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'' by G. P. Taylor and direct sequel to '' Wormwood''. ''Tersias'' was followed in 2006 by '' The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street''. ''Tersias'' has had two releases, one for the original copy and a second for a special edition version. A short review in the

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newspaper called the book a "vivid tale of sorcery and violence".

Plot summary

The story starts off after Wormwood was destroyed and was sent to the dark side of the moon. Just as

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was starting to recover from the disaster, Malachi, a magician, kept a blind boy named Tersias. Tersias was the one that predicted the coming of the comet for he was an oracle. After some time, people began to know about the helpless child's "abilities". Many people wanted to use Tersias's powers for themselves: Malachi, himself; Jonah, a teenage highwayman and his partner, Tara; Solomon, a zealot, who plans on using his experiments (flesh-eating locusts) and Lord Malphas, a keeper of mysterious powers.

References

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