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The Black Magician Trilogy · Imardin, during the winter Purge

The Magicians' Guild

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A slum girl finds out she has magic, and the magicians who drive the poor out of the city start hunting her. YA-friendly fantasy, no sex scenes

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Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to the end of the saga.

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Quick recap

Every winter, the Guild's magicians drive the poor out of Imardin in the Purge. During one, Sonea throws a stone that breaks through the magical barrier and hurts Lord Fergun. She has untrained magic, and the Guild hunts her down, because that loose power could kill her and level part of the city. Sonea runs with her friend Cery and hides with the Thieves, but her magic spins out of control and Lord Rothen finds her. Rothen and Fergun fight over her guardianship, and Fergun even locks Cery up to blackmail her. To prove Fergun's guilt, Administrator Lorlen reads Sonea's mind and sees what she witnessed in hiding: High Lord Akkarin practicing forbidden black magic. Fergun goes down, and Sonea decides to join the Guild.

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Trivia

  1. Behind the scenesIt started with a dream

    A news report about Barcelona getting ready for the Olympics gave Trudi Canavan a dream. That dream became chapter one: magicians driving the poor out of the city.

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  2. Behind the scenesBefore Harry Potter

    The first draft was done by 1996. Canavan didn't read the first Harry Potter until around 2000, when her agent kept raving about it.

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  3. Behind the scenesA record debut

    It was Canavan's first novel. Nielsen BookScan called the trilogy the most successful debut fantasy series in ten years, with over 275,000 copies sold by 2006.

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  4. ReferenceEvery color is a discipline

    The robes tell you who's who: red for warriors, green for healers, purple for alchemists, and brown for novices. The rule holds for the whole series.

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  5. SetupA debt to Akkarin

    When Akkarin frees Cery, Cery promises to help him whenever he's needed. Remember that promise: it comes back later.

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