Pyromancer

This is one great book! The best fantazy I have ever read. And Having in mind that it was translated to my language (Bulgarian), it must have lost one bit of it's magic in the translation process. So far I have read it more than 20 times, but soon I'll read it in original (English), to gain on the lost effect.Wonderful!

Pyromancer is the first book of the 'mancer series. You will really enjoy Flarman and Douglas. This book introduces characters you will meet again in the rest of the series. You will become "hooked" on the series, with the fun and fantasy. Enjoyable and relaxing!

This fantasy adventure takes you into places you always dreamed of going to. Young Douglas and his Master, Flarman Firemaster, conquer many feats they face using their knowledge and skills. The author makes this book come alive as its readers read on. This book is highly recommended to all that have a vivid imagination and a longing for a magically journey in the lands of wizards and mystical creatures.

This book is, all in all, a wonder to me. I've read all kinds of novels and literature, from Terry Brooks to Piers Anthony to Isaac Asimov, and I have to say that Pyromancer and the books that follow it have some of the best descriptive language that I have seen so far. You know all the tones that the other authors have, well just read the first 3 to 5 of pages and you'll see what I mean. I've had three copies of this book and lost them all. What I want is a reprint!!

Pyromancer is perhaps the perfect book to read after you have finished any particular difficult and brain-numbing time in your life (i.e. graduate school). Although this is definitely not great literature, Callander is a talented story-teller who makes many old plot devices seem quite fresh. You can relax into his often humerous world and enjoy the good relationships that the main characters enjoy.Unlike so many of today's current fantasy authors, Callander does not drape his book in dark overtones or pretensious. Instead it is a merry little tome. All in all, you can finish it in one day on the beach and feel like you are on vacation.