Daughter of Magic

by C. Dale Brittain and Annabeth Albert

Book Overview

It's not surprising that the daughter of a witch and a wizard has some innate magical aptitude, and Daimbert is more than willing to nurture her talent. But he's finding he also has to play dad to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671877208
• ISBN13: 9780671877200
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Daughter of Magic: The next generation of problems for the wizard of yurt

Story: Daimbert the royal wizard of yurt just wants to bring his young daughter (who everybody thinks is his niece) for a visit to the kingdom of yurt to show her what dear ole dad does for a living.... and find a way to tell her and everybody else that she is actually his daughter, since the rules of wizardy and social class forbid a wizard from ever marrying, much less having a daughter. He thinks everything should be simple, but as he has found througout his career anything he gets involved in rarely stays that way. Pretty soon he has a princess in exile staying at the castle (with a rather large and paranoid automan protecting her), a wave of undead warriors attacking him, a strange man performing mircales in a nearby city and the sneaking suspicion that a long ago foe has returned to fufill his promise of revenge. To top it all off The king wants to marry the kitchen girl, two princess from a neighboring kingdom want to be a priest and a knight, and his daugher wants to grow up to be a wizard. Is it any wonder that he can't figure out which conspiracy is out to get him? -------- I like these book and the only reason I'm not giving it a five is 1. Its a series and eventually unless the publisher or the author see the light they tend to run out of steam. and 2. This paticular series I know is a good series, but it is also one of those that I tend to rember the story less than I rember what antics the characters are up to. This doesn't mean it's one gag after another it's just the book gets serious for awhile with Daimberts conspiracy theories and then (usually) the comedy turns back on when he invebitaly finds out how wrong he was and tries to make up for it. But it is a good read and hopefully the next book, which is apparently the last, will tie up this great series with a memorable finale that will leave readers laughing long after the have read it. As another review pointed out it really is necessary to read the proceeding books as the story does reference the previous books rather heavily in some places. I would recommend this to anyone who likes light fantasy with a comdey bent thrown in. m.a.c

Heiress Apparent

You will recall from The Witch and the Cathedral that Daimbert has finally found love and has now entered the blessed state of fatherhood. While frustrated because Theodora won't marry him because she fears it will cost Daimbert his job, our wizard adores his daughter and brings the talented five-year-old to Castle Yurt for some quality time. Daughter of a witch and a wizard, Antonia is full of surprises and Daimbert is sometimes at his wits end coping a child who is showing promise of being even more powerful than he is. Daimbert is distracted from his parental duties when he is called on by his friend the Bishop to investigate a miracle worker and Castle Yurt is attacked by an army of the undead. While Daimbert saves the day, it quickly becomes clear that someone would like to see the wizard dead in some unpleasant fashion. Daimbert has to discover who his opponent is and deal with a daughter who may turn someone into a frog at any time. You will recall that it was frogs that caused Daimbert's greatest embarrassment in school. As usual, Brittain lays a great deal of comedy over a story that is serious at its heart. Several of the characters, Daimbert included, dream to be able to step out of the social boxes of Brittain's medieval world. Women want to be warriors and priests, a little girl wants to be a wizard, Daimbert wants to be happily married, and the King of Yurt dreams of true love. Something stands in the path of each character that they must overcome. So despite all the monsters and magic and demons Daughter of Magic is really about people trying to be true to themselves. Charmingly written as usual, it's a shame that this series will end shortly. Antonia deserves a series all on her own. You probably will want to begin with an earlier volume, but this book stands well on its own. Much recommended.

An excellent continuation of one of my favorite series

What can I say. If you havent read the others, find them and read them first. This series is fairly involved and to appreciate this book, you must first read the others. By all means do so if you enjoy a thoroughly good romp through a well beloved cast of believable characters you will come to know, and thrill to their exploits. Personally I have them all and can while away many hours rereading and revisiting old friends.

If you like fantasy, you'll like this book.

Once again the wizard has to deal with many things. As soon as he has one problem solved, up comes another. Can't wait to get the others in the set. Have read two of his books (not in order) and loved them both. I am more of a space fiction reader than a fantasy fan. These books have made me look to other fantasy books for my reading fulfillment. (Now if I could only spell.)

As a fantasy fiction , this author is very good.

I really enjoyed reading "Daughter of Magid". Its one of thoses that you can't put down intill you have read it all, from front to back. It's well written, the story line is concise and the book doesn't have any pauses that makes you wish to be somewhere else. I will enjoy reading the other books by C. Dale Brittain