title: The Accidental Sorcerer
text: # The Accidental Sorcerer
  
  The Accidental Sorcerer is the first book in the Rogue Agent series by Australian writer Karen Miller.
  
  ## Synopsis
  
  The Accidental Sorcerer follows haphazard wizard Gerald Dunwoody as he begins his employment as Royal Court Wizard to King Lional of New Ottosland, mentored by his friend Monk. Gerald takes the job reluctantly, and soon discovers that the King may not have his best interest in mind.
  
  ## Publication
  
  The Accidental Sorcerer was published in September 2008 by Voyager Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.
  
  ## Response
  
  Publishers Weekly called it "droll" and "whimsical". SF Site praised it for mixing humor with more serious themes but SFF World felt the combination did not work. A reviewer for the Herald Sun described the work as a "Harry Potter for grown-ups tale". In The Dominion Post, Morris noted that it reads "almost" as "fantasy satire".
  
  