Seamage

Spellmonger, Book 18

By: Terry Mancour

Narrated by: John Lee

The war was the easy part....

Minalan the Spellmonger, in his guise as Mirkandar the Magnificent, Doge of Farise, is in a bind: the Duke of Merwyn has sent an armada of seventy ships to conquer his newly-independent realm...and Minalan has never fought a battle at sea. Thankfully, the legendary warmage Durgan Jole has a plan, and with the help of his fellow wizards from Sevendor, Minalan feels confident that Farise can survive the invasion. He doesn't want to kill that many people, but Merwyn has left him little choice.

But then one of the Vundel's leviathans and its pod swim into the middle of the battle, complicating things dramatically. And that's just the start of the real problem. An ancient organization lurks in the background while Minalan struggles for control, and the Emissary of the three Alka Alon High Kings has arrived to hold an investigation on the erratic human wizards and their rise to power. King Rard is growing suspicious of Mirkandar's real identity, and Korbal the Necromancer rises from his crypt to demand that the Spellmonger fulfill an oath he'd made. And, unsurprisingly, his teenage daughter is starting to question everything he's doing.

In the midst of the turmoil comes Moudrost, a Seamage and former member of the Brethren of the Sea, the magical order that alone communicates between the aquatic native inhabitants of Callidore and humanity. He bears a terrifying message: the appearance of the leviathan is no accident. It is coming to Farise, and it is coming for Minalan. It cannot be stopped by mortal men, not even wizards, and it is in no mood to negotiate. The only thing standing between the Vundel and the destruction of humanity now is Minalan the Spellmonger...and one very important Seamage!

©2025 Terry Mancour (P)2026 Podium Audio

Plot lines finally coming together

If you’ve gotten this far in the series then you will drink in this book like a fine wine. For someone that’s been an avid follower of this series since book 1, I have to say this might have been one of the more enjoyable reading experiences in the past 4 books. SO many plot points are coming together, SO much information that we’ve been looking for since like… book 10 of the series? I feel like this book is finally wrapping up so many mysteries and is what a lot of foreshadowing in prior books had been leading to. There was action, there was plotting, there were answers… I’m just so happy with this book. I’m NOT too pleased that despite Terry never really being the cliffhanger-type of author that this book ended in a pretty big cliffhanger, which really irritates me… but he writes books faster than like 95% of authors could dream so if there’s another one out this year I will graciously grant partial forgiveness. lol

Seamage

This is the best spellmonger yet. The story is starting to evolve very quickly.

after that ending

Well, after a cliffhanger like that, I really do hope that book 19 is going to be on its way shortly.

That ending

Great progression of the story. I should give a 1 for the cliff hanger ending. Down right diabolical

great story

another awesome step in the story of the spellmonger and looking forward to seeing more in the future