Series
Circle of Magic / The Wizard Apprentice
Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, Debra Doyle (pseudonym) & James D. Macdonald (pseudonym) · 6 novels · 2 novellas · 1990–2003
This eight-book series by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald follows a young apprentice training in the practice of wizardry alongside knights and nobles in an invented medieval world, moving from a fixed school setting into wider adventures as the books progress. It is a lighter, adventure-driven take on magical apprenticeship aimed at younger readers, distinct from other series sharing the same "Circle of Magic" name. The later volumes carry the apprentice further from the classroom into court intrigue and open conflict.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
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Stats
By decade
- 1990s6
- 2000s2
Shape
6 novels · 2 novellas
4 authors
reads like:fantasywizardssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousmiddle grade
Mood
Bright and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book8 of 8 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Mystery at Wizardry Schooldarkest · calmest
- School of Wizardrybrightest
- The Prisoners of Bell Castlemost intense