Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the "ultimate sacrifice" for a "noble destiny." If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn't tough enough, Nathaniel's master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy's only saving grace is the master's wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him.

Part 2: The Golem's Eye
Part 3: Ptolemy's Gate

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- tamichan (Tokyo, Japan)
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CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

On its way to tamichan.

Hello all! I received this book a few days ago!
I've just finished reading my first bookring book and I'm starting on
book one right away. I would like to send all three books together, but is shouldn't take me
too long since we have a semi-long break this month.
Anyway, just wanted y'all to know that I got the books!
Thanks!