The Second Magus

Self-Published

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Description

For fire mage Miro Kaldoun, the multitude of low-level magic users scattered around the countryside was a relief. He could leave the dreams of questing for glory to others, while he was content to live as a farm boy, and use his spells to impress the local village girls.When unexpected visitors arrive at his doorstep, Miro has no choice but to be dragged into adventure, and comes to learn that much like the father he had never known, he is far more than an ordinary mage. With old enemies stirring, and the stability of the entire Kingdom hanging in the balance, Miro must quickly learn whether he has what it takes to follow in his father’s footsteps.But how closely should he trace that path, considering that his own father’s story ended with the deaths of both Miro’s parents and nearly Miro himself?

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2022
Author: MichaelSilverV

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.1/ 5.0
Followers: 127
Views: 70,948

Chapters(64 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

Apocalypse FanRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
Not exactly sure where to start on this one. The writing is above average for what I have read on RR but the story is very slow. The first six chapters I am just wondering what is going on the whole time and now 46 chapters in all I know is the main character is extremely weak and everyone is keeping a ton of secrets from him.
Update- up to chapter 57 and unfortunately still just as slow. Not sure why some authors are obsessed with lots of internal reflection for their characters. I understand it's important in some respect but multiple chapters of that while the main character is still super weak is just kind of depressing.
If I can offer some advice to the writer- the main character needs some skills and confidence. They don't need to be OP or even close to it but after fifty chapters and the main character is still a pushover it just makes me give up on the story going anywhere.
ShyBoyRoyal Road
★★ 1.5
Tad Williams had a series of books about a kitchen boy, Seoman (trilogy was called Memory, Sorrow, Thorn). The boy was unlikeable at first, but then he grew. Watching his beginnings was awful and annoying. Watching his growth, later on, was fantastic though.
Miro begins as a farm boy with some special pedigree and with some magic, so much more than Seoman (who actually had both, but we learned of it later). Here, in 50 chapters, I'm only beginning to see the growth of Miro, the MC. Yes, some chapters are short, 2 pages, 4 pages. Still, it's 50 chapters of an ongoing novel - which I now see as wasted time. It would be better to re-read William's first book, cause it honestly progressed further in the same time.
So, why the comparison? For I find MUCH lacking here. Miro is less interesting than Simeon, character-wise. He has much less agency and is unable to practically stand up for himself. He's goofy, as you would expect a side-kick comical act to be. He honestly hasn't got anything going for him. And he makes silly mistakes as a child in his position should do.
His teacher, Hima, is an abusive girl, who takes all her issues on him, she hurls abuse thinly guided as teaching and reacts with impatience when he fails to understand her insultingly sarcastic "instructions", thickly interspersed with ad personam attacks. She couldn't have made it clearer how beneath her this job is. And she's not above rising to magical violence if he disobeys. If this is how women empowerment is meant to be, I wanna be a conservative, that's just douchebaggery.
The adults here are - like in a kiddie show - evil or useless. There's one farmer and one blacksmith who were just decent people without combat aptitude, but other than them, nothing.
Nydra is powerful only when the plot needs it, otherwise her absent King's orders will surely bind all that power away and even make her an obstacle. She seemingly cares about Miro... but not enough to put Hima in her place... ever. No matter the abu