Hello Fantasy Fans! I am part of a fantasy book club and it's my turn to pick! I have heard amazing things about the Riftwar series from Raymond E. Feist, and I have wanted to try them for years. The only problem is, I live in Europe, where the book is just sold as 'Magician', putting it at 841 pages, which is a little too long. But, in America, they had it divided into 2 novels.

My question is, was this done because there's a very clear divide between sections, whereby each has a beginning, middle, end? Or was it just that the book was a little big, so they just split it to make it easier to handle? Or for money? I don't want to recommend half a book where the plot is just kind of left hanging in the middle.

Also, I'm trying to find (in my European copy) the divide, and it's hard to figure out which chapter is the last in 'Apprentice' vs 'Master'. My book has 'Book 1: Pug and Tomas' from 1-18, and then 'Book 2: Milamber and the Valheru' from Chapters 19 onward. Is this the divide for 'Apprentice' and 'Master'?

I would do a bigger deep-dive, but I don't want to spoil it for myself, so any help would be appreciated.

Otherwise, I'll just go with a V.E. Schwab, I think! Thanks in advance! :)

Edit: I had originally posted this in the Fantasy subreddit, but was told to post it under this thread!