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Author: Jody Lynn Nye

📘 An Unexpected Apprentice by Jody Lynn Nye

After a devastating Thraik attack leaves her family shattered, halfling Tildi Summerbee is thrust into a society that sees her as incapable and promises her a forced marriage and loss of her farm. Determined to prove her worth, she adopts the identity of her brother Teldo and slips away to the wizard’s academy. As she learns the craft, she faces a world that rejects halflings and faces threats far beyond the ordinary dangers of a fledgling apprentice.

First publish date: June 12, 2007

Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy

Authors: Jody Lynn Nye

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