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Synopsis
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson—creator of the smash-hit science fiction and fantasy series Skyward, The Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn—comes a new science fiction adventure. Narrated by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading. A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive? Note from Brandon: Sometimes an idea just won’t let go of you for years. The initial seed of this novel was the title that eventually turned into The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England. At first there was no story go to with that title, but I wrote it down and kept coming back to it, wondering what that book could possibly be about. Something else I thought about off and on for years was the classic concept of a man waking up in another time and another place, with no idea how he got there. It was when those two ideas came together, and I placed a book with that title into that man’s hands, that this novel was born. I hope you’ll have as much fun with it as I did!
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Is The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A sci-fi adventure with action and peril as an amnesiac protagonist navigates medieval England while being chased. Contains moderate fantasy violence but no sexual content or strong language.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include amnesia and violence.
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Who'll love this
Teens will enjoy the mystery of a man who wakes up with no memory trying to survive in medieval times using fragments of a bizarre guidebook.