A World without Heroes
Brandon Mull
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A couple of weeks ago, a good friend of mine listened to me complaining
that I am looking for a book to read that is different from the ones that I
usually read. Since I was stuck on a World War 2 period and all the books I
have read lately was based on that time.
At first I thought she is crazy, this is not my type of book, since it
was fantasy based and I usually like more real scenario books. Well except for
Harry Potter and Twilight saga. I found it an easy read. Brandon Mull has the
way to transfer you into this world. Where you want to get up and actually help
fight Maldor, and protect all the people of Lyrian.
The book starts where a prince is captured and blinded by Maldor; the
prince then utters a WORD. A magic word, that can destroy Maldor, but alas this
was a decoy Maldor. The prince is offered a chance to join Maldor or be
tortured.
Jason is a teenager from Colorado; he is bored by his predictable life. Until
he has a not so predictable work day at the zoo. He falls into the hippo pool,
and is swallowed. The next thing he knows he climbs out of a tree in a
different world. On his quest to get back home, he meets the Blind King who
introduces him to Rachel who is also a beyonder. They start the quest together
to find the syllables to the WORD that can destroy Maldor.
They go through difficult tasks to find the syllables. They meet
displacers who can lose their limbs, and still life. They meet seed people who
carries around an Amar, their seeds, this means they can grow again after they
died. Jason got invited to the eternal feast, where he had to duel to be able
to leave. Jason then goes to Mador’s palace and requests an audience with him. He
then utters to word to Maldor. It does not work. Maldor has deceived his
enemies all those years. There is no WORD that can destroy Maldor. Jason is
then thrown in the dungeons after refusing to join Maldor.
Ferrin one of the displacers Jason met on his voyage, who is one of
Maldor’s henchmen, helps Jason to escape. He then shows him a way home, when
Jason wants to go help Rachel and warn her, Ferrin pushes him into the pool,
and Jason emerges back on earth, on a farm.
This is the first book of the series. I am currently looking for the
next one. This was a good change of scenario for me. It did take me a while to
get used to the style of writing since I am a dedicated Jody Picoult fan. But when
it finally captured me, it was a great book.
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