The Magician's Apprentice- Episode 1

Many thanks to the delightful Ashleigh for commissioning the start of the next book by Trudi Canavan!This book takes place way back, far far before the timelines in the original Black Magician Trilogy, before the Guild was ever even formed. It's curious to see how unstructured things were and how little was understood about magic at this time, and the idea that Tessia would have to give up her pursuit of becoming a healer simply because she has magic seems so silly now that we know it becomes on of the major disciplines at the school. However, there are some really problematic elements to this story that I can't ignore, and I am just really hoping the book goes on to prove me wrong about those first impressions. We shall see!Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!