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    Riddle of the Seven Realms, 2nd Edition
    Master of the Five Magics, 2nd Edition
    Secret of the Sixth Magic, 2nd Edition
    Ebook series6 titles

    Magic by the Numbers Series

    By Lyndon Hardy

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    About this series

    Briana, daughter of the Archimage had vanished.
    Fig Newton summoned a demon to help find her.
    Too bad it was a succubus, a seductive devourer of men.

    Some time had passed since Briana and Fig had saved the Earth from sinister aliens (as told in the Archimage's Fourth Daughter). Together, they struggled to put together a "magic show" that would provide them enough money on which to get by.

    Fig was infatuated by Briana, but, as she explained, she loved him like a brother. Briana was homesick, a fish out of water on the Earth and longing for home on a distant world, one for which the crafts of thuaumaturgy, alchemy, magic, sorcery, and wizardry were common.

    Briana vanishes, and Fig's pursuit to find her takes him to the Gates of Hell in central Asia, the catacombs of Paris, cold, drab modern Moscow, and a place to which no mortal had ever travelled before.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLyndon Hardy
    Release dateNov 10, 2016
    Riddle of the Seven Realms, 2nd Edition
    Master of the Five Magics, 2nd Edition
    Secret of the Sixth Magic, 2nd Edition

    Titles in the series (6)

    • Secret of the Sixth Magic, 2nd Edition
      Secret of the Sixth Magic, 2nd Edition

      Secret of the Sixth Magic, 2nd Edition

      Lyndon Hardy
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      The laws of the five magics were being set aside. If the world was to be saved it was up to Jason the wordsmith. But what was he to do? He had writer's block and suffered from agoraphobia. He was not a hero for the sagas. "Lyndon Hardy brings us a story in which the rigorous application of logic gives an added dimension of reality to fantasy" - Lester del Rey Out of print for almost thirty years and now available again. Contains glossary, and author's afterward.

      The laws of the five magics were being set aside. If the world was to be saved it was up to Jason the wordsmith. But what was he to do? He had writer's block and suffered from agoraphobia. He was not a hero for the sagas. "Lyndon Hardy brings us a story in which the rigorous application of logic gives an added dimension of reality to fantasy" - Lester del Rey Out of print for almost thirty years and now available again. Contains glossary, and author's afterward.

    • Riddle of the Seven Realms, 2nd Edition
      Riddle of the Seven Realms, 2nd Edition

      Riddle of the Seven Realms, 2nd Edition

      Lyndon Hardy
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      The worst of the mess they were in, Kestrel knew, was that it was all his own fault. It all began when he had tried to cheat the lady wizard, Phoebe, with a load of worthless wood. When she insisted on testing his sample, the demon Astron had burst through the flame... "Lyndon Hardy's incisive logic makes the wildest flights of fantasy believeable -- and fascinating" -- Lester del Rey" Back in print after almost thrty years. Contains glossary and author's afterward.

      The worst of the mess they were in, Kestrel knew, was that it was all his own fault. It all began when he had tried to cheat the lady wizard, Phoebe, with a load of worthless wood. When she insisted on testing his sample, the demon Astron had burst through the flame... "Lyndon Hardy's incisive logic makes the wildest flights of fantasy believeable -- and fascinating" -- Lester del Rey" Back in print after almost thrty years. Contains glossary and author's afterward.

    • Master of the Five Magics, 2nd Edition
      Master of the Five Magics, 2nd Edition

      Master of the Five Magics, 2nd Edition

      Lyndon Hardy
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      Alodar was a mere journeyman thaumaturge learning the least of the five arts of magic. As such he had no right to aspire to the hand of the fair lady, Queen Vendora, but aspire he did. "One of the most logical detailing of the laws of magic ever to appear in fantasy" - Lester del Rey Out of print for over three decades and now returning to availability. This edition includes new added chapters, a glossary and an author's afterward.

      Alodar was a mere journeyman thaumaturge learning the least of the five arts of magic. As such he had no right to aspire to the hand of the fair lady, Queen Vendora, but aspire he did. "One of the most logical detailing of the laws of magic ever to appear in fantasy" - Lester del Rey Out of print for over three decades and now returning to availability. This edition includes new added chapters, a glossary and an author's afterward.

    • The Archimage's Fourth Daughter
      The Archimage's Fourth Daughter

      The Archimage's Fourth Daughter

      Lyndon Hardy
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      Alodar placed his hands on Briana’s shoulders, paused for a moment more, and then said softly, “The answer is no.” “You can’t do that!” Briana yelled back. “Even the Archimage has limits to his power. You admitted as much yourself. You cannot order me around like some serf of an Arcadian lord.” “I do not order you to stay because I am the Archimage,” Alodar said. “I do so because I am your father.” Briana felt the anger well within her like a brush fire suddenly out of control. She clinched her teeth so as not to say more. The library page had a key to this council chamber, she thought fiercely. It might take more than a single kiss to get it, but that is what she would have to do. Fourth book in the Magic by the Numbers series. A stand alone novel that does not require any of the preceding volumes need to read first.

      Alodar placed his hands on Briana’s shoulders, paused for a moment more, and then said softly, “The answer is no.” “You can’t do that!” Briana yelled back. “Even the Archimage has limits to his power. You admitted as much yourself. You cannot order me around like some serf of an Arcadian lord.” “I do not order you to stay because I am the Archimage,” Alodar said. “I do so because I am your father.” Briana felt the anger well within her like a brush fire suddenly out of control. She clinched her teeth so as not to say more. The library page had a key to this council chamber, she thought fiercely. It might take more than a single kiss to get it, but that is what she would have to do. Fourth book in the Magic by the Numbers series. A stand alone novel that does not require any of the preceding volumes need to read first.

    • Double Magic
      Double Magic

      Double Magic

      Lyndon Hardy
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      Sylvia was a serving wench, tending day after day to the old and failing wizard, Rangoth. She longed to learn how to perform wizardry as well -- pull herself out of the hopeless future looming in front of her. At an entertainment of imps for Lord Mason, she is suddenly cast into the middle of a feudal battle for the control of an outland fief. As she struggles, she learns that there is something deeper at stake -- the fate of the entire galaxy.

      Sylvia was a serving wench, tending day after day to the old and failing wizard, Rangoth. She longed to learn how to perform wizardry as well -- pull herself out of the hopeless future looming in front of her. At an entertainment of imps for Lord Mason, she is suddenly cast into the middle of a feudal battle for the control of an outland fief. As she struggles, she learns that there is something deeper at stake -- the fate of the entire galaxy.

    • Magic Times Three
      Magic Times Three

      Magic Times Three

      Lyndon Hardy
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      Briana, daughter of the Archimage had vanished. Fig Newton summoned a demon to help find her. Too bad it was a succubus, a seductive devourer of men. Some time had passed since Briana and Fig had saved the Earth from sinister aliens (as told in the Archimage's Fourth Daughter). Together, they struggled to put together a "magic show" that would provide them enough money on which to get by. Fig was infatuated by Briana, but, as she explained, she loved him like a brother. Briana was homesick, a fish out of water on the Earth and longing for home on a distant world, one for which the crafts of thuaumaturgy, alchemy, magic, sorcery, and wizardry were common. Briana vanishes, and Fig's pursuit to find her takes him to the Gates of Hell in central Asia, the catacombs of Paris, cold, drab modern Moscow, and a place to which no mortal had ever travelled before.

      Briana, daughter of the Archimage had vanished. Fig Newton summoned a demon to help find her. Too bad it was a succubus, a seductive devourer of men. Some time had passed since Briana and Fig had saved the Earth from sinister aliens (as told in the Archimage's Fourth Daughter). Together, they struggled to put together a "magic show" that would provide them enough money on which to get by. Fig was infatuated by Briana, but, as she explained, she loved him like a brother. Briana was homesick, a fish out of water on the Earth and longing for home on a distant world, one for which the crafts of thuaumaturgy, alchemy, magic, sorcery, and wizardry were common. Briana vanishes, and Fig's pursuit to find her takes him to the Gates of Hell in central Asia, the catacombs of Paris, cold, drab modern Moscow, and a place to which no mortal had ever travelled before.

    Author

    Lyndon Hardy

    I am a New York Times best-selling author of the Magic by the Numbers fantasy series. One Last Heist is planned to be published in December 2023 but will be available for preorder in September.I meld my knowledge from a PhD in elementary particle physics with the fantasy of alchemy, sorcery, and wizardry to produce tales in which there are constraints and limitations. Magic is not omnipotent. When the protagonists are in a jam, they are not saved with a simple bibbity, bobbiity, boo.With the exception that book 5, Magic Times Three, involves the same protagonists as book 4, The Archimage's Fourth Daughter, all the books in the series have different leading characters. They can be read in any order.I have some experience with adventures in our universe as well -- orchestrating the classic Rose Bowl Card Stunt in 1962. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rose_Bowl_HoaxI have yet to come up with a plot in which a stamp collector saves the universe.

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