Found

Found by Sarah Prineas

If this series is meant to be a trilogy, I am satisfied. If this series will continue, I am also satisfied. This is a terrific recommendation for children who love fantastical books about magic and wizards and dragons, and especially for those who want something new and unique. There are definitely new interpretations and insights here.

In the third installment of The Magic Thief, we find Conn in hiding in the Twilight. He has been exiled from his home city of Wellmet for his experiments in pyrotechnics. If he continues to ignore the recommendations of the Magistry, or wizard’s council, and the edicts of the Duchess, he will soon earn the right to a beheading.

Conn has few friends for multiple reasons. Conn began his life as a pickpocket, a guttersnipe, a thief. In fact, he would not currently be apprenticed to his Master, Neverly, had he not filtched the wizard’s locus magicalicus right out of the sorcerer’s pocket! When Conn finally found his own locus magicalicus, it turned out to be the primary stone within the Duchess’s royal jewels and, of course, Conn was inclined to steal it. Who would believe that it actually belonged to him?

Conn also has an unusual as well as hidden family tree. His uncle was the Underlord of the Twilight, Underlord Crowe. At one point in time, Crowe attempted to train Conn to be the next Underlord. It’s not exactly a glorious position, but it is necessary. Crowe just made it necessarily evil and earned no positive connections.

Conn believes some unusual claims and theories and well. He theorizes that magic is not just a tangible object to be used, but it is actually a being to work with through a special language. The language known to the wizards as spells. Conn feels that the magic of Wellmet, let’s call it Wellmet, has protected him all of his life and is now trying to speak to him. It is frightened.

In the last book, Lost, we meet Arionvhar, another magical being originally associated with the ancient city of Arionvhar that now lies in ruins. Conn believes Arionvhar to be a predator magic seeking to find a new city to control. And it has set its eyes on Wellmet. It is up to Conn to help and once again, he needs a locus magicalicus to aid him.

Without a locus stone, Conn has discovered that pyrotechnics aid him in speaking to Wellmet. This time, Nevery will help Conn in creating the largest and most technical pyrotechnic experiment yet. If they are discovered, it will surely mean a hanging. But Conn feels that Wellmet is worth any sacrifice. It sure would help if the other magisters would believe him!