline-pumping action, culminating in a digestible, fun, and heartening story for sci-fi and fantasy fans alike. Ages 12–up.
