Wizard at Large
- 303
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Terry Brooks’s “Wizard at Large” is an adventurous third Landover romp in which a botched spell strands Abernathy on Earth. Some readers enjoy the growth of Ben and Questor after an uneven start; others find it drawn out and too close to the previous book, though they like the ending. It is best enjoyed by readers already fond of Landover and its characters.
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About the book
Wizard At Large by Terry Brooks is the third novel of the Magic Kingdom of Landover series, following The Black Unicorn. Written in 1988, the plot has Abernathy accidentally transported to Earth by one of Questor's ill-conceived spells, while a demonic imp is unleashed upon the kingdom of Landover. It was the last of a trilogy of annual Landover novels until The Tangle Box was published six years later. The book was re-released as part of a Landover omnibus in 2009.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 71 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 33% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.1 | 11 | 16% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 60 | 85% |
Frequently asked
How long is Wizard at Large?
It has 303 pages — shorter than 94% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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