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Shmagic is a whimsical fantasy novel that follows the brooding hero Andrea Musculus, a wizard-malefic from Rettia Kingdom, who is pushed to investigate the disappearance of some children from the small town of Yatritsa. Andrea questions the brash locals, flirty witches, and resolute demon hunters who inhabit the town and surrounding forest, and he comes across local people with a weak power called “shmagic.” When a missing child returns all alone and talks of a strange place where a little girl was playing, Andrea’s investigation extends into another world, where supernatural powers threaten Yatritsa locals and Rettia alike. But just as the mystery of the missing children deepens, Andrea becomes obsessed with the “shmagic” of the local people, uncertain what it might mean for wizards like him. Before he can focus on battling the forces that are responsible for the missing children, he must overcome an internal struggle—a wizard’s existential dilemma. Black-white inside illustrations included.
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Henry Lion Oldie http://www.oldieworld.com (site-shop) http://oldie-worlds.com/news (engl.) Ге́нри Ла́йон О́лди — псевдоним харьковских писателей-фантастов Дмитрия Громова и Олега Ладыженского . Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky write under the joint penname: HENRY LION OLDIE More than 1.500.000 copies of Oldie's books were sold up to December 2013. At “EuroCon-2006” International European SF & Fantasy Convention H. L. Oldie got a title of The Best European SF & Fantasy Writer of 2006. From 1991 to 2013 Oldie had published more than 220 books, including reprints and translations, or more than 50 original books (first prints); and some anthologies. More than 30 novels, 14 novelettes and 70 short stories were published up until now. Обладатели титула "Лучший писатель-фантаст Европы-2006", лауреаты десятков международных литературных премий, Олди выпустили в свет более двухсот авторских книг (включая переиздания и переводы) суммарным тиражом более полутора миллиона экземпляров, издаваясь на русском, украинском, польском, литовском, французском, венгерском, испанском и других языках. Также был записан цикл аудио-альбомов "Театр Олди" (песни на стихи из книг) и рок-опера "Разорванный круг" (на англ. языке). "День рождения" Олди — 13 ноября 1990 года, когда был написан первый совместный рассказ "Кино до гроба и…". Псевдоним Олди — анаграмма имен соавторов: ОЛег и ДИма.
