Deep Secret
1997 • 384 pages
Ratings8
Average rating4.1
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Ratings8
Average rating4.1
Rupert Venables is a Magid.
It's a Magid's job to oversee what goes on in the vast Multiverse. Actually, Rupert is really only a junior Magid. But he's got a king-sized problem. Rupert's territory includes Earth and the Empire of Korfyros. When his mentor dies Rupert must find a replacement. But there are hundreds of candidates. How is he supposed to choose? And interviewing each one could take forever.
Series
2 primary booksMagids is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Diana Wynne Jones.
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While I feel like this book is very much a product of its time (and not just because the wizards are literally sending each other faxes), I really enjoy the mix of magic and mundanity of which Jones is a master. The characters all feel like such low level pawns who all have their own lives to live and don't really understand why they are being moved about and honesty don't care to understand it. It's a style that is a bit out of fashion, but one I really enjoy. Also, I love real magic at the fantasy convention.
That said, this is a 90s book with 90s humor/concepts. Trigger warnings for fatphobia, some awkward sexualization, and while not exactly transphobia, just a 90s understanding of gender.
If those aren't deal breakers for you and you enjoy a cozy fantasy nugget inside a parallel world political epic, this is a good one.
