The House of Storms (Light Ages) Review

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The House of Storms (Light Ages) ReviewHouse of Storms is the loose sequel to The Light Ages. Loose, because it takes place chronologically after the first book but with a different cast of characters. At the core of the novel is a bizarre love triangle between Alice Maynell, the mother who ruthlessly climbed her way to the top of the social ladder, Ralph, her son who is thrust into a position of power, and Marion Price, a fisherman's daughter who steals Ralph's heart. As events progress, Ralph and Marion go their separate ways and find themselves on either side of a class war brought about in part through Alice's political maneuvering.
The book is split into two parts, dealing with Ralph's youth and relationship with Marion, and years later the final stages of the war enveloping the East and West of Ian MacLeod's fictional Britain. I felt that the first half of the story was the stronger of the two as there was more development of the characters and better dialogue. The second half was more disjointed and lacked some of the charm of the first half.
It may be my lack of a British perspective but alot of the social themes were not clear to me. As with Light Ages, the overarching message was that despite changes the status quo stays the same. Perhaps someone with more experience with the British class system will take more away from the novel. That said, the story stands on its own and is an enjoyable if slightly overlong read.
As a final note, magic or aether as it is referred to in the novel plays a central role here as it did in The Light Ages and is creatively integrated into the storyline.The House of Storms (Light Ages) Overview

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You're All Alone/The Liquid Man Review

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You're All Alone/The Liquid Man ReviewI love these old novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. You're All Alone (in a world of puppets known as men) is one of Fritz Leiber's forgotten classics. I think it is definitely one of his better efforts; it's a quick, enjoyable, and even thoughtful read. I don't know about the The Liquid Man, but a look at its cover art lets me know it has got to be good or at least lots of fun. I'll find out shortly once I get into it. The quality of these books from Armchair Fiction is just excellent.You're All Alone/The Liquid Man OverviewArmchair fiction presents the third in a new line of science fiction double novels! The first novel is Fritz Leiber's "You're All Alone."What really lurks in the shadows of our own minds?Don't get too nosy, lest you discover the most terrifying secret ever hidden from mankind.Bernard C. Gilford's "The Liquid Man" is a good old fashioned horror story about a mad scientist who mysteriously transforms himself into a shambling liquid monstrosity--a fiend with a penchant for snapping the necks of its victims.Two great novels from the golden age of horror and science fiction.

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Observatory Mansions Review

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Observatory Mansions Review"Observatory Mansions" is an excellent first novel by Edward Carey, that explores some of the most fundamental issues a person can deal with. At the center of the novel, the reader finds Francis Orme, the narrator, and resident of `Observatory Mansions', which is the subdivided remains of his ancestral home. Alongside Francis live characters that are so bizarre that one would consider them cartoonish if it wasn't for their heartbreaking psychoses. To reveal their mental disturbances, both collective and individual, would give away much of the plot, but it is sufficient to say that the element that holds them together is the "self-institutionalization" that they have inflicted on themselves and each other.
On the surface, Francis is the most outwardly normal of the cast of characters, although this isn't saying much. He wears gloves as a literal representation of the mental barriers he has placed between himself and the world. He collects what is in essence garbage, because he sees it as having been loved, and therefore uses it as a proxy for real love. However, his carefully constructed world, and those of his apartment-mates, come crumbling down with the arrival of a more spiritually rooted resident.
I think this is where a lot of the other reviewers have a complaint with this novel. I have yet to see a critique of the authors prose, which is reminiscent of Saramago's "All the Names", and I have seen no argument with his characterizations, which are superb. Rather, I think readers are disturbed because this book is about the power of the human spirit, and its ability to mend itself. Not all of the characters ride off into the sunset, but they don't all wither and die either. It is in this range of outcomes that Carey most effectively considers his core subject. The negative reviews of the ending I have seen put me in mind of the reaction one gets to the 21st chapter of "A Clockwork Orange" in which Alex is starting to weary of his brutal life. To paraphrase Burgess, what is the point in examining the human condition if it always ends in misery? That's not life.
"Observatory Mansions" although a caricature, is life. It is sad and bizarre, but it is also hopeful and uplifting, and that's life. Carey has written an excellent novel, and I expect further greatness from him in the future.Observatory Mansions Overview

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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Review

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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town ReviewCory Doctorow really has his finger on today's high-tech pulse, leading to great sci-fi ideas. I have read one of his earlier efforts, "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom," and that novel was damaged by too much reliance on techno geekery and not enough story. In this book, Doctorow has endeavored more to construct an engaging plot and more interesting characters, with the high-tech acting as more of a backdrop. This book is fun to read and even suspenseful, and the reading experience is an overall success. However, there are some glaring gaps here. The lead character (usually known as Alan) and his brothers are weird extra-human constructs, with a mountain for a father and a washing machine for a mother, and come from a supernatural cave looked over by golems. Alan enters the world of average humans, trying to escape his one evil brother, and protect his other brothers, while meeting a winged woman named Mimi who may or may not come from the same extra-human realm.
This may all sound eccentrically creative on Doctorow's part, but the problem is that these weird characters and bizarre backgrounds are simply presented as a given, and never actually explained. Are they supernatural demigods, weird mutant freaks, aliens, or what? Their function in the world of regular humans is never explored, nor is there any explanation for the supporting characters who know their secrets (Krishna) or can accept them without judgment or questioning (Kurt). Also, the characters go about their actions with no underlying motives or motivations being made clear to the reader. This problem applies especially to Mimi and the evil brother. And finally, Doctorow was obviously trying to tie the main storyline, of Alan trying to integrate into regular society while fixing his extra-human family's problems, to the secondary storyline of a community effort to build a free wireless network. But these two plotlines never find true connectivity, and with many loose ends all around, the book sometimes feels like a jumble of loose ideas. Granted, this novel earns its props for being fun to read and for making you care what happens to the characters. But Doctorow needs more practice in fleshing out his unique ideas into a truly integrated and empathetic story. [~doomsdayer520~]Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Overview

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A Crack in the Line (Withern Rise) Review

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A Crack in the Line (Withern Rise) ReviewAlaric is a sixteen-year-old boy who lives with his father in a crumbling old Victorian mansion that has been in his family for years. His mother died two years earlier in a horrific train crash, and his life has been going downhill since then. One snowy day, while alone, Alaric becomes reacquainted with the mansion he knows as his home. Once in a room that he has not sat in forever, he reaches for a familiar object. In a spilt second he is met with searing pain and the walls around him seem to come down. He opens his eyes to find himself lying in what appears to be the room he was just in, only it is cleaner and there is an unfamiliar girl standing before him.
Sixteen-year-old Naia and her parents live in a mansion that was named Withern Rise by one of her ancestors. Naia's mother faced a near-death experience two years ago, but Naia has tried her best to forget about it. It is certainly the farthest thought from her mind one snowy day when she finds a strange boy sitting on her living room floor. She can't figure out why he is there, why he is claiming it is really his house, or why he looks almost identical to her.
Can it be that two different realities exist at the same time --- one where Alaric lives with his father in Withern Rise and another where Naia is the only child to Alaric's father and the mother he lost two years ago? Alaric and Naia's discovery of each other brings about many startling events and realizations. Will Alaric and Naia be able to use each other to find out the truth about their own lives?
Michael Lawrence has written a suspenseful and engaging tale of two teenagers living the same life. There is even an alternate ending that gives another outlook to the story's conclusion, along with a surprising twist. This gripping novel --- which is the first volume of a trilogy --- cannot be put down until the very end.
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Escardy Gap Review

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Escardy Gap ReviewI recommend this novel if for no other reason than to revel in the sheer joy of its language. Crowther and Lovegrove clearly had fun writing this book, and I had a great time reading it.Escardy Gap Overview

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Less Than Human Review

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Less Than Human Review_____________________________________________
McArthur's third novel is a near-future police-procedural whodunnit set in Japan. The Japanese setting is the most interesting part of the novel, I thought -- the author lived there for 16 years, returning to Australia in 1996. The protagonist, a female gaijin robotics scientist working in industrial R&D, is well-drawn and sympathetic. And the book is smoothly-written. Do you see the upcoming "but"?
The sfnal McGuffin, a high-tech cult called the Silver Angels -- their leader, Adam, wants to rule Japan (today Japan -- tomorrow the world!) -- didn't work nearly as well, imo. The cultists' bafflegab computer-tech is confusing and unconvincing. The cult's leaders/bad guys are, well, central-casting cardboard. Well-researched cardboard, mind, but novelistically unconvincing. And their Eevil Deeds are all too obviously tailored to the story.
Plus, it's bloody startling to hear tough Osaka cops speaking in Australian, mates....
Still, a decent novel, which might be of particular interest to Japanophiles. "B-" for me -- I preferred her first novel, TIME FUTURE (2001).
Happy reading--
Pete Tillman
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Less Than Human OverviewWhen a factory worker is mysteriously killed by a robot, cybernetics engineer Eleanor McGuire is unwilling to call the incident "human error." In a different part of Osaka, four teenagers are electrocuted in an apparent group suicide, and Police Inspector Ishihara isn't convinced it was self-inflicted. When their investigations cross paths, the foreign scientist and the aging cop find a trail that will lead them to more murders, corporate crime, and a strange online cult led by a secretive guru who promises immortality to his followers if they help him destroy civilization. But how can McGuire and Ishihara stop this psychopath if he doesn't seem to exist?

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First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, Book 5) Review

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First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, Book 5) ReviewThis series is one of those unfortunate ones that is so, SO good that I want to pass them along to everyone I meet (I buy every used copy of the first one I can find, to give them away!), but when you try and tell people what the books are all about, you get blank stares - it all just sounds too odd.
This latest in the series is no exception - clever, laugh out loud funny, and so fantastic that explaining it just doesn't do it justice. The literary humor is still hilarious (and explained well enough that those who haven't read the classics that the jokes come from can still get the jokes!) and Thursday's personal life and literary adventures are both well-written and enjoyable.
I had found the last Thursday book, Something Rotten, a bit duller than the first three, and so was delighted to begin reading and see how good this one is. Fforde is back on form!
Thursday's grumpy teenage son Friday, who speaks in teenage grunts, is destined sometime in the future to save humanity from extinction some 700 times, but right now is causing his parents to tear their hair out over his stereotypical teen behavior - sleeping late, listening to loud music, and being monumentally lazy.
Thursday has a new apprentice, Thursday Five, who comes from one of Thursday's poorer selling books in which the author substituted her usual crime-solving and bacon-sandwich eating demeanor for one of a yoga-doing, lentil-eating peacenik who tries to set unruly and murderous literature-dwellers down for a nice cup of tea to talk things over.
What will become of the lowered reading rates, and the government's dangerous surplus of stupidity, which must, somehow, be discharged? Will the Goliath Corporation, up to its old tricks, succeed in killing Thursday? Read this latest and find out.First Among Sequels (Thursday Next, Book 5) Overview

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Whole Wide World Review

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Whole Wide World ReviewThis near-future police procedural is unfortunately one of those genre-crossing novels that's probably not going to get the attention it deserves from either pure science fiction or crime readers. That's a pity, because while it may not contain enough sci-fi elements for that cadre, it is one of the better crime novels I've read in recent years. The story is set in London, about ten years in the future. Temperatures are regularly in the 90s (presumably due to global warming), and the effects of a terrorist attack on London's information systems several years ago are still unfolding. The forces of morality have grown notably stronger (including a proliferation of Legion of Decency type organizations), and Internet blue laws prohibit the production of online porn in the UK. Another effect of the "Info War" is an intensification of state surveillance of public space, led by an experimental networked and artificially intelligent system of CCTV camera linked to police systems. This system, which uses facial recognition technology to track people as they move through London, is only a short step from reality, which helps impart a greater sense of immediacy and realism that many sci-fi books have.
In this setting is a diminutive fortysomething techie detective, stuck in a crummy job in a dying IT division of the Metropolitan police. Like many a fictional detective hero, he can't escape a dark past, leaving him ostracized and more or less a loner, save for an ex-girlfriend he's trying to win back. His sad little existence is interrupted by his routine involvement in a very non-routine case-the torture and murder of a young woman, broadcast via webcams across the Internet. He manages to second himself to the flashier homicide unit that takes over the case, and is soon in deep. Clues point toward a master porn techie who's been in trouble before for stalking, but there's also the matter of the woman's uncle, who happens to be the guru behind the new CCTV camera system technology. Naturally, obstacles, red herrings, and all manner of bedevilment impede the detective's progress, but like all obsessed heroes, he persists 'till the bitter climax. The book actually loses a bit of steam in the end, when the action leaves London and shifts to Cuba, which has remade itself as host for websites that no one else will host. McAuley's gritty future London is an integral part of the story, and Cuba never comes alive in the same way. It's not the most original mystery, but the prose crackles and draws you deep into the hero's unhappy life while presenting a fascinating imagining of the near future, and the combination is something quite unusual and worth reading.Whole Wide World Overview

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The Lyonesse Book 1: The Well Between the Worlds Review

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The Lyonesse Book 1: The Well Between the Worlds ReviewThis is the story of a boy who was raised in a fishing town with a loving family. He was your average twelve-year-old who liked adventures and playing with friends after school.
Little did he know that this current adventure had just begun. With a twist of events, this young boy was fighting for his life and finding out things about himself that put him and everyone that knew him in more danger than ever before.
I greatly enjoyed this book. At times it lacked detail and became hard to follow, but overall it was a great book.
It shows the real side of humans. Some are out to help people and others are there to only help themselves. It is a nice change to your classic 'monster' story or King Arthur tale. Many books have the same theme and you can predict what is going to happen way before it does. With THE WELL BETWEEN THE WORLDS, though, it is another story.
The plot is different from anything I have ever read and I loved it. It was also unpredictable for the most part. There are times where I was sure that I knew what the main character was going to do but was surprisingly wrong and a new twist unfolded. I could not put the book down because I wanted to know what was going to happen next and what this young boy was going to do.
I can't wait for the next book in the LYONESSE series to come out so I can discover where this young hero's journey veers off to next.
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The Race to Doobesh (Secrets of Droon, 24) Review

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The Race to Doobesh (Secrets of Droon, 24) ReviewIn the 24th edition of the Droon series, Lord Sparr's evil stepfather Ko is back and deadlier than ever. Ko and his beasts have now entered Doobesh, a city of swindlers, thieves, pirates, and people of the vile kind. Nobody can be trusted in this city, and Ko is using the magical forge in the city to create powerful armor for his army, an army that will be like none other. The kids, Eric, Neal, and Julie along with Princess Keeah realize that if Ko succeeds in making the armor, he would be unstoppable and destroy Droon as we know it. Their only option to save Droon is to destroy the armor first before Ko can use it. Can the kids outwit Ko and save the day once again? Read and you shall find out. Let the race begin! Once again this was a well written children's book. Good for young kids who are just starting more challenging reading.The Race to Doobesh (Secrets of Droon, 24) OverviewWith nearly 2 million books in print, this Little Apple series is H-O-T, hot. The SECRET is out -- DROON is the series that kids, parents, and teachers are talking about!

Ko's beasts have taken over Doobesh, a dangerous city full of thieves and pirates.Now they're hard at work at the magical forge in the nearby Dark Lands, creating powerful armor that will make them unstoppable.That is, unless Eric and his friends destroy the armor first.The race is on! Can the kids beat the beasts, flatten the forge, and dash out of the Dark Lands in time?On your mark . . . get set . . . GO!


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Dream Thief (Secrets of Droon, 17) Review

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Dream Thief (Secrets of Droon, 17) ReviewI like Dream Theif because it is wild, magical, and fun. It also has grate magical words in it. I would never not like Dream Theif. I never could say that there was a part I didn't like. My favorite part personly was when Neal said that once he woke up with a penut butter sandwich. The reason I read this book is because I liked the creative pictures and words on the back.C.H.Dream Thief (Secrets of Droon, 17) OverviewHailed as the perfect series for kids not quite ready for Harry Potter, THE SECRETS OF DROON series is enchanting young readers everywhere!

Eric is tossing and turning in his sleep!And his wild dream can only mean one thing - he is being called back to the land of Droon.But when Eric, Julie, and Neal step off the rainbow stairs, they find that something is very wrong in their magical world.Someone has been stealing people's dreams!And the kingdom of Droon is getting awfully tired of it.So now it's up to our friends to stop this dream thief, before he becomes a serious nightmare...

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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library Review

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The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library ReviewIn this book you get 8 stories and 8 poems by Edgar Allan Poe and 7 other stories by different authors. These are classic horror stories so they aren't filled with monsters or other types of ghouls and the stories play out slowly. The stories will still give you a more suttle type of terror while reading them. Nothing action pact really happens but it's in the mood of the story that scares the reader. I felt that Edgar Allan Poe's stories and poems were better than the other stories because they gave off more of a creepy vibe than the other stories did. The other stories were good but the only one I didn't like too much was "Afterward" because it's too long.

So if you like 18th century gothic horror stories then this is a book for you but if you're more into Stephen King type novels then this book might seem a bit boring.The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library OverviewThe third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal for sharing aloud around the campfire or for a quick, thrilling dip . . . under the covers with a flashlight. The writing itself sends as many awe-inspired shivers down the spine as do the ghosts and goblins on these pages. Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the horror story and the chiming lyric poem, opens the volume with his best-loved stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Black Cat," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Premature Burial," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "Berenice," and "Ligeia." Every bit as chilling now as on the day they were written, these tales retain their power to stir the reader again and again. Poe, who was as well known for his poems as for his stories, is also represented by such verse standards as "The Raven," "Lenore," "To Helen," "Ulalume," and "Annabel Lee," among others. Numerous other practitioners of the supernatural story are included: Edith Wharton, with her gripping "Afterward"; Charles Dickens and his famed ghost story "The Signalman"; W. W. Jacobs, with this com-pilation's inspiration, "The Monkey's Paw." Also here are Saki's engrossing "Sredni Vashtar"; O. Henry's story of love lost and hopes dashed, "The Furnished Room"; Wilkie Collins's lively "A Terribly Strange Bed"; and "The Boarded Window," Ambrose Bierce's tale of the bizarre. A year-round collection for reading aloud--and frightening your friends--The Raven and the Monkey's Paw will gratify all manner of thrill-seekers.The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torchbearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices.

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The Secrets of Droon #32: Treasure of the Orkins Review

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The Secrets of Droon #32: Treasure of the Orkins ReviewMy son absoluty loved the book. He asked for more Droon books -- he finished it the same day as he received it.The Secrets of Droon #32: Treasure of the Orkins OverviewThe home of Khan, king of the Lumpies, has been ransacked! A treacherous band of thieves, the Rat-faced Snitchers of Zoop, has stolen a mysterious treasure that the Lumpies had vowed to protect. Now Eric, Neal, Julie, and Keeah must pursue the Snitchers back to their hideaway on the edge of the Dark Lands.
But they are not alone. For Ko, the kids' most fearsome enemy, is after the treasure, too. Can Eric and his friends find it before the king of beasts?


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Flight of the Genie (Secrets of Droon, 21) Review

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Flight of the Genie (Secrets of Droon, 21) ReviewFor kids who get bored with the Tree House series this is a great alternative. My son loves these books.Flight of the Genie (Secrets of Droon, 21) OverviewHailed as the perfect series for kids not quite ready for Harry Potter, the bestselling SECRETS OF DROON series is enchanting young readers everywhere!

The city of Ut is a city of secrets.Mysteriously, it only appears once every one hundred years.And to enter, you need the key, which is kept in the magical bottle of Ut.Eric, Keeah, and the others need to get inside the city to help a friend.The good genie, Hoja, is being held prisoner there, and he needs rescuing!They have discovered the secret of the magic bottle, and so they know they can get inside the city walls.But what they don't know is that Ut holds other secrets.Dark, dangerous secrets.Secrets that involve a certain sorcerer named Sparr...

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Deception Well Review

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Deception Well ReviewThis is the first book I've read of Ms. Nagata's, and while she is obviously a talented writer, I didn't get a high degree of satisfaction from reading this particular novel. I never felt I was part of the world in which it was being told, which is a feeling I find vital in enjoying SF. The characters were compelling, the ideas interesting, but I felt like I joined the story in the middle, without proper exposition, and left it before it ended with any kind of climax.Deception Well Overview

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Under the Serpent Sea (Secrets of Droon, 12) Review

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Under the Serpent Sea (Secrets of Droon, 12) ReviewThis book takes place in a magical land called Droon. The three friends, Eric, Julie and Neal are on their 12th adventure in Droon, seeking Demether, the underwater queen of the ocean. She has a red jewel she stole from Lord Spar, called the red eye of dawn. This jewel has a spirit in it which is making her yellow. This book has inspired me, and I would think many other people, to make up their own stories, to think about their own adventures in other worlds. I did not think this book was the best book I had ever read, because it really did not have that much action.Under the Serpent Sea (Secrets of Droon, 12) OverviewA hidden door. A magical Staircase. Discover the World of Droon! The sea witch Demither is stirring up a storm in Droon. Keeah has to stop her! This mission could make or break Keeah's wizard training. And Eric, Neal and Julie think they can help their friend. But many surprises await them in Demither's underwater world-and many secrets will be revealed.

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Songs of Earth And Power Review

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Songs of Earth And Power ReviewThis work combines 2 previous LONG books. I have read the 2 separately, and am combining the reviews here. This book has got to be huge. My detailed rating for Infinity Concerto separately is 4.1, and The Serpent Mage is 4.5. The essential story of Infinity Concerto is very simple. The main character (Michael) is forcibly drafted by the Elves (Sidhe) to learn magic. It's a traumatic experience. But that's not the strength of the book. Bear generally writes fairly hard SF. The magic here has some interesting physics to it! But the best thing is the history. Bear provides a detailed history starting at the beginning of time. Not exactly with quarks either. This extremely complex history of the 5+ sentient races on Earth drives the whole story, and you learn that history a piece at a time through the two books. Why is Michael drafted by the elves? You find out by the middle of the second book. In The Serpent Mage, Michael has completed his magical training, and now he has to use it. There is lots more of a story to this book compared to the first. What with meeting a nice girl, training an apprentice Sidhe, trying to force a peace between Sidhe and humans, and trying to save the world, Michael has much to do. The main problem in the book is that the Realm, created by Tonn as a home for the Sidhe, is literally falling apart. So everyone there needs to find a new home, quick! And considering the history of this universe, there will obviously be cosmic problems with that. The book also includes a lot of film/film score/classical music scholarship. It doesn't interfere TOO much with the story. The book DOES answer some questions -- what IS the Loch Ness monster? But at the end I still have a few. What happened to Michael's horse? Why did saving Tonn's wife fall to Michael, not the Crane Women, or the Ban? In any case, this pair of books is quite satisfying when you reach the end.Songs of Earth And Power Overview

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The Isle of Mists (Secrets of Droon, 22) Review

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The Isle of Mists (Secrets of Droon, 22) ReviewLord Sparr has finally done it. He finally collected the Three Powers of Droon, the Coiled Viper, the Red Eye of Dawn, and the Golden Wasp. Droon could not be in a worse situation. With the Three Powers, Lord Sparr is headed toward the Isle of Mists, a strange eerie island where he is trying to do a magic trick which will spell doom for all of Droon. Not to mention the fact that Sparr's evil stepfather Emperor Ko, who disappeared on the Isle of Mists, could still be alive and well on this island. This spells big trouble for Eric and the gang. Can they somehow outmuster Lord Sparr and save Droon?
This was one of my favorites in the series. Definitely quite entertaining with a few revelations. I definitely recommend parent to get their young children into this series. Its a great hook for young children and I agree a step up from The Magic Treehouse series.The Isle of Mists (Secrets of Droon, 22) OverviewWith nearly 2 million books in print, this Little Apple series is H-O-T, hot. The SECRET is out - DROON is the series that kids, parents, and teachers are talking about!

Evil Lord Sparr has collected all Three Powers, something he has been trying to do since the very first DROON adventure. Armed with the Coiled Viper, the Red Eye of Dawn, and the Golden Wasp, Sparr is ready to journey to the Isle of Mists - an eerie place of fog and darkness. Eric, Keeah, and the others are hot on his trail.But they are worried.The Isle of Mists is where Sparr's stepfather, Emperor Ko, mysteriously disappeared. Some even say that the evil ruler is still alive there.

Sparr plus the Three Powers plus Emperor Ko? For Eric and his friends, that's not a good equation....

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The Secrets of Droon #13: The Mask of Maliban Review

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The Secrets of Droon #13: The Mask of Maliban ReviewMove over Lord Sparr! There is a new bad guy in town and it just turns out to be Prince Maliban the ruler of turtle city called Tortu. Eric, Julie, Neal, and Keeah have a whole new set of problems to deal with now since Hob, the magic mask maker, has escaped from prison and is up to no good. To stop him, Eric, Julie, and Neal must travel to the city of Tortu and confront him and Prince Maliban. It just so happens that Hobs is crafting a new mask for Prince Maliban and the mask will give Maliban power over all of Droon. It definitely sounds like something Lord Sparr might do to take over Droon. And...doesn't it seem weird that Lord Sparr has disappeared?? Could he have secret connections to Prince Maliban or worse is he Prince Maliban himself?? Read this 13th Droon book to find out!!!
I loved this new Droon book. It has a lot of excitment like all Droon books have. Can't wait for 14! Comes out in January 2002!The Secrets of Droon #13: The Mask of Maliban OverviewMove over, Lord Sparr-there's a new bad guy in town. Prince Maliban is the creepy ruler of the Turtle City. And Maliban's mysterious mask maker, Hob is crafting an awesome new mask. The mask is very cool but very powerful. So Eric, Neal, and Julie have to make sure the mask doesn't fall into the wrong hands otherwise, it could mean serious trouble for Droon.

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