The Baker's Boy: Book 1 of the Book of Words

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This is the first volume in The Book of Words trilogy (followed by A Man Betrayed, and Master and Fool).

At Castle Harvell, Jack, a thirteen-year-old orphan, is the baker's boy. Since he doesn't know how to read, the mischevious king's chancellor and sorcerer Baralis employs him as a blind scribe to copy the precious books of Tavalisk the Archbishop of Rorn's library. After five yea... read more