Silverlance by Peter Thomas Crowell (ISBN 978-0974029092)
“For Byron Thorn, it’s the start of a quest that will lead him into friendship and danger, down dark tunnels and up windy heights, to wake a sleeping kingdom and find a forgotten king.”
This is one of the best “first books” I’ve read in a long time. Smoothly flowing story, overall, though some instances of dialogue were awkward. I LOVED the wide variety of characters… humans, satrys, centaurs, dryads, griffins, dwarves, and more… but some of them were introduced rather quickly. I’m looking forward to the second title in the series, but I’d think PTC’s imagination would need some time to recover after all the adventure packed into this one. I’d recommend this title for ages 8-12.
Copyright 2010 by Tammi Mossman.
