The Magicians' Daughter

Book Three of the Stoneways Trilogy

The Stoneways Trilogy (Volume 3 of 3)

S. C. Butler

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In Reiffen’s Choice we learned how Reiffen chose magic.

In Queen Ferris, we learned what he did with his magic.

In The Magicians’ Daughter, we learn what his magic does to him.

Ten years have passed since Ferris, Reiffen, and Avender raised the siege of Rimwich and killed two of the three Wizards.  Ferris and Reiffen have married, and their daughter Hubley is approaching her tenth birthday.  Despite the years of peace, Reiffen believes the last of the Wizards, his old teacher and enemy Fornoch, wants to kidnap Hubley the same way he once kidnapped Reiffen.  As Reiffen’s fear grows increasingly irrational, Avender attempts to intervene.  But Avender's help simply drives Reiffen further into madness.  And what happens to Avender is almost worse.

Now, with the help of her mother and all her old friends, including Redburr the Shapeshifting Bear, Nolo the Dwarf, and the mysterious magician Mims, Hubley must do what she can to rescue her father from the consequences of his own madness.

And all the while the manderstone is growing in Issinlough . . . and no one knows what’s inside.

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Chapter One

Babies First

 

As it brushed the river, the dawn breeze grabbed Reiffen’s cloak. Around him the blankets of the dead and dying fluttered. Those still alive coughed wetly, low and thick from bloody lungs.

 

He refused to look at them. Any of them. If even a single blanket fell aside from one of those wretched faces, he might have to notice what he’d done. Already flies hovered, their hum thick and throbbing as a hive’s.

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"The Magicians’ Daughter is a tour de force.  Butler has taken every fantasy trope and turned it on its head.  The dialogue is crisp, and more importantly, real.  The emotions are deep without being melodramatic.  This is fantasy written with the net up.  And, like life, the story is bitter sweet.  Be prepared to be swept away."
--Melinda M. Snodgrass on The Magicians' Daughter

"Each of the characters have their own stories, which end in completely unexpected, yet totally believable, ways, taking us through the lives of Reiffen, Avender, and Ferris from youths to adults with families of their own to protect in a completely convincing and yet still magical journey.  I'd recommend this series to anyone, from young adults to adults still young at heart."
--Joshua Palmatier, author of The Vacant Throne on The Magicians' Daughter

A high fantasy trilogy that will appeal to readers from ten to one hundred and ten.”
--SciFi Weekly on The Stoneways Trilogy

“Readers who like Terry Brooks or Angie Sage will . . . await its companions with anticipation.”
--VOYA on Reiffen’s Choice

"Action, imagination, and witty repartee."
--Library Journal on Reiffen's Choice

"Fantasy fans of all ages will be drawn into the world that Butler has created, seamlessly blending together not only the story of the main characters, but the world they live in and all of its myths.”
--Children’s Literature on Reiffen's Choice

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S. C. Butler lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Magicians' Daughter
Book Three of the Stoneways Trilogy
S. C. Butler

Hardcover

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
April 2009
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780765314796
ISBN10: 0765314797
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 448 pages
$27.95

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
April 2009
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429920865
ISBN10: 1429920866
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 448 pages
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