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Overview
Under the nom de guerre of Gar Pike, renegade psychic wizard Magnus D'Armand travels the stars fighting injustice and oppression like his father, Rod Gallowglass, the Warlock in Spite of Himself.
Now the Rogue Wizard wanders the galaxy alone, having lost his best friend and partner in liberation to the lure of love. He finds himself on the distant planet Siegfried, which is beleaguered by racism and prejudice—a tough nut to crack, even for an experienced psychic liberator. Can Gar teach the peoples of Siegfried to live with and love one another? And, most importantly, can he teach a lonely girl to live with and—dare he hope—love him?
Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
Planet healer Magnus d'Armand, aka Gar Pike, takes on Norse mythology and the proto-Nazi mentality spawned by its use in Wagner's Ring cycle in Stasheff's sixth installment of his The Rogue Wizard saga. Landing on Siegfried, a planet settled centuries earlier by Terrans, Gar falls afoul of the vicious slave-keeping Midgarders, normal-sized humans who fight continually with huge giants and tiny dwarves. An accident to the original colonizing ship's defrosting unit killed most of the initial settlers, forcing the inbreeding that created the planet's three races. With the help of Alea, a large but lissome escapee from Midgard slavery, Gar telepathically implants the songs and dreams of peace and freedom that will heal this unlikely but appealing world. Stasheff's Crayola-colored backdrops and childish stick-people befit his simplistic but morally decent messages: love your enemies, treat women as equals, govern your society with justice. When Gar and Alea sail off into the galactic sunset (though occupying separate bedrooms), not overwrought Wagnerian thunder but bouncy, reassuring strains of "It's a Small World After All" echo through the imagination. (June)Realms of Fantasy
A witty tale of medieval space colonies and political intrigue. If this is your first encounter with the rogue wizard-it will not be your last.Kirkus Reviews
Another outing for the psi-powered wizard Magnus d`Armand (A Wizard in Chaos, 1997, etc.) and his intelligent spaceship, Herkimer. This time, Magnus (he calls himself þGar Pikeþ when he's on a mission) arrives on planet Siegfried, rescues young Alea (she'll eventually become his new, strictly platonic, sidekick) from a bunch of thugs, then realizes that he'll have to rescue all the inhabitants (Vikings, giants, dwarves, all constantly feuding) from the meddlesome galactic do-gooders of SCENTþbut most of all from each other. Standard fare for series regulars.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1920
Publisher
Tor Books
Pages
255
Format
Paperbound
ISBN
9780812549270