Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold!

from slpenney07

Summary: A Chicago lawyer is missing something from his life, but he can't quite put his finger on what it is, until a listing in a Christmas catalog for a magic kingdom catches his eye. The Take-Away: A very clever fantasy novel. What working adult wouldn't like to escape to a magic kingdom? To ...

from DBJones

Terry Brooks is the writer of the ongoing Shannara series, high fantasy that quite frankly bored me to tears. With the Kingdom of Landover series however, Brooks created a funny and unique set of magical books. A lawyer in our world finds a classified ad looking for a king, he buys it and discove...

from Sean191

Magic Kingdom was kind of a linear quest book. The protagonist, a lawyer from Earth named Ben gets to a magic kingdom and through a series of adventures/meetings moves through the world he's bought a kingship in. To be fair, the book is 30 years old, so it likely suffers from many imitators, but ...

from Aldrea_Alien

This starts off slower than the other stories I've been reading lately. Which wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't taken a few chapters of umming and ahhing until we reached Landover. It's not that I mind not being thrown into the action, in fact I like a good lead up. But when it takes two cha...

from Karlstar

A fantasy come to life - a kingdom for sale, one that comes with fairy creatures and magical powers! When Ben Holiday buys it, he gets everything he expected and the catch that came with it. I enjoyed these novels, who doesn't want to be king of a fairy kingdom? Like the Shannara books, the world...