Thursday, September 15, 2022

Witch & Wizard, Vol. 1

Patterson, James, with Gabrielle Charbonnet, with art by Svetlana Chmakova, Witch & Wizard, Vol 1. 2011. 259p. ISBN 978-0-316-22989-4. Available in the graphic novels section of the library



Whit and Wisty are normal teenagers, living at home with their parents. When the New Order takes control of the government, police immediately descend on their home and arrests them for being a witch and wizard. Neither of them understand what is happening to them, but Wisty ignites herself, hurting someone of the officers. Hauled in front of a judge, they are sentenced to death, which can only be done once they reach 18. 

While in jail, they are oppressed and experimented on, and suffer at the hands of merciless guards. Receiving help from Whit's girlfriend, who is caught in the Shadow lands, they manage to escape and they join a group of teens dedicated to freeing other victims of the New Order. Driven to save their parents, both Whit and Wisty must learn to manage their nascent powers while avoiding the traps laid out for them by a merciless regime looking to exterminate all of those who possess magic...

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