But Sonea both distrusts the Guild for their apparent lack of compassion for the poor dwells and fears their reprisal for her accidental injury of Lord Fergun. Lords Dannyl and Rothen lead the search into the slums, worried that Sonea's increasingly uncontrolled magic will harm her and those around her. Although young gang members gather to throw rocks at them, the magicians are protected by a magical shield-until Sonea, a young dwell, hurls a rock through their barrier and injures the magician Lord Fergun.įearing a rogue magician, the Guild begins searching for Sonea. The magicians must find her before her uncontrolled and untrained powers kill her and destroy the city, as well as overcome Sonea's distrust and fear of the magicians and their Guild as they try to convince her to join their ranks.Įach winter in Imardin, the capital city of Kyralia, the streets are purged of the 'dwells', the city's poor under-class, by magicians who drive away the inhabitants of the city's slums. When she hurls a stone through a magical barrier, accidentally injuring a magician behind it, Sonea finds herself on the run from the powerful Magicians' Guild. The book tells the story of Sonea, a young girl from the slums, as she discovers her magical potential.

Published in 2001, it is followed by The Novice (2002) and The High Lord (2003). The Magicians' Guild is the first fantasy novel in The Black Magician series by Trudi Canavan.

The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan