A baby girl is rescued from a snowy path in the woods. A baby boy is stillborn. A young Queen is taken ill. An ExtraOrdinary Wizard mysteriously resigns from his post. And all on the same night. A string of events, seemingly unconnected, begins to converge ten years later, when the Heap family receive a knock at the door. The evil Necromancer DomDaniel is plotting his comeback and a Major Obstacle resides in the Heap family. Life as they know is about to change, and the most fantastically fast-paced adventure of confused identities, magyk and mayhem, begin.
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'A book to gallop through' Irish Times 'Warm, funny and humane, Sage takes care with the destiny of even her smallest characters, and is a real discovery' Amanda Craig, The Times 'Her yarn scoots along like a dragon-boat with the wind in its sails' Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Lucybird
Format:Paperback
I was given this book by a fellow Harry Potter fan who described it as the new series he was addicted too. It's taken me a while to get round to actually reading it, partly because despite some of my favourite books being fantasy I'm not a big reader of fantasy as a whole, and partly because I didn't want to compare Magyk to Harry Potter, because I knew it would be pretty hard to meet up. Luckily to compare the two would be quite difficult, apart from tragic beginnings, and similar aged main characters the two have very little in common. Plot wise there were some pretty good ideas going on but, partly because of the way Magyk was written I did find it very predictable, the main twist is given away because of some bad decision making- which may be on part of the publishers rather than Sage herself. I must admit a fair bit of the plot didn' seem particully original either, partly because I think Sage had used myths to do with magic- which is probably a good thing, and partly because it was predictable. There were some really good ideas though, I particully liked the dragon ring and it's surrounding storyline. I will read the rest in ther series, because I dislike leaving a series unfinished but I wouldn't activelly seek them out.
47 of 53 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
My eleven year old son has never been a reader but when he saw the cover of Magyk in tescos he asked me if I would buy it for him.Another wasted purchase I thought! However we had only travelled a few miles before he was completely engrossed! Words like brilliant,fantastic and can I go to bed early to read please were coming from the back of the car!!The chapters are fairly short,the pace is quick,add a touch of magyk,wizardry and evil and voila my son is hooked and waiting for the next instalment.I hope book two is as spellbinding!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Wood
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This book had me hooked from start to finish, I had bought it for my child but unfortunately for her I read the first page and that was it, she will have to read it next. My other daughter is last in the queue. The characters are excellent. The Heap family are wonderful, I would love to be a part of this family - well I do have green eyes! But it is the other characters such as the Boggart and especially the message rat Stanley that add richness and humour to the story.
JK Rowling needs the watch out, this book may even exceed Harry Potter. I can't wait for the next chapter in Septimus Heap's adventures which I hope will be long and as funny and varied as the first.
JK Rowling needs the watch out, this book may even exceed Harry Potter. I can't wait for the next chapter in Septimus Heap's adventures which I hope will be long and as funny and varied as the first.
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I thought that it was the best possible book that I have ever read. I thought it was amazingly brilliant
Published 1 month ago by Catty
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Fantastic
I bought this book when it first came out probably about 6 years ago now and have waited with anticipation for the following books. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Harris
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Magyk - book one of the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage - conjured up a certain expectation in my mind before I started reading it: that of a young wizard in a medieval setting... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Vanessa F
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clever spellings...
i think that the most wonderful things about septimus heap is the spellings that are used. this is a great book and i think that it should be law to read it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by vladmir
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my favourite book series
when i was 9 i read all of the septimus heap books. i think they are better than harry potter. septimus is an wizard who has adventures with Jenna and Beatle:)
these books ard... Read more
these books ard... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. A
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Hard to put down!
I started this series a while back now and it is definitely my favourite series of all time! Angie Sage has done a really good job writing these books by making it neither too fast... Read more
Published 4 months ago by the_ebook_man
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It's ok
It's ok if your a young'un, i should have taken the advice of one of the reveiwers earlier, 'saying dont bother with book one as it takes a long time to get going' how right they... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Pete
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Magyk
For Kids this a wonderful story that gets better the more you read. And Each book gets better and better. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Allanb
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THIS IS REAL, MAGYK!
Magyk is an magykal book,which is full of thrill and adventure!from years 8 till 70,adults and children will love this book!I devoured it! Read more
Published 7 months ago by carbonadam
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Fantastic modern literature !
I usually don't go for fantasy/magic themed books. I expected a mildy engaging book which I could dip in and out of,with a few laughs and bland unintresting characters;some of my... Read more
Published 7 months ago by MissEdenStoppard[13yrs]
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