Spellbinder (Bowkett novel)
Spellbinder is a novel by Stephen Bowkett published in 1985. Plot summary. "Spellbinder" is a novel in which the teenage hero uses actual magic to perform conjuring tricks. Reception. Dave Langford reviewed "Spellbinder" for "White Dwarf" #67, and stated that "magic and fantasy do not conveniently depart from the hero's life the moment he's been taught some cheap moral lesson: here the poor sod has to learn to live with a responsibility which is his for the next sixty years. Right on."