Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Unexpected Apprentice | 2007 | Jody Lynn Nye | Buy |
| 2 | A Forthcoming Wizard | 2009 | Jody Lynn Nye | Buy |
| 3 | Strong-Arm Tactics | 2005 | Jody Lynn Nye | Buy |
Jody Lynn Nye’s Tildi Summerbee series is a fantasy duology about a smallfolk woman who is thrust into a world of magic she never expected to join. Tildi lives a quiet, rural life among her people until circumstances force her to leave home and take up an apprenticeship with a wizard. The books have a classic quest-fantasy feel, with Tildi growing from an unlikely heroine into someone capable of real power.
An Unexpected Apprentice (2007) introduces Tildi and her journey from a sheltered village to the wider world, where she must learn to use magical abilities she did not know she had. A Forthcoming Wizard (2009) continues her story as she faces larger dangers and comes into her own as a practitioner of magic. Nye writes Tildi as a sympathetic, down-to-earth protagonist, and the books will appeal to readers who enjoy classic fantasy with a focus on personal growth.
Note that Strong-Arm Tactics, listed below, belongs to a different Nye series and is not part of the Tildi Summerbee storyline. The two core books in this duology are An Unexpected Apprentice and A Forthcoming Wizard.