The Flaw in All Magic (Magebreakers #1)

Posted on 20 May 2017 by Ben S. Dobson

In a city that runs on magic, it takes a man with none to solve an impossible murder In a world of elves and dwarves and sprites and mages, Tane Carver is a human with no gift but his wits Which, to be fair, did get him into the world s most prestigious university of magical technology For a while Until his lack of magic was discovered And then it all came crashing down But when a student is murdered on campus behind unbreakable wards, Tane gets a second chance Solving an impossible crime should be easy for the man who fooled the university s best mages for years Except he s not counting on the head constable being an old flame who isn t so fond of him any Or on Kadka, the half crazy half orc who insists she s his partner whether he likes it or not Not to mention the masked mage who keeps trying to kill him Now, Tane s survival depends on the one truth that has never failed him The flaw in all magic that those who have it prefer to ignore the mage Outsmart the mage, and you outsmart the spell And outsmarting mages is what Tane does best Look for book 2, The Emperor s Mask, coming soon New Read [ The Flaw in All Magic (Magebreakers #1) ] By [ Ben S. Dobson ] – kino-fada.fr The Flaw in All MagicMagebreakers, Book 1By Ben S DobsonNarrated by Travis BaldreeThis is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary.I love streamline, fantasy, and books with orcs in a positive light, underdog heroes, characters you can really get to know, and a good plot This book has all this andOur main guy doesn t do magic but is working for a University for mages due to a murder of one of his friends He ends up with a new friend, a female half orc that helps...Well, that was entertaining, my inner child is giggling and clapping The plot was simple from the first scene I understood that one guy is trouble and the most of characters were quite artificial but I liked the concept of the magical world, humor and, of course, Kadka She pulled off the story.I think I found this by looking through the steampunk category onIt smagepunk than steampunk, with magically driven engines and an airship lifted partly by spells a steampunkish dieselpunkish feel to the setting, but with lots of magic as technology and an assortment of fantasy races elves, dwarves, gnomes, orcs, goblins, and so forth Because this is pretty close to what I often write myself, I read it with great interest Because it s extremely well done, I also read it with I think I found this by looking t...Predictable FunDobson s book is oddly light and humorous, despite the gruesome murder and genocidal conspiracy.Like any decent mystery, the tale is twisted but littered with clues And like any good mystery, there are enough clues to solve it Unfortunately, I had it worked out by the third mark the story was good enough to keep me going, with solid characters drawn from classic archetypes, and the world building I have come to expect from a part of The Gamers production team.A solid fan...Wow, what a fun book I just finished it and that s all I can think It was so entertaining, from the beginning to the end The world Dobson has created in The Flaw in All Magic is a charming blend of high fantasy setting, urban fantasy plotting, and magepunk or would that be ancrystpunk technology, alive with enchanting characters.Tane and Kadka make a great murder solving tagteam of misfits the only man without magic in a city of mages and a wide eyed wanderer half orc away from her frozen h Wow, what a fun book I just finished it and that s all I can think It was so entertaining, from the beginning to the end The world Dobson has created in The Flaw in All Magic is a charming blend of high fantasy setting, urban fantasy plotting, and magepunk or would that be ancrystpunk technology, alive with enchanting characters.Tane and Kadka make a great murder solving tagteam of misfits the only man without magic in a city of mages and a wide eyed wanderer half orc away from her frozen homeland Their back and forth was as entertaining as their action packed investigation From the first page, I was sucked in, trapped like a wraith in brass, completely helpless to stop reading The last 30% flew by in a jumble of adrenaline, exciteme...Sort of a light magic detective story.The plot is that the main character isn t actually magical, but competes with mages due to being extra smart The problem these stories tend to run into is that if the main character gets plot induced stupidity it s extra disa...I ve got a little bit of a soft spot for magical investigation stories, so this novel, which combines investigation with action and a whisper of social criticism, was right up my alley.The Magebreakers, a wizard fraud and a foreign warrior woman recently released from her employment with the police, are a charming and funny duo and it s great to see a relationship between man and woman that doesn t turn romantic for no reason.The thing that put this rating over the top for me, that earned this b I ve got a little bit of a soft spot for magical investigation stories, so this novel, which combines investigation with action and a whisper of social criticism, was right up my alley.The Magebreakers, a wizard fraud and a foreign warrior woman recently released from her employment with the police, are a charming and funny duo and it s great to see a relationship between man and woman that doesn t turn romantic for no reason.The thing that put this rating over the top for me, that earned...The Flaw in All Magic reminds me a fair bit of some of the better The Dresden Files Collection 1 6 books, back when Butcher use to be a writer Only in this, Tane is magicless in a land full of mages Dobson has created a charming world and a full set of extremely likeable characters The book starts off with a girl being killed, and throughout the story you learn enough about her that the death hurtsat the end of the book than the beginning All and all a great book and I can t wait for t The Flaw in All Magic reminds me a fair bit of some of the better The Dresden Files Collection 1 6 books, back when Butcher use to be a writer Only in this, Tane is magicless in a land full of mages Dobson has created a charming world and a full set of extremely likeable ...The book was quiet good without any of the usual OP hero or too lucky hero The story was also quiet interesting The story world is very vast and quiet interesting Looking forward to reading the next book soon.Pleasant, fast read.

20 May 2017

Ben S. Dobson