The View from the Mirror

The epic fantasy classic. More than 600,000 copies sold.

“In a world full of epic fantasy clones, this stands out as a world-building labour of love with some truly original touches.”

– Locus.

His voice is his magic, his memory is his strength – and ambition is his doom …

Llian, a brilliant Tale-spinner but inept at everyday life, uncovers a 3,000-year-old mystery too dangerous to be revealed and is expelled from his college.

Karan, a sensitive whose family is cursed by madness, is compelled by honour to steal an ancient magical device and take it to the Magister, in Thurkad. But it’s the treacherous Mirror of Aachan, and hidden within it is a deadly secret.

Thrown together by fate as they struggle to reach Thurkad, Karan and Llian are snared in the machinations of immortals, the vengeance of feuding warlords and the magic of all-powerful sorcerers. Magic that could break Karan’s fragile mind, and corrupt Llian as he pries into the riddles of the mirror.

And if they fail the Twisted Mirror will spark a millennial war, terrible as a tsunami, that will deluge the land in banned magic, tear nations apart, and crush all the little people in its path.

What reviewers said about the Three Worlds Books

“A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.”

– Locus

“A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!”

– SFX on Geomancer

“It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.”

– Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald

“Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.”

– Starlog

“Utterly absorbing.”

– Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly

“As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.”

– Adelaide Advertiser

“For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.”

– SFX on The Destiny of the Dead.