Epic Fantasy, Fantasy || The Magic of Recluce is a carefully-plotted fantasy novel of character about the growth and education of a young magician. He is given the standard two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond Recluce with the aim of learning how the world works and what his place in it might be. Many do not survive. He chooses dangergeld.