The hero is Richard-the-Seeker, a woodsman with a magic sword. One day in his forest he rescues a woman pursued by assassins. She turns out to be Kahlan Amnell from the neighboring kingdom of Midlands who is seeking a wizard named Zedd to help her destroy the tyrant ruling her kingdom. Richard takes her to him and the novel is the story of their joint adventure. A first novel.

Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the now-legendary land of Discworld. This is where it all begins--with the tourist Twoflower and his wizard guide, Rincewind. In which the inept wizard Rincewind encounters a tourist in Discworld, who has brought his luggage with him, which has a mind of its own, and teeth.

It is up to Victor Tugelbend, a would be wizard turned extra, and Gaspode, the Wonder Dog, to bring order back to Discworld. The fascination with movies has distracted the folks of Discworld, who will need to be led back from chaos to order.

Young teen Able, previously transported to a magical world into the body of an adult hero, returns to Mythgarthr in possession of special powers that he has vowed he will not use in his service to the dragon king Anthor.

As the powerful vampire Lilith prepares to quench her thirst for destruction by unleashing her fury in battle, a medieval sorcerer, one of the circle of six charged by the goddess Morrigan, must travel through time to stop her.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the year, Blake Charlton's Spellbound is the exciting sequel to the acclaimed epic fantasy debut Spellwright. In a world where one's magical prowess is determined by one's skill with words and ability to spell, Nicodemus is a wizardly apprentice afflicted by a curse that causes him to misspell magical texts. Now, the demon who cursed him has hatched a conspiracy to force Nicodemus to change language...

Chicago wizard Harry Dresden must help a hated enemy, Nicodemus Archleone, break into a high security vault to steal something belonging to the Lord of the Underworld.

A slightly inept wizard casts his spells which are demonstrated to us through the techniques of optical art.

Penric is a divine of the Bastard's Order as well as a sorcerer and scholar, living in the palace where the Princess-Archdivine holds court. His scholarly work is interrupted when the Archdivine agrees to send Penric, in his role as sorcerer, to accompany a "Locator" of the Father's Order, assigned to capture Inglis, a runaway shaman charged with the murder of his best friend. However, the situation they discover in the mountains is far more complex...

Raised on Eld mountain with only her father's magical menagerie for company, a young wizard is drawn irrevocably into the human world with all its sorrows and delights when a baby comes into her care.