The Reign of the Brown Magician

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The Reign of the Brown Magician
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First edition
Author Lawrence Watt-Evans
Cover artistNicholas Jainschigg
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Worlds of Shadow
Release number
3
Genre Science fantasy
Publisher Del Rey Books
Publication date
1996
Media typePrint
Pages342
ISBN 0345372476
OCLC 864499939
813.54
Preceded by In the Empire of Shadow  

The Reign of the Brown Magician (1996) is the final fantasy novel in The Worlds of Shadow trilogy by Lawrence Watt-Evans.

Plot introduction

By defeating the powerful wizard who runs a fantasy universe, a man from this world gains all of her powers. He sets about using these powers for the good of the world he is now effectively the ruler of and to fix what went wrong in the previous books.

Books

The Worlds of Shadow series:

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