NOTE: Before reading this book, it is HIGHLY recommended to read the first in the series, Beyond the Reflection's Edge. If you haven't read the first, alot of the concepts will be new and confusing.
The book picks up right where the first left off. Nathan Shepherd has found out that his parents are actually alive, but finding them is hard because he and Kelly Clark must stop Interfinity from merging Earth with it's mirror realms. Behind this scheme is Mictar, a stalker who feeds upon life energy of victims and feeds that power into his machine.
As with all of Bryan Davis's books, at times this book can be confusing if you just glance through something. It takes a bit of concentration to keep some of the facts straight in your head. But it's more than just a fantasy/sci-fi/action adventure. The characters are amazing. I would probably read the book even without the mirror realms, or magical violins, or interfinity just because the characters were so interesting and real.
I'm sorry, but I'm very tempted to draw paralells to Bryan Davis's Dragons in Our Midst characters, so for fun I will.
*Nathan is to Kelly as Billy Bannister is to Bonnie Silver.
*Kelly is to Daryl as Billy is to Walter.
*Nathan, like Billy, has a search for his parents.
*Mictar reminds me of Samyaza.
*Kelly is a confused character in some respects who looks to Nathan for guidance, Billy in some ways is confused and looks to Bonnie for advice
But, by no means let this make you think that Bryan Davis has some "writer's formula" for success. Echoes from the Edge series is VERY VERY different from Dragons in Our Midst and Oracles of Fire. I just tend to find similarities like that.
2 musings:
Huh? Don't let Dad catch you reading that book before the Psat next week!
Sounds like an interesting book……
but not as interesting as that PSAT STUDY GUIDE!!!
Reminds me of my orientation at my first day of work. “Welcome to Duey, Cheatum & Howe. Now that we have been introduced, GET BACK TO WORK, YOU MAGGOTS.”
Just kidding, I guess, maybe, maybe not. Who knows.
Seriously. I am being completely cereal here. Just prepare and do your best. No test devised by a human should have any impact on your self worth, whether good or bad.
“Sonny Crockett: You just got to learn to go with the heat, Rico. It's just like life. You just gotta keep telling yourself, no matter how hot it gets, sooner or later there's a cool breeze coming in.”
“Det. Ricardo Tubbs: Should I write that down?”
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