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User Summary: You are a thief. A client has hired you to steal the spell book of a very powerful wizard who runs a magic academy deep inside the Undermountain. In order to achieve this objective, you present yourself as an applicant to the school.
Guillermo's Thoughts:

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. For starters, it has a much darker and grittier atmosphere than many of the earlier Endless Quest books. Matt Forbeck shows that the Forgotten Realms can be a very unforgiving setting full of betrayal and deceit; this is a nice change of pace relative to the epic tone of classic entries in the series. I also liked that completing the mission requires more social interaction than combat (as is the case in Midnight Rogue), or stealth (as in Escape from Castle Quarras). There are several different ways to achieve a successful outcome, which makes it fun to read the book over and over. All in all, this is a very good book. While it's a shame that at the time of this writing there seem to be no plans to release further Endless Quest entries, it can be said that the current iteration ends on a high note.

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Hardback edition


Series: Endless Quest no. 55
Item: The Mad Mage's Academy
Author: Forbeck, Matt
Illustrators: Belisle, Eric (interior)
Berube, Michael (interior)
Cearley, Clint (interior)
Chaturvedi, Sidharth (interior)
Conceptopolis (interior)
Devon, Zelda (interior)
Douglas, Allen (interior)
Drebas, Olga (interior)
Ejsing, Jesper (cover)
England, Wayne (interior)
Fiegenschuh, Emily (interior)
Huggins, Kurt (interior)
Juta, Jason (interior)
Lunter, Titus (cover)
Mar, Andrew (interior)
Moeller, Christopher (interior)
Murphy, Scott (interior)
Palumbo, David (interior)
Pavelec, Jim (interior)
Seaman, Chris (interior)
Sheppard, Cynthia (cover and interior)
Shipkin, Ilya (interior)
Stanko, John (interior)
Syme, Bryan (interior)
Van Der Haegen, Cyril (interior)
Vargo, David (interior)
Yanner, Kieran (interior)
Date: 2019
ISBN: 1536209244 / 9781536209242
Length: 122 pages
Number of Endings: 23
Special Thanks: Thanks to Guillermo Paredes for the cover image.

Paperback edition

Series: Endless Quest no. 55
Item: The Mad Mage's Academy
Author: Forbeck, Matt
Illustrators: Belisle, Eric (interior)
Berube, Michael (interior)
Cearley, Clint (interior)
Chaturvedi, Sidharth (interior)
Conceptopolis (interior)
Devon, Zelda (interior)
Douglas, Allen (interior)
Drebas, Olga (interior)
Ejsing, Jesper (cover)
England, Wayne (interior)
Fiegenschuh, Emily (interior)
Huggins, Kurt (interior)
Juta, Jason (interior)
Lunter, Titus (cover)
Mar, Andrew (interior)
Moeller, Christopher (interior)
Murphy, Scott (interior)
Palumbo, David (interior)
Pavelec, Jim (interior)
Seaman, Chris (interior)
Sheppard, Cynthia (cover and interior)
Shipkin, Ilya (interior)
Stanko, John (interior)
Syme, Bryan (interior)
Van Der Haegen, Cyril (interior)
Vargo, David (interior)
Yanner, Kieran (interior)
Date: 2019
ISBN: 1536209252 / 9781536209259
Length: 122 pages
Number of Endings: 23

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