The Magician of Hoad

The long awaited epic novel from Margaret Mahy, which has been twenty years in the making. One fine and dusty day, five very different lives began working their inexorable way towards one another, little suspecting that their paths were always destined to cross with startling results. A hero, a magician, a farm boy, a daughter of the nobility and a prince are about to meet on the edge of a city of tents. In classic Mahy style an intricate, compelling and exquisitely told tale draws the reader in as we follow the tale of the farm boy with the misbehaving eye, in whom the destiny of a nation rests. Superb epic tale for older readers, this novel will surprise with its levels of darkness and delight with Mahy's undisputed mastery of the language of the heart and soul.