Reason for Reading: next in the series.
This volume is one big journey as Gran'ma Ben, Thorn and the Bone
cousins travel across a barren land scattered with ghost circles to
reach Atheia, the ancient city of the royal family. A brief flash
to the Lord of the Locusts and occassional jumps to villagers after
the previous battle give a change of pace. But for the most part we
have a plot-focused, forward-moving, action-high journey in
progress that is a quick, enjoyable read. It's been a good 3 months
since I read the last book, so it was a delight for me to come back
to this series and find these old friends as delightful as ever.
Humour and adventure abound, while this is quite a dark ,and a bit
scary, volume. Great stuff! Just two more books to go! (and the
prequel)