"A truly charming and delightful book!"

This is Book One of the Septimus Heap chronicles. I have to say that if the rest of the books stack up to this one, then I believe this series will be as popular as the Harry Potter books.

Silas and Sarah Heap are proud parents of seven sons but their seventh son Septimus died at birth. While Sarah grieved she didn't have time to grieve for long because on the way home Silas found a beautiful newly born baby girl in the snow. Marcia, the Extraordinary Wizard tells Silas to tell no one how he found her.

They name the baby Jenna and discover exactly who she is on her 10th birthday. That's the day all of their lives change. An assassin comes to kill Jenna because she's the princess and has been hidden away all these years. Now the whole Heap family is on the run. Silas and Sara decide that Jenna needs to go to their aunt Zelda for safekeeping. A whole entourage goes composed of Silas, his son Nicko, Marcia, the Extraordinary Wizard and Boy 412 from the Young Army whom they saved from freezing to death. They have to hurry because the Hunter is after them and he has extraordinary hunting abilities.

This is just the beginning of the many adventures they face before all is right with the magical world. I thoroughly enjoyed this truly enchanting book and eagerly await Book Two. Angie Sage has created a truly charming and delightful world that I hope to be able to visit again and again. We also get a lovely little CD to enjoy telling us about the book and the author. I highly recommend this superb story.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted April 29, 2005

Summary

The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this myster ious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus? The first book in this enthralling new series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and magykal charms, potions, and spells. magyk is an original story of lost and rediscovered identities, rich with humor and heart.