Continuing Conn's story in the style of the first book. That was the problem for me: too much in the same style, so it didn't develop the characters more and allow us to know them better. Fantasy for young readers, mostly. I would not recommend it for adults. ( )

Después de liberar la magia en la ciudad de Wellmet, Conn sufre ahora las consecuencias de la explosión que tuvo lugar en Casa del Anochecer: se ha quedado sin locus magicalicus y, como consecuencia, ha perdido toda la credibilidad de los magos del Salón de Maestros. Por ello, ha decidido invocar la magia buscando una vía alternativa y totalmente prohibida: la pirotecnia. Después de algunos intentos fallidos, Conn consigue realizar una explosión de fuegos artificiales y la voz de la magia le da, efectivamente, una respuesta: una larguísima palabra con un significado completamente incomprensible para Conn. Mientras tanto, en la ciudad han aparecido unas sombras siniestras de arena que convierten en piedra todo cuanto tocan, y según parece, la arena pertenece a la ciudad de Desh...

Master Nevery's apprentice Connwaer thinks studying pyrotechnics will give him magical insight in the aftermath of his magic stone being destroyed in the first book in this series. He accidentally blows up his Master's home, almost killing his manservant. Exiled from Wellmet, Connwaer follows Rowan to a neighboring city to solve the mystery of why Shadows are attacking Wellmet. ( )

Enjoyable, but not nearly as touching or as much fun as the first book.

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). ( )

Second book of The magic thief series,Conn is now officially wizards apprentice. He experiments with magic and magic talks to him in mysterious ways. This time its not a magic thief but something evil that is going to hit the city. Only Conn understands it and tries to bring it to the notice of other wizards but with the least success. He finds his own ways to keep the city safe and also its magic...
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