A SINGLE SPELL

Tobas had been lucky to find a wizard to take him on as apprentice. But then the wizard died suddenly and unexpectedly after teaching Tobas only a solitary spell, and the youth was too old to find a new master.

How could he earn a living when all the magic he could do was light fires?

A DESTINY UNFOLDING

In the Small Kingdoms there were dragons to be slain, princesses and gold to be won, magic castles, witches who knew the secret of immortality, and other treasures. But how could a wizard with a single, simple spell hope to find them and win them?

Well, it wasn't as if Tobas had much of a choice...

A LEGEND OF ETHSHAR

Published
1987
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I loaned With a Single Spell from my friend two days ago. I decided to read it, because I liked The Misenchanted Sword.

With a Single Spell was an entertaining and well written fantasy book. In my opinion it was excellent light fantasy. Lawrence Watt-Evans' writing style was fluent and the story was good enough to keep awake until 3am last night.

I can recommend this book to all readers, who want to read good light fantasy.

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