An Unexpected Apprentice
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: June 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780765314338
Subjects: Fantasy; Science Fiction And Fantasy; Fiction; Fiction - Fantasy; Fantasy - General; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fantasy fiction
Description: Halfling Tildi Summerbee has led a typical, unexciting life, tending the house for her brothers while they manage the family farm. Her days are boring, but happy...until a thraik attack decimates her family. In an effort to provide for Tildi, the town's leaders arrange a marriage and take control of her farm--after all, a female halfling is incapable of handling such matters. Tildi sees things differently. In order to escape her arranged marriage and overcome the prejudices against the "weaker" sex, she decides to pass herself off as a man. Assuming the guise of her brother Teldo, Tildi disappears into the night. She plans to accept Teldo's position as an apprentice to a great wizard. But she soon finds that the rest of the world isn't very welcoming to halflings, and that she is surrounded by fantastic dangers that are more than a match for a wizard's apprentice.--From publisher description.