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The Thorn of Dentonhill

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by Marshall Ryan Maresca
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Blending vigilante justice with epic fantasy, student mage Veranix Calbert fights crime in the city of Maradaine in this fast-paced debut novel • “Veranix is Batman, if Batman were a teenager and magically talented.” —Library Journal
Veranix Calbert leads a double life. By day, he’s a struggling magic student at the University of Maradaine. At night, he spoils the drug trade of Willem Fenmere, crime boss of Dentonhill and murderer of Veranix’s father. He’s determined to shut Fenmere down.
 
With that goal in mind, Veranix disrupts the delivery of two magical artifacts meant for Fenmere's clients, the mages of the Blue Hand Circle.  Using these power-filled objects in his fight, he quickly becomes a real thorn in Fenmere's side.
 
So much so that soon not only Fenmere, but powerful mages, assassins, and street gangs all want a piece of “The Thorn.” And with professors and prefects on the verge of discovering his secrets, Veranix’s double life might just fall apart. Unless, of course, Fenmere puts an end to it first.
Explore the back alleys of the city in this street-level fantasy adventure, the first novel of the Maradaine series. Then see Maradaine from a new perspective, with Maresca's second, concurrent series set in the same city: A Murder of Mages begins the Maradaine Constabulary novels, featuring an unlikely partnership of two detectives in the city’s constabulary.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Maradaine Novels

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  • Release date

    February 3, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9780698180093

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      • ISBN: 9780698180093
      • File size: 1950 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 3, 2015
      Vigilante justice meets magical mayhem in this lively fantasy series debut. Veranix Calbert leads a double life: by day he's a student of magic at the prestigious University of Maradaine, but at night, he becomes the Thorn, an avenger taking on dealers of the dangerous drug effitteâa drug that destroyed his family. When Veranix accidentally captures a sack full of magical artifacts bound for a shady group of powerful mages, he stirs up far more trouble than he ever expected. The story moves briskly, and Maresca's characters are well-rounded and believable. Maradaine is a fabulous city brimming with possibilities, with its streets filled with students and professors, street gangs, mages, merchants, and regular folk. Fans of tricky capers and intrigue will enjoy this colorful series opener.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from February 15, 2015

      As a student mage at the University of Maradaine, Veranix has a secret: at night he sneaks off campus to thwart the drug dealers operating in the slums of nearby Dentonhill. He is determined to get as much of the drug known as effitte off the streets as possible, having seen its devastating effects when his own mother was forcibly fed the drug and left brain dead. Balancing his studies and his secret work as a vigilante gets much more difficult after he takes something stolen from the local crime boss that a local mage circle desperately want back. VERDICT Veranix is Batman, if Batman were a teenager and magically talented. His uncompromising devotion to crushing the local crime boss encourages him to take foolish risks, but his resourcefulness keeps our hero one step ahead of those who seek to bring him down. Action, adventure, and magic in a school setting will appeal to those who love Harry Potter and Patrick Rothfuss's The Name of the Wind.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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