Wild Magic
Thirteen-year-old Daine has always had a knack with animals, but it's not until she's forced to leave home that she realises it's more than a knack—it's magic. It soon becomes clear that with this wild magic, the young girl can not only speak to animals, but can also make them obey her.
She takes a job handling horses for the Queen's Riders, where she meets the master mage Numair and becomes his student. Under Numair's guidance, Daine explores the scope of her magic.
But she begins to sense other beings too: immortals. These bloodthirsty monsters have been imprisoned in the Divine Realms for the past four hundred years, but now someone has broken the barrier. It's up to Daine and her friends to defend their world from an immortal attack.
About the Immortals (Wild Magic) Series
Books in series order
- 1.Wild Magic(1992)
- 2.Wolf-Speaker(1994)
- 3.The Emperor Mage(1995)
- 4.The Realms of the Gods(1996)
Reading age: 9+ years
This series should be read in order.
All the orphaned Daine wants when she comes to Tortall is a job. What she finds is magic, an ongoing war with creatures from legends and nightmares, a new home and eventually, her unknown father. Hired by the Queen's Riders to help with their horses, Daine learns her knack with animals is a rare magic which helps her to communicate with the animal kingdom.
With that discovery she becomes the student and friend of the great mage Numair. The changes in Daine's life introduce her to new friends, both human and animal. She also encounters a range of mythical creatures, some of whom she must defeat in order to protect the great mage Numair. Daine is kept on the move as she grows into adulthood and her power, coming to terms with her world and her strange, mixed parentage.