This paperback edition includes an interview with the author, a special sneak peek of the sequel, The Inquisition, and more. With no one but Ignatius by his side, Fletcher must decide where his loyalties lie. But sinister forces infect new friendships and rivalries grow. When blacksmith apprentice Fletcher discovers that he has the ability to summon.

On Wattpad, The Novice has been read over 7.5 million times The third book in the series, The Battlemage, will publish from Feiwel and Friends in May 2017. The Novice is the first novel in the Summoner Series by Taran Matharu. Along with nobles and commoners, Fletcher endures grueling lessons that will prepare him to serve as a Battlemage in the Empire's war against the savage Orcs. Taran began to write the Summoner series in November 2013 at the age of 22, taking part in the internet writing phenomenon Nanowrimo. Banished from his village for a crime he didn’t commit, Fletcher travels with Ignatius- his demon- to an academy where the art of summoning is taught to the gifted. Chased from his village for a crime he did not commit, Fletcher must travel with his demon, Ignatius, to an academy for adepts, where the gifted are taught the art of summoning. The Novice Fletcher works as a blacksmith's apprentice when he discovers he is gifted with the rare ability of summoning demons from another world.

Fletcher is working as a blacksmith's apprentice when he discovers he has the rare ability to summon demons from another world. : The Novice: Summoner: Book One (The Summoner Trilogy, 1): 9781250067128: Matharu. First in Taran Matharu's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy Summoner Trilogy, The Novice is an action-packed adventure of a young man gifted-or cursed-with an extraordinary and terrifying power. It tells the story of an orphaned boy, Fletcher Wulf and how he accidently summons a rare demon, a salamander.

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