The Travelers by M.T. Bargeman

In The Travelers by M.T. Bargeman, Lady Robin of the Other Place needs the help of two humans. One is Twila a green witch whose mission is to wake the Great Phoenix to help with the fight of the Red Dragon. The second is her brother Joseph who is to lead the armies to fight the Red Dragon. She sends two of her faithful servants to retrieve them from our world. Eugene and Cynthia go to collect them and find it more difficult than they thought. Once they are all together they ride to King Hern to get their individual missions. Can they save both worlds?

I like the characters that M.T. Bargeman brings to The Travelers. They are in-depth and you can actually see them in your mind. The book itself in well written and any fantasy lover will love to lose hours of their life to live in the world that she invented. What I didn’t like was the way she left you hanging at the end to see if they won the war of the Red Dragon. I am hoping that she has plans for a sequel.

4 bookmarks

Carol A. Langstroth, Manager,
Mind Fog Reviews

The Ocean and the Hourglass by Dan O’Brien

The Ocean and the Hourglass by Dan O’Brien was very reminiscent of “The Neverending Story” to me. Nicholas, the main character, is an outcast in his world. Bullied at school and barely acknowledged at home by his mother (and only parent), he escapes into his own world, from the story in his heart. It is adventurous and colorful, with the settings all very well detailed.
Although Nicholas doesn't believe he is the Prodigy that everyone else feels he is, he learns that standing up for what he really believes in makes him stronger in the end. He gains respect, both from within and from others.
Along with this book being very entertaining, I felt it also was philosophical. Nicholas matured greatly in his day away in his storybook adventure.
Teens and middle grade readers will be captured by this story. Those of us who are a little older, who love fantasy, will enjoy it, too!
4 Bookmarks
Kim Ann McCann, Reviewer
Mind Fog Reviews

Quest for Atlantis

In The Quest for Atlantis, edited by Jessy Marie Roberts and Alvia J Roberts and authored by various authors, is a collection of ten short stories that make you leave this world only to enter another. I found that some backgrounds were deep in their meanings and quite in-depth. At times some of characters seemed very real to me. I could not just pick one story as a favorite as they were all equally good. I can think of a few teenagers that would read this book. The collaboration between authors is quite remarkable in and of itself because getting various authors together in one project like this takes great patience and time and the tome shows that many authors took that time and effort in creating The Quest for Atlantis. They all worked as one quite well I might add! If you love to get deeply involved in a world while reading a novel or short stories then these short stories combined will keep you entertained for quite some time.

3.5 bookmarks
Carol Langstroth, Manager
Mind Fog Reviews