The Invaders
Brotherband Chronicles, Book 2
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4.7 • 62 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice!
Hal and the Herons have done the impossible. This group of outsiders has beaten out the strongest, most skilled young warriors in all of Skandia to win the Brotherband competition. But their celebration comes to an abrupt end when the Skandians' most sacred artifact, the Andomal, is stolen--and the Herons are to blame.
To find redemption they must track down the thief Zavac and recover the Andomal. But that means traversing stormy seas, surviving a bitter winter, and battling a group of deadly pirates willing to protect their prize at all costs. Even Brotherband training and the help of Skandia's greatest warrior may not be enough to ensure that Hal and his friends return home with the Andomal--or their lives.
Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Customer Reviews
Wows
Cyrank whatever you're name is this is a kids book it is fantasy if you want logic and/or nonfiction. Search for those don't just pick at a good book because it isn't historically correct
I mean seriously?
Awesome
Brotherband please b quiet and just shut up. This is fantasy for goodness sake enjoy the story and b silent! Ps I like this series and the one before it written by John Flanagan
Brotherband 1&2
Read this to my sons who quite enjoyed it, but I far prefer that fantasy and historical fiction be more clearly distinguished from each other. This is so very heavily derived from a scandinavia of the middle ages that I felt obliged to stop frequently and point out to my sons all the points where it arbitrarily included elements incongruous with this time and place.
It felt very much as though the author lacked both the imagination to create an original setting for his story and the discipline to develop any understanding of the historical period that he was drawing from. Nothing original, yet nothing factual. And with the very limited understanding most kids have of history, how many will think this paints an accurate picture of viking life?
But he didn't just play fast and loose with history, he has the same lack of concern for elementary physics - a ship that holds 30 men and draws twenty centimeters, a spear thrower accurate to over 100 meters in the hands of a young girl. Such things are not possible in any universe with similar physical laws to our own. No more than a boy can craft the fine metal components to construct a ballista in a couple weeks in the wilderness with no forge!
Characters seemed no more realistic and the plot was so predictable that my boys were able to guess with great success what would happen next at any point.
In summary; lazy and careless in conception, flat writing with stock characters, self-evident plot development.
Fortunately after two books I have the chance now to get my kids onto something better before a third one is out .