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Three years have passed since Isiah’s run in with Samuel Harrigan and the Devil. He has some time on his hands - a perfect opportunity to track down the evil Sorcerer, Harrigan’s mentor. It should have been a simple enough task, but the Sorcerer has more followers than Isiah ever imagined, and a plan bigger than anyone could have dreamed.

With the help of some powerful new friends Isiah desperately tries to track down the Sorcerer and his cult of blood before they manage to change the world forever.

In this long-awaited sequel to the highly acclaimed RealmShift, Baxter once again keeps a breathless pace and blistering intensity with gods, demons and humans entangled in magic and conflict. This is dark fantasy at its best.

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Format: Kindle Edition
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Print Length: 364 pages
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Publisher: Gryphonwood Press (6 March 2009)
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B001UV3B3G
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Paul Sheldon

A worthy sequel to RealmShift

10 August 2018

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The second instalment in The Balance series from Alan Baxter (will there be a third?) and a worthy sequel it is.

Kicking off about three years after the events of the first book Isiah is on the trail of The Sorcerer, the man who trained the villain in the first book. Isiah quickly realises he's bitten off a little more than he can chew and things get very interesting. This book definitely continues in the flavour of RealmShift but with plenty of new events and characters, a good dose of humour and that same fast pace that made the first book hard to put down.

Highly recommended.

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Tamara Rodgers

MageSign

18 January 2013 - Published on Amazon.com

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You know how sometimes you read a book and predict the twist at the end? Or you're trying to work it out as you go through,so it's always occupying a part of your mind as you read? I got so sucked in to this book that I completely forgot to think about it, so when we got there, I was literally shocked. If you have read it, you'll probably be going "derr, that was obvious!", and you are probably right. But for me, the fact that I wasn't even contemplating it - I was too busy just soaking up what was happening- is a good sign that this book is a winner.
Baxter builds on his protagonist from RealmShift, but you don't need to have read it to enjoy MageSign. The relationships that are built, both natural and supernatural, are really intriguing, and I found myself totally satisfied at the last page - even despite a reference to a shopping centre local to me as a "mall" rather than it's rightful "plaza" ;-)
I can't help thinking that the world Baxter creates here would sit nicely alongside Gaiman's American Gods. And I can't wait to read his next book. If you haven't read MageSign, and you don't mind having your ideas about religion and faith challenged, sink your teeth into this. You won't regret it.

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Dave Kearney

A visceral smorgasbord for lovers of dark fantasy and horror

23 April 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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Alan Baxter picks up the story of powerful magician Isiah in Magesign (The Balance #2). It’s the second book in his ‘Balance’ duology and an absolute visceral smorgasbord for lovers of dark fantasy and horror.

Three years after his run in with the loathsome blood mage Samuel Harrigan, Isiah attempts to track down Harrigan’s mentor. But he soon discovers that the evil Sorcerer has more disciples and a plan far more disturbing than Isiah imagined. With the help of some new friends, Isiah attempts to destroy the Sorcerer and his blood cult before they unleash the ultimate evil on the world.

Magesign took a few pages to get going but once it did, I couldn't put it down. Baxter again fills his world with intriguing characters and challenges his readers to think about what they believe. The story is told from multiple points of view and Baxter skilfully takes these threads and weaves them into a masterfully-paced narrative that builds to a mind-blowing conclusion.

Fans of dark fantasy and horror not already acquainted with Alan Baxter’s work would do well to have a look at this tightly written duology. While Magesign stands alone, it is definitely best enjoyed when read after Realmshift (The Balance #1). Highly recommended.

Grant A

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24 March 2015 - Published on Amazon.com

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Seriously great stuff!

Sean the Bookonaut

Much improved on Realmshift

9 April 2011 - Published on Amazon.com

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One of the nice things about social networking is being able to interact with authors, talk about their work, or indeed just chat about life in general. The downside to building a connection(however superficial) with a writer, is that when you come to review their work, it can make your job as a reviewer much harder.

I was not really a fan of Alan Baxter's first novel RealmShift and I had concerns that I might have similar issues with MageSign.

I am happy to report that I found MageSign to be a far better reading experience and in my humble opinion a far better constructed tale.

The Tale Continues...

MageSign picks up three years after the events in RealmShift. Isiah our all powerful immortal protagonist is tracking down the sorcerer who trained the despicable Samuel Harrigan in RealmShift.

Usually backed up by the mysterious entity called `The Balance', Isiah is left to go it alone in MageSign. Neither helped nor hindered, Isiah sets out to track down the sorcerer and discovers a deadly cult set on world domination through the use of blood magic. He finds love, danger and death along the way.

A slow start

Initially I had misgivings, while I felt the writing was a little more engaging, the prose was still too florid for my tastes. The language was evocative and I could see that Baxter was trying to establish a certain mood but it felt to me that he was laying on the atmosphere too heavily - to the detriment of pacing.

MageSign is a sequel and like a lot of authors there's some exposition used to bring those readers who haven't read RealmShift up to date. Always hard to achieve without annoying readers who have read the previous work, these sections grated with me and felt a little clunky.

Like flipping a switch

My feeling and my enjoyment changed immediately when Baxter introduced the character of Faith. It was almost as if a switch had been flipped. The writing was less florid and more honest and it seemed from this point on that Baxter had found a groove, a balance to his story telling. There was only one further instance here I felt jolted from the story- when Faith has an internal monologue ranting against modern society(the cynicism was a little too refined for her 15 year old character) and that like RealmShift the author's voice was intruding on the character's. It's all well and good to make social comment but I think the comment needed to be subtler. Despite these two minor instances though I was in the grip of the novel.

Danger, Death and Love

One of the major issues I had with Realmshift was that I didn't connect with Isiah, he was all powerful, I never felt that he or anything important to him was at risk. Baxter certainly changed that with MageSign . First, Isiah is in the dark for much of the story, `The Balance' is of no help to him and he goes it alone and subsequently the reader is swept up in the mystery, that Isiah attempts to unravel. Isiah also gets a love interest with its requisite sexual tension, innuendo and witty banter. The Archangel Gabriel features more strongly in MageSign and the reader gets a much better sense of the relationship that Isiah and he share. Finally, and without wanting to spoil it for the rest of you, there's an unexpected twist that will have you racing through chapters to find out what had happened to one of the main characters.

Best is yet to come

MageSign is a much better book than RealmShift . I felt that Alan Baxter really began to hit his straps in this book. It's not perfect by any means, but there were glimpses of some really good, economical and engaging writing. I'll be watching Alan's writing with continued interest as I think his best work is ahead of him.

This eBook was provided by the author at no cost to myself.

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