Help me identify this fantasy novel

June 8, 2008 11:58 PM

About six years ago, a friend lent me a fantasy book, I'm trying to figure out what it was called. The main character was raised (and possibly summoned) by a wizard deep in the forest, near the beginning of the book the wizard's power starts to flag and the young boy has to leave. He ends up in a castle and when he hears certain words it triggers memories from his past life.
posted by atrazine to Media & Arts (6 answers total)

This is really vague. Wizard, forest, castle, fantasy....not much to go on in the way of narrowing it down. If you could recall anything else at all - more plot, someone's name, the cover art - it might help.
posted by iconomy at 5:12 AM on June 9, 2008

It doesn't sound exactly right but could it be Wizard's First Rule, by Terry Goodkind?
posted by gaspode at 6:01 AM on June 9, 2008

I could be way off course, and my memory is kind of fuzzy, but could it be Elminster - The Making of A Mage by Ed Greenwood?
posted by tomcochrane at 6:48 AM on June 9, 2008

Best answer: You might be looking for the Fortress series by C. J. Cherryh. The character is brought forth by a wizard, the wizard's power is failing and he has to go out into the world and discover his true identity.
posted by mmkhd at 7:54 AM on June 9, 2008

Response by poster: Amazing!

And from such vague clues too (a fantasy book with a wizard, well I never...)
posted by atrazine at 9:54 AM on June 9, 2008

Not too vague, I knew exactly what you were talking about but could not remember the name. The Foreigner series by the same author is also excellent but has a totally different feel - focus on the sociology or maybe anthropology of world inhabited by two intelligent species (one human, one native) with very different emotional and logical wiring.
posted by metahawk at 4:09 PM on June 9, 2008