Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Magician

By: Raymond E. Feist
Narrated by: Peter Joyce
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £19.99

Buy Now for £19.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Here starts an adventure that will span lifetimes and worlds. Discover where the story begins.

Raymond E. Feist is an internationally best-selling author.

My name is Pug. I was once an orphaned kitchen boy, with no family and no prospects, but I am destined to become a master magician…

War is coming to the Kingdom of the Isles from another world, bringing with it chaos and destruction. Pug yearns to train as a warrior and fight for his kingdom alongside his foster-brother, Tomas, but instead he is forced to follow a different path: a path that will lead him right into the heart of the enemy. And one that will change the course of the war – and two worlds – forever.

So begins the most epic series in fantasy fiction, a tale that will cross worlds and generations.

Magician is the first book in the Riftwar Saga. The trilogy continues with book two, Silverthorn.

©1982 Raymond E. Feist (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Legend cover art
The Jewel of Dantenos cover art
The Magician's Guild cover art
Mark of the Fool cover art
The Diamond Throne cover art
First King of Shannara cover art
Swarm cover art
Knights of the Crown cover art
The Land of the Undying Lord cover art
Elf Empire: A LitRPG Kingdom-Building Adventure cover art
The First Book of Swords cover art
The Silmarillion cover art
Mage Errant: Publisher's Pack cover art
The Blacksmith's Son cover art
Knights of Dark Renown cover art
Ascendant cover art

Critic reviews

‘Totally gripping’ WASHINGTON POST

‘Epic scope…fast-moving action…vivid imagination’ WASHINGTON POST

‘Tons of intrigue and action’ PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

What listeners say about Magician

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2,875
  • 4 Stars
    625
  • 3 Stars
    207
  • 2 Stars
    65
  • 1 Stars
    25
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2,279
  • 4 Stars
    812
  • 3 Stars
    264
  • 2 Stars
    80
  • 1 Stars
    46
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    2,770
  • 4 Stars
    464
  • 3 Stars
    174
  • 2 Stars
    52
  • 1 Stars
    20

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An enthralling story.

Well worth the credit. It is in fact book 1 and 2 of the series and is incredibly good value, at over 36 hours long. I would rate the story as five stars, have already purchased the available sequels and will come back and listen to one this again and again.
Without giving away more than in the synopsis, the initial story follows Pug a potential magician from the initial obscurity of being his keeps kitchen boy, to a journey spanning two beautifully realized and very different fantasy worlds.
While there is quite a bit of action at the start of the story, I personally found it a little slow going at first, after the first dramatic sequence of events. It is well worth having some patience with this story however, as you are gradually introduced to fascinating characters and varying cultures and races in this complex plot. At first I thought the story was only going focus on Pug but as the novel goes on the story becomes even more interesting because it splits also following his companions on their own epic journeys.
The only difficulty I had with the book was the narrator who to me was both a blessing and a curse. Peter Joyce has a pleasant if somewhat dry narrating voice and makes the story interesting by voicing the characters. He also disrupts the flow of the story by announcing he said in a dead pan voice then pausing, which is incredibly annoying and, in my opinion, gets the tone of voice wrong for many of the characters, like the elves.


Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

12 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

A great story but...

This is a true epic and a great story but for me it took too much from Tolkien and there were so many cliches.

Good, but not great. If you're new to epic fantasy start with 'Lies of Locke Lamora' or 'Name of the Wind'. Both are excellent with well developed characters and some originality.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic fantasy of epic proportions

Read this first when I was about 14 and enjoyed it then even better as an adult and to have it read to me was a dream highly recommended to all

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not bad

A fairly good story, quite well performed. One tip for playback on this particular book, is play at 1.25x speed - otherwise... The... Narration... Is... Too... Slow....

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful

I personally loved this story. The narrator was easy to listen yo and really brought the story to life for me. Well written and perfectly read.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Riftwar

loved it! Its been great to get reacquainted with and old tale from my younger days

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

My favourite fantasy story

Greatest fantasy novel ever, amazing characters, amazing world, great originality and such an easy read/listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Skitty story but compelling

A good listen, I would recommend. I will try the second book. I have high hopes.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

R. E. Feita is awesome

Well written, well read. A joy to listen to. Not my favorite author. But one of the best

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

a great story

the book is without question a personal favourite and is brought to life well tho there is only a single narrator. Still worth the time.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!