REVIEW: Starred Review from Publishers Weekly!
Here’s a snippet of the review: “Anthologist extraordinaire Adams once again strikes gold with 33 original and reprinted tales of wizardry in a wide variety of settings, from the medieval (Mike Resnick’s “Winter Solstice”) to the modern (Jeremiah Tolbert’s “One-Click Banishment”). … Adams just keeps getting better and this anthology is no exception.”
REVIEW: Tor.com
“I’d recommend picking up this book because it has a variety of authors, topics, and views on wizardry—you’re bound to enjoy at least a few of the tales in its 450+ pages. (Final grade: B+.)”
The reviewer, Brit Mandelo, singles out the following stories as favorites:
- “The Secret of the Blue Star” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Jonathan Howard’s “The Ereshkigal Working”
- “One-Click Banishment” by Jeremiah Tolbert
- Lev Grossman’s “Endgame”
- Kelly Link’s “The Wizards of Perfil”
- “Card Sharp” by Rajan Khanna
- Delia Sherman’s story “Wizard’s Apprentice”
- Susanna Clarke’s “John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner”