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Delia Marshall Turner is a revolutionary in this era of big fantasy. Her Nameless Magery is a compelling, funny approach to the archetypal sword and sorcery tale of the young misfit who triumphs over enormous obstacles, completing a quest and saving the world from evil. Amazingly, she accomplishes this satisfactorily in a bit over 200 pages. Turner's heroine, Lisane, was prepared to be the living representative of the Goddess for her whole planet before the invasion and the destruction of her family by the Enforcers, who destroy magic wherever they find it. Now she's on a world where all mages are male, stuck in a combination boarding school and juvenile detention center. "The pimply noodlebrains who grudgingly shared the senior student hall with me had come to the school as young children," Lisane comments, "and had spent the intervening years mastering magic. I didn't think it had done them much good, but I tried to keep my opinion to myself." The only mage who believes her story is Kaihan, the handsome Wizard-King. But Lisane's unique approach to magic will prove indispensable. There's frank talk about sex and some imaginative cursing here, but Nameless Magery is a marvelous coming-of-age story that you won't want to put down. --Nona Vero
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