A Wizard in Peace (Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, Book 4) Mass Market Paperback – May 15, 1997

Great read, favorite author. I would like the ability to download book after upgrading devices without being blocked because of limitations set. I am contemplating to start purchasing paperbacks since I can read at anytime without being blocked.

what you would expect from a used book and great if you like the author and series A Wizard in Peace (Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, Book 4) ;

Depending on how long one has been reading the Warlock series, one could become rather bored with Stasheff's never-ending devotion to the family Gallowglass. This book is one that justifies HIS devotion, and rewards the reader for his/her loyalty. Time well spent! It has been pointed out in many cases that it is difficult to give Magnus a task too difficult to accomplish, too daunting to undertake, but this one gives him a REAL challenge. The plot is simple... Magnus' continuing goal to provide regressed colonies with the government best suited to the needs of the society present on each planet he encounters, primarily by inserting himself into said society. What he finds on this planet is a Brazil-esque bureaucracy managing every facet of society. With no open rebellion in sight, and fewer even capable of thinking of one, Magnus has no method to use short of bloody mayhem. What he actually does do is both innovative, and emotionally draining. Magnus does things which, while noble and compassionate in nature, still have him questioning his own ethics. The solution to this society's problems takes much longer to implement than in previous quests, a statement on how difficult it is, even with Magnus's considerable talents, to start a revolution where there is no conception of what revolution IS. From the lofty viewpoint of three books later, it is easy to say that, so far, this is the BEST of the Wizard series. Magnus has to make some very difficult decisions on his own about HOW to use his abilities... Stasheff poses some difficult questions about what is the RIGHT THING to do. So... if you were slowing down on the Wizard series, this book will give you momentum to keep going onto future books.

This installation in the Rougue Wizard series brings Magnus (once again as Gar Pike) and Dirk (his co-protagonist in A Wizard in Bedlam) to another oppressed world. This time the regime is somewhat Cromwellian, but even Cromwell would let people decide whom to marry and let his magistrates stay in one place. Beaurocracy is taken to a new level. The state decides all in a person's life.In their quest for freedom for all, Gar and Dirk come into contact with a group of delusionals and two idealists (who have been wronged in their own towns). The original space ships were integrated into the first towns; and, luck of luck, they still work. Through healing the delusionals of their troubles Magnus/Gar brings the guardians (the AI's of the space-ships) to his side.The plan that evolves is to replace town officials with their own people instead. The AI units train people to a level of knowledge that will make them competent to make this exchange. Rather than kill the orignal town officials, they are kept hostage by the guardians and the guardian's robots.And so the story moves on. A fun read.