Summoner: The Novice

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Pub Date 05 May 2015 | Archive Date 31 May 2015
Hachette Children's Group | Hodder Children's Books

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Publishing in the UK on 5th May 2015.

Due to simultaneous publishing in the US and Canada, please note, we will not be able to approve requests from members in those regions.

Enter an immersive fantasy world where one boy's ability to summon demons will change the fate of an empire ... Book 1 in the epic SUMMONER trilogy from Wattpad sensation Taran Matharu.

Fletcher was nothing more than a humble blacksmith's apprentice, when a chance encounter leads to the discovery that he has the ability to summon demons from another world. Chased from his village for a crime he did not commit, he must travel with his demon to the Vocans Academy, where the gifted are trained in the art of summoning.

The academy will put Fletcher through a gauntlet of gruelling lessons, training him as a battlemage to fight in the Hominum Empire's war against the savage orcs. Rubbing shoulders with the children of the most powerful nobles in the land, Fletcher must tread carefully. The power hungry Forsyth twins lurk in the shadows, plotting to further their family's interests. Then there is Sylva, an elf who will do anything she can to forge an alliance between her people and Hominum, even if it means betraying her friends. Othello is the first ever dwarf at the academy, and his people have long been oppressed by Hominum's rulers, which provokes tension amongst those he studies alongside

Fletcher will find himself caught in the middle of powerful forces, with nothing but his demon Ignatius to help him. As the pieces on the board manoeuvre for supremacy, Fletcher must decide where his loyalties lie. The fate of an empire is in his hands ...

Publishing in the UK on 5th May 2015.

Due to simultaneous publishing in the US and Canada, please note, we will not be able to approve requests from members in those regions.

Enter an immersive fantasy...


Available Editions

EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781444923971
PRICE £12.99 (GBP)

Average rating from 122 members


Featured Reviews

I was so excited to see that i was given the chance to read this book, i had heard many great things about it. From the get go, i enjoyed reading this book, i loved the way the writer engages the reader with the way in which he describes the world he has built. I enjoyed the characters and Taran made me care about them too .
The premise of the story is about a young orphan lad named Fletcher, he is brought up by a blacksmith, to be his apprentice in a town called Pelt. One day, on a market day an old soldier sets up a stall and starts to gather crowds with his wares, a mysterious book is brought out and you find out that this book belonged to a summoner, straight from the front lines of an on going Orc war. Summoners bring forth Demons from other worlds to help with the fighting. Fletcher finds out that he is an summoner himself, this is normally a gift that few are blessed with.
Without spoiling too much , Fletcher finds his way to an exclusive training academy to learn the skills of becoming a battlemage, there he will 'find' himself and sidestep alliances and betrayals. It is defiantly a must read, if you like fantasy books, that i do and it is defiantly one of the best i have read recently. It kinda reminds me of a game i like to play, when i am not reading - World of Warcraft - with the elves, the orcs, mages etc and has a medieval touch to it too. Am looking forward to reading the next two books, have no idea unfortunately when they are arriving for us hungry readers, please don't make us wait too long!!

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