Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians; although jobs are hard to find in a world where magical energy is fading. Once great wizards are reduced to performing menial jobs like hardwiring houses and clearing drains, if even that. Magical energy then seems to become stronger and wizards then find themselves performing tasks they once found too difficult. Jennifer begins to hear whispers of something called Big Magic, but no one will explain to her what it is. A prophecy that the last dragon will be killed by the unnamed last Dragonslayer also soon flies around the kingdom of Hereford. Jennifer sets out to discover more about the prophecy and Big Magic by searching for the last Dragonslayer; she quickly discovers much more than she ever bargained for. A wonderfully humorous, quick read that had me hooked from the first page. The first book I’ve enjoyed as thoroughly as I enjoyed Harry Potter.
Monday, October 15, 2012
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians; although jobs are hard to find in a world where magical energy is fading. Once great wizards are reduced to performing menial jobs like hardwiring houses and clearing drains, if even that. Magical energy then seems to become stronger and wizards then find themselves performing tasks they once found too difficult. Jennifer begins to hear whispers of something called Big Magic, but no one will explain to her what it is. A prophecy that the last dragon will be killed by the unnamed last Dragonslayer also soon flies around the kingdom of Hereford. Jennifer sets out to discover more about the prophecy and Big Magic by searching for the last Dragonslayer; she quickly discovers much more than she ever bargained for. A wonderfully humorous, quick read that had me hooked from the first page. The first book I’ve enjoyed as thoroughly as I enjoyed Harry Potter.
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