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Need a Summary of sufficiently advanced magic
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Author: u/user19911506 *
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URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/8pig1m/need_a_summary_of_sufficiently_advanced_magic/
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Score: 0
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Created: 2018-06-08T09:13:38
Post:
I have read Andrew's Sufficiently Advanced Magic a while back , and now that the sequel has been released, I am little hazy on the ending , so can some one post a summary of it before I start the sequel.
Comments:
u/xamueljones [+12] My arch-enemy is entropy (15 minutes later)
In the sequel, the author includes a well-summarized recap in the very beginning for the readers just like you who want a review of the previous book.
u/user19911506 [+5] (an hour later)
You have a cool name
u/xamueljones [+2] My arch-enemy is entropy (18 hours later)
Thanks!
u/Salaris [+5] Dominion Sorcerer (17 hours later)
Thanks for the interest! As /u/xamueljones noted, there's a recap at the beginning of the second book.
u/jwiechers [+2] (a day later)
I wish more books did this. It could be used for character development in many great ways, especially by reintroducing subjects and showing development through informal interjections and asides combined with an otherwise largely factual retelling.
u/Salaris [+3] Dominion Sorcerer (a day later)
Glad you like the recap idea. I've seen a few other authors doing it (like Mark Lawrence), so maybe it'll catch on and be more common in the future.
u/Rouninscholar [+5] (4 hours later)
SO!
I am very bad at names.
Corin was in an unhappy house being trained mercilessly by his father for the past 5 years, after the disappearance of his brother. The training was because it was almost time for his judgement, which is where you go into the "Spire" which is a tower designed to be an RPG dungeon with tests laid out for you personally.
In the tower he frees 3 people from prison and briefly teams up with the local visage (Read: Demigod). He gets his specialized magical brand (attunement) and a book that lets him talk to a mysterious person in the tower, and a magic ice sword.
He then gtoes outside and discovered that he is an enchanter! Which is the polar opposite of the Shaper that his father has, his grandpa had, and everyone wanted. His Sister/cousin Became a summoner and his father wrote him out of the will favoring her.
HE begins his 2 years of military/magical schooling taking combat electives even though his magic isn't made for combat and slowly learning to love enchanting. He spends his time here with a few friends: Patrick, a childhood friend, whom he selects as a Retainer (Personal bodyman, bodyguard, and dueling second) He uses fire and lightning. Jin, a secretive person and of and on love interest. Marissa, Commoner woman, whom is a guardian, specilizing in personal combat (Also the biggest badass in the class in a 1v1) And Sera, who uses ice magic.
Corin goes through school alternating rapidly between extremely careful to the point where he isn't advancing (He wont use the mana in his mind for fear of losing his mind), and advancing so fast he nearly kills himself (Building a megaman style armcannon that blows up)
Eventually the spire locks down and the visage comes out and brands corin and tells him he has to recapture the people he let go, and he taks them to the spire and everyone fights and he gets a second magical attunement.