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Brightstone Saga
3 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Brightstone Saga series.
Mikal and Lyra are pretending to be fortunetellers in a traveling fair. But they could use some real clairvoyance as wizard Harlano relentlessly tracks them in order to get Orry, a mechanical bronze head with powerful secrets inside. The children, still rather undeveloped as characters in this second book, flee over well-cultivated fantastical landscapes on their peril- and action-filled travels.
Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay
(4)
4-6
Brightstone Saga series.
In the final volume of the trilogy, Mikal and Lyra travel across pirate-infested waters to rescue their mechanical friend from the contemptible wizard Harlano. Although they recover Orry, Harlano has already taken his secret--the location of the Brightstone, the source of all magic. Readers may be dissatisfied by the deus-ex-machina ending.
Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay
(4)
4-6
Brightstone Saga series.
Mikal's sister is sure she'll get picked to be a magical apprentice, but it's eleven-year-old blacksmith-in-training Mikal who is whisked away to study with the sorcerers' Guild of Constant Working. He finds himself apprenticed to a wizard embroiled in a dangerous scheme. Thompson's fantasy world is well realized--hopefully, characters will be better fleshed out in the next book.
Reviewer: Lisa Catherine Findlay
3 reviews
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