

He has one friend, a warrior named Tomas. An orphan, Pug, is a sorcerer’s apprentice, name of Kulgan and eccentric, who works in the enchanted land of Midkemia. In some editions, this book will be split into two parts, one part called “Magician: Apprentice” and “Magician: Master”. “Magician” is the first novel in the “Riftwar Saga”. It has its own series about a queen in her reign that is set in the same time period as this series is, with some of the characters from this series, appearing in that one as well (like Pug and Jimmy the Hand gets his own book in the “Legends of the Riftwar series).

This series features Kelewan as a far away planet and is only visited for brief periods of time. The first book focuses on the apprentice named Pug, whereas the second book shows Pug sharing center stage with Prince Arutha. The books are set on two planets, Midkemia and Kelewan. Feist, author of the “Riftwar Saga”, which starts off the Riftwar Cycle of books that is made up of a total of ten series of books (with a total book count of thirty books). He enjoys collecting fine wines and has an interest in learning about History, particularly the History of American Football. At present, Raymond resides in San Diego, California with his two children – boy and girl. He had previously been married to the novelist Kathlyn Starbuck. He later wrote extensively on particulars of the world of Midkemia and in time became a fundamental aspect of the Riftwar Cycle Trio. In his university days Feist and his friends fashioned a game that was based on the fantasy world named “Midkemia”. In addition, “The Serpentwar Saga” has been made available.įeist cites Robert Louis Stephenson who wrote “Treasure Island” and “Kidnapped” along with Alexander Dumas, author of “The Three Musketeers” as writers to have had the most literary influence on him in terms of writing style and him in general. These novels gave emphasis to the Riftwar from the Tsurani perspective as opposed to the original series which was seen primarily from the Midkemia point of view.
He went on to write “Empire Trilogy”, “ Daughter of the Empire”, “Servant of the Empire” and “ Mistress of the Empire” in collaboration with Janny Wurts. He wrote “ Silverthorn” as well as “Darkness at Sethanon”, which are a part of his popular “ Riftwar Saga”. Consequently he wrote an additional two books. The positive reception his first novel “ Magician” facilitated Feist to give writing his complete devotion.
