Sorcerer's Legacy

Most readers are probably familiar with Janny Wurts??? epic fantasy series THE WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW or the EMPIRE trilogy she wrote with Raymond E. Feist back in the ???80s, but Wurts also wrote a few stand-alone fantasies, two of which have just been released in audio format.

Sorcerer???s Legacy, Wurts??? debut novel first published in 1981, is one of these. In some ways it feels like a 1981 high fantasy novel (e.g. the medieval setting) but, in the most important ways, it stands out. The story is about Elienne, the recently widowed and pregnant wife of the ruler of a conquered country. She???s been taken captive and awaits what???s certain to be a nasty fate when a wizard from another country saves her on the condition that she marries his endangered prince. She has no choice but to agree, of course,... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/sorcerers-legacy-2/

3.5 ⭐️

A pretty start to a successful career from Janny. She's known for her political intrigue and great prose. There's tons of intrigue in this book. You truly have no idea what the outcome of this book will be and even if you get something right it won't happen the way you'd guess.

The prose wasn't all that poetic like I was expecting so I'm assuming she gets much better in later books.

The novel follows a pregnant girl who was saved by a dead wizard. His ghost tells her she is apart of his plans to save the Prince if she will agree to wed him. In this world, if a Prince isn't fertile then he will be beheaded because they don't want to deal with succession wars/disputes. As a favor to the wizard she obliges and agrees to wed him but there are powerful people in place that don't want him as king so they are trying everything they can to kill her and her baby.

The premise sounds a little dumb but the last half of the book ramps up really good and it was a short quick book. I would recommend this as a little pallet cleanser in between bigger books