The New Magic

Name: The New Magic
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Joseph Malik
ISBN: 9781977347886

Author: Joseph Malik

Series: Outworlders #2

Narrator: Troy Duran

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/14/2019

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Dragons

Synopsis

Ancient Magic. Modern Steel.

Jarrod Torrealday, Lord Protector of Falconsrealm, awakens one glorious fall morning to find his castle under siege and his alliances shattered as a new threat rises: a revolution driven by a sorceress wielding forbidden magic and led by an unstoppable swordsman from the world he left behind. Worse yet, the weapons Jarrod brought with him from Earth are rocking the country on its heels and threatening everything he came to save.

At a candlelit crossroads of dark sorcery and espionage, Jarrod must choose whether to side with a sworn enemy for the good of the realm, or gamble the future of the kingdom in a showdown of ancient magic against modern steel.

Contains mature themes.

About Joseph Malik

In addition to fiction, Joseph Malik writes and lectures on advanced intelligence theory and asymmetric warfare for the U.S. military. He has worked as a stuntman, a high-rise window washer, a computational linguist, a touring rock musician, and a soldier in the United States Special Operations Command.

He has been a longtime panelist and demonstrator at sci-fi and fantasy conventions, speaking as an expert in swordsmanship, hand to hand combat, and military tactics and strategy. He has also lectured on fantasy writing and independent publishing at schools and colleges across the Northwest.

His first novel, Dragon's Trail, became a Kindle Top 100 Bestseller in four countries in 2017, reaching #1 in Epic Fantasy in the U.S., Australia, and Canada and #1 in Sword and Sorcery in the U.K., making him eligible for the 2019 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction and Fantasy-one of very few independent authors to ever qualify with a debut novel.

A veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, Joseph Malik lives in the Pacific Northwest along with his wife and their two dogs, and serves in the U.S. Army Reserve. He is a member of SFWA.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fantasy Book Reviews | By Ambrose on July 14, 2018

Warning: This book contains violence, gore, and consensual sexual content. This is the second book in The Outworlders series; the review is plot-spoiler free, beyond anything you can read in the blurb, but even that may inadvertently spoil things for the first book. Disclaimer: I received a review co......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 23, 2018

Like Dragon's Trail before it, New Magic takes a serious look at swordplay. And swords. It really makes me want to learn to fence, at the very least. Unfortunately, the only fencing lessons available locally are for children, and I don't want to haul my overweight ass into a fencing class filled wit......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on January 10, 2019

I was given a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. I give this novel 4.8/5.0. This novel continues after The Dragon's Trail with Jarrod in Falconsrealm. A new character shows up, Renaldo, and he doesn't like to follow the rules. The character development is amazing, and his worl......more

Goodreads review by Assaph on October 14, 2019

The New Magic is a direct continuation of Dragon's Trail. Considering how much I liked Malik's first novel, I was looking forward to this one! What to Expect An epic fantasy (technically portal fantasy, as the protagonist started on Earth in the first novel), with all the trappings - warring houses, e......more

Goodreads review by Russell on September 22, 2018

You honestly couldn't have asked for a better sequel. I didn't want to put the book down and the only reason it took two days to read was because they were work days and I only had so much free time. If you enjoyed the first book in The Outworlders, don't hesitate to pick this up. I was also excited......more