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High Sorcery
240 pages
A perilous and dreamlike descent into a realm where ancient magic answers the darkest of prayers and wishes carry heavy costs.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping through a hidden doorway into a realm where magic is both wondrous and deeply perilous. The narrative moves at a steady, atmospheric pace, wrapping the reader in a dreamlike mood where the line between reality and fantasy completely dissolves. It is a world of shadowy corners and ancient beings, where dark desires stir sleeping gods and every wish carries a heavy, unpredictable cost. The prose is evocative and cautionary, drawing you into the eerie consequences of high sorcery and mysterious disappearances. It will delight readers who crave classic, old-school fantasy that treats magic not just as a tool, but as a dangerous, living force that demands a pure heart and a cautious mind.
- Mood
- dreamlike
- shadowy
- perilous
- eerie
- Tone
- mysterious
- ominous
- cautionary
- wondrous
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- the price of power · blurring reality and fantasy · unintended consequences · dark desires
- The writing
- Atmospheric and evocative, weaving classic fantasy motifs with a sense of looming, ancient danger.
- The arc
- Begins with the allure of magical discovery and descends into the perilous, shadowy consequences of unchecked desires.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave classic, atmospheric fantasy where magic is a dangerous, living force with unpredictable costs.
Content notes
- dark magic
- disappearances
About the book
Welcome to a world of magic. Where a hunted man with power breaks through the barrier of worlds to find a warlock's world. Where a mysterious needlepoint needle causes even more mysterious disappearances. Where dark desires call to darker gods, stirring them from slumbers to answer the darkest of prayers. Pipe for old beings, but make sure your heart is pure. Dream dreams where there is no line between reality and fantasy. Experience sorcery as it is wrought by its highest practitioners. Yet be careful for what you wish. In these pages those wishes may come true...for good or ill.
Description from Open Library.
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