Vergil Magus Series by Avram Davidson

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  • The Phoenix and  the Mirror (Vergil Magus #1)
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    The Phoenix and the Mirror (Vergil Magus #1)

    Avram Davidson

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1969

    The first book in the Vergil Magus series. Against the backdrop of a hauntingly familiar yet alien otherworld, Avram Davidson casts the adventures of the sorcerer known as Vergil Magus. Vergil was to construct a virgin speculum, a mirror of magical properties.

  • Vergil in Averno (Vergil Magus #2)
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    Vergil in Averno (Vergil Magus #2)

    Avram Davidson

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 1986

    Inspired by medieval legends about the poet Vergil, who was revered not only as the author of the Aeneid but also as a powerful necromancer, Davidson embarked on his Vergil Magus series in the '60s with the intriguing novel The Phoenix and the Mirror. In this sequel, Vergil answers a magical summons from Averno, both the wealthiest and the filthiest of cities. The magnates there are worried about the waning and shifting of the natural fires that have fueled their industries and fouled their air... more

  • The Scarlet Fig; or, Slowly Through a Land of Stone (Vergil Magus #3)
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    The Scarlet Fig; or, Slowly Through a Land of Stone (Vergil Magus #3)

    Avram Davidson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2005

    'Avram Davidson's final Vergil Magus novel, The Scarlet Fig, continues the adventures of the wandering mage through an alternate ancient world filled with exotic landscapes, populated by creatures of myth and legend... more

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