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people who, though not known to me at the time I made the foregoing
acknowledgment, proved invaluable aid to me in bringing-Magician to the
public and contributed materially to my success:
Mary Ellen Curley, who took over from Katie and kept us all on course.
Peter Schneider, whose enthusiasm for the work gave me a valued ally
within Doubleday and a close friend for the last decade.
Lou Aronica, who bought it even when he really didn't want to do
reprints, and for giving me the chance to return to my first work and
'rewrite it one more time."
Pat Lobrutto, who helped before it was his job, and who took over at a
tough time, and whose friendship endures beyond our business relationship.

Janna Silverstein, who despite her short tenure as my editor has shown
an uncanny knack for knowing when to leave me alone and when to stay
in touch.
Nick Austin, John Booth, Jonathan Lloyd, Malcolm Edwards, and everyone
at Granada, now HarperCollins Books, who made the work an international
bestseller.
Abner Stein, my British agent, who sold it to Nick in the first
place.
Janny Wurts, for being my friend, and who, by working with me on the
Empire Trilogy, gave me a completely different perspective on the
Tsurani, she helped turn The Game of the Council from a vague concept
to a murderously real arena of human conflict. Kelewan and
Tsuranuanni are as much her inventions as mine. I drew the outlines
and she colored in the details.
And Jonathan Matson, who received the torch from a great man's hand
and continued without faltering, for wise counsel and friendship. The
acorn fell very close to the tree.
And most of all, my wife Kathlyn s. Starbuck, who understands my pain
and joy in this craft because she toils in the same vineyard, and who is
always there even when I don't deserve to have her there, and who
makes things make sense through her love.

RAYmoND E. FEIST
San Diego, California
April 1991
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BEVISEI EIXHON

It is with some hesitation and a great deal of trepidation that an author
approaches the task of revising an earlier edition of fiction. This is
especially true if the book was his first effort, judged successful by most
standards, and continuously in print for a decade.
Magician was all this, and more. In late 1977 I decided to try my
hand at writing, part-time, while I was an employee of the University of
California, San Diego. It is now some fifteen years later, and I have
been a full-time writer for the last fourteen years, successful in this craft
beyond my wildest dreams. Magician, the first novel in what became
known as The RiHtwar Saga, was a book that quickly took on a life of its