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Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
In Thaddeus and the Ancient One by Louis Sauvain, after losing his ability to practice sorcery at the Collegium Sorcerorum, Thaddeus leaves the Westlands on instructions from his former Master Silvestrus to seek an Ancient One in the East. Traveling as a hired guard, he moves through contested lands and is under constant pursuit, earning trust through measured action. In the desert, he encounters Wy-Jinge of Cin, an Ancient One whose path intersects with Thaddeus’s past. Accepted as a non-Cinnian Apprentice alongside Tai-Pown, Thaddeus enters a world governed by older laws and shadowed by political danger rooted in the removal of the Tower of the East. As the journey advances toward Cinoton, Thaddeus faces scrutiny and violence through instruction that tests what he surrendered, while unseen forces continue to follow him across deserts.
Thaddeus and the Ancient One by Louis Sauvain is a sweeping fantasy molded by an epic journey. Sauvain is a brilliant storyteller and delivers much of this tale with the methodical restraint and precision of timing that can only come from the hand of a skilled writer. Thaddeus stands out as a sorcerer emptied of Belief, persisting through bow work on night watch, patience under Gercinvetorix’s drills, and the choice to keep walking east. Wy-Jinge is equally well developed, with a guarded mercy that defines a teacher whose power is earned. The landscapes are grand tableaux, most striking at the Valley of the Giants, where narrow gates, stone roads, and rain-washed heights frame a passage staged for the eye. As book one in a trilogy, The Tower of the Cin, I am really excited to see where he takes us next. Very highly recommended.
