Book 0.5 in the Magic Goes Away series
by Larry Niven
published 1969
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The prequel to the Magic Goes Away serie. In this short story, a battle between a sorcerer and a swordsman takes place in a world where mana or magic is about to run out. Here, the sorcerer is the only person who knows this very dangerous truth.
Nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, this short story introduces the Warlock, who discovers to his horror that the world’s mana, the fuel that makes magic work, is rapidly dwindling.
The news spells doom for magic-based society. Unfortunately, no secret that powerful can stay hidden for long.
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