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The Sudden World (Yesterday's Magic Book 1) Kindle Edition

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The world before is coming back...

Yesterday, the world was magic. Yesterday, the world was at war. Yesterday, the world’s greatest sorcerers rewrote reality in a desperate effort to stop the Common King, the most powerful mage the world had ever known, who rained death and destruction upon the land and threatened all magical creatures with extinction.

Today, Chris Armstrong is an ace student, a lacrosse hero, and a drama club superstar. He’s the golden boy of Charlesville Academy and life is perfect. That’s about to change.

Chris has a nightmare of something monstrous, something evil, something waiting. He wakes, shaken, to a dangerous new ability he can’t control. Chris is a logomancer, able to manipulate awesome magic with the power of one single word.

He’ll have to learn to control this word fast, because he’s not the only logomancer in town. His friends and teachers awake to powers of their own, but only Chris can protect them from the return of evil magic from the world before. The Common King is clawing his way back into reality, seeking to rule our world as cruelly as he did the last...and hiding behind the face of someone Chris loves.

By the night of Chris’s seventeenth birthday, he’ll learn that his perfect life is a terrible lie. And the Common King is closer than he thinks…

THE SUDDEN WORLD is a young adult contemporary fantasy. If you like interesting diverse characters, harrowing complex villains, and thrilling magical adventures, you’ll love the Yesterday’s Magic trilogy.

Chris’s exploration of his powers and battle against the Common King continue in
THE FLOATING ROOM and conclude in THE COMMON KING, but you can start his adventure right now!

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07F5YX45Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (July 29, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 29, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1864 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 386 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 37 ratings

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Brian Olsen
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Brian Olsen is a writer and director living in New York City. He is the author of "The Future Next Door," a contemporary urban science fiction comedic thriller series, as well as a number of plays, sketches and monologues in less complicated genres. He’s directed works for the stage in New York, regionally and on national tours, and assistant directed the world premiere of Sam Shepard’s "The God of Hell." He has an MFA from the Actors Studio, so if you need someone to cry on cue, he’s your man.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
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Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2018
kindle unlimited, some of his are and some not, but basically seems to be all or none with him/ku, so Mashups are ku, Future Next Doors not ku {though except for the now and again freebie that goes out, own the first one of those as freebie}, and had to get this to see what he was up to basically, have read something that is SOMEWHAT like this, the GENERAL premise, but totally different take on it, so it's all good.

The world before is coming back...

Yesterday, the world was magic. Yesterday, the world was at war. Yesterday, the world’s greatest sorcerers rewrote reality in a desperate effort to stop the Common King, the most powerful mage the world had ever known, who rained death and destruction upon the land and threatened all magical creatures with extinction.

Today, Chris Armstrong is an ace student, a lacrosse hero, and a drama club superstar. He’s the golden boy of Charlesville Academy and life is perfect. That’s about to change. Chris has a nightmare of something monstrous, something evil, something waiting. He wakes, shaken, to a dangerous new ability he can’t control. Chris is a logomancer, able to manipulate awesome magic with the power of one single word.

He’ll have to learn to control this word fast, because he’s not the only logomancer in town. His friends and teachers awake to powers of their own, but only Chris can protect them from the return of evil magic from the world before. The Common King is clawing his way back into reality, seeking to rule our world as cruelly as he did the last...and hiding behind the face of someone Chris loves.

By the night of Chris’s seventeenth birthday, he’ll learn that his perfect life is a terrible lie. And the Common King is closer than he thinks…

THE SUDDEN WORLD is a young adult contemporary fantasy. If you like interesting diverse characters, harrowing complex villains, and thrilling magical adventures, you’ll love the Yesterday’s Magic trilogy.

Chris’s exploration of his powers and battle against the Common King continue in THE FLOATING ROOM and conclude in THE COMMON KING, but you can start his adventure right now!

Yesterday's Magic
The Sudden World
The Floating Room
The Common King

The Dystopia Spell (Multiverse Mashup Book 1)
Night of the Living Date (Multiverse Mashup Book 2)
The Case of the Empty Throne (Multiverse Mashup Book 3)

Alan Lennox and the Temp Job of Doom (The Future Next Door, #1)
Caitlin Ross and the Commute from Hell (The Future Next Door, #2)
Mark Park and the Flume of Destiny (The Future Next Door, #3)
Dakota Bell and the Wastes of Time (The Future Next Door Book 4)
The Future Next Door Boxed Set {4 books}
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2018
This story is a good one but earned four stars because it had so many twists and turns and good people being bad and bad people being good that is is hard to imagine what the author is portraying to us. Otherwise it is a good book of magic and the paranormal with good friends that make up a team in order to get the job done.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2019
I think this officially counts as YA literature, because it’s set at a high school with high school kids as the main characters. But it is definitely not a book just for a YA audience. I LOVED this book! It was a great escape, and so much fun to read. Plus the twists and turns were fascinating, and some really caught me by surprise. I have finished both book 1 and 2 very quickly, which is something I usually don’t have time to do in my busy schedule. But I had to find out what was happening. And I can’t WAIT for book 3 to come out! I’ll read it the second it’s available. Such great, entertaining reading!
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019
Olsen’s writing style is full of humor and joy, while still bringing the angst and peril of the fight scene when needed. I’ve been pleased with all of the books of his that I’ve read so far, and look forward to more.
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
This a great story and I'm looking forward to the next in the series. I love the world-building and sense of magic "just around the corner." Inventive, fun, and with a diverse set of characters.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2018
*I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book*

I read the synopsis thinking that it sounded very interesting. Although I haven't read any books by this author before, I have been eyeing down some of his other books. I love books with magical people and creatures so I thought I would give this a go.

The whole concept of the world being changed so completely is very interesting. I enjoyed the fact that each character only remembered pieces of the puzzle. The whole plot is very complex and it keeps you guessing all the way to the surprising end.

I found the characters interesting and I enjoyed following along with them on their journey of discovering their past. The author's writing style kept me engrossed in the story from beginning to end. I am definitely intrigued and I want to know more about their past world. I will be sure to look for book 2.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018
Brian Olsen's books just keep getting better and better, and this is my favorite thing he's written so far. Great characters! Great world building! A wonderful story! Just adored it.
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2018
A good read. Chris wakes up from a bad nightmare. Hes an ace student. Hes the Golden boy of Charlesville Academy. All this is about to change. Chris has an ability he doesn't know how to control. This book will take you on quite an adventure. With lots of twists and turns.
Shauna Joesten
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