A Book Review Plot: Magician: Apprentice follows the adventures of Pug, a thirteen year orphan boy, as he becomes a magicians apprentice. Pugs storyline is a long and drawn out coming of age story—it’s a bit of slow burn. As is the case in all coming of age stories, Pug struggles with what ...
Magician: Apprentice Written by Raymond E. Feist
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