Canticle - Forgotten Realms, The Cleric Quintet 1
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Plot Summary of Canticle - Forgotten Realms, The Cleric Quintet 1
"Cadderly, Danica, and the Bouldershoulder brothers, Ivan and Pickel, fight against the evil that threatens the Edificant Library. The evil mage Abilaster has released a powerful curse that will threaten to destroy the Edificant Library, and eventually, the realm. R.A. Salvatore does an admirable job with this adventure, adding mystery and humor, romance and intrigue. Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout. " Pamela Piarowski, Resident Scholar
"This book is about a young man names Cadderly who stumbled apon a man bent on taking over the region. Cadderly unknowningly opened a bottle containing the chaos curse (a mist that makes every one do what their heart desires most, good or bad) and that mist killed most of the people that Cadderly didn't really care for except for his druidic friend Newander who was slain by the enemy. Cadderly had been the one who killed that man. His blood was in his hands! Cadderly couldn't get the grief out of him." Eric Lamarche, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - destined love (dream or prediction)
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Religious overtones? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scholar
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - fire/lightning/weather cntrl - mind reading - mind control - clairvoyant - can fly - can cast many different spells - can read emotions - healing
Eccentric: Yes - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - mage/magician
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - mind control - clairvoyant - super strength - can fly - teleportation - can cast all sorts of spells - Invisibility
Eccentric: Yes - deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Mountains - Forests
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a primitive/fantasy society
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - very explicit references to deaths and torture
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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