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Corus The Champion (2011)

by D. Barkley Briggs(Favorite Author)

4.33 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0899578640 (ISBN13: 9780899578644)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Living Ink Books

series

Legends of Karac Tor

review 1: I have had the delightful opportunity to be a part of the Legends of Karac Tor when I reviewed book three in the series, The Song of Unmaking. Now I get to further my reading pleasure in taking my readers back a bit to book two in the series, Corus the Champion by Dean Barkley Briggs.First a bit of history on Mr. Briggs, who wrote the series for his children who were dealing with their own personal tragedy of losing their mother. In a twist of divine providence, Mr. Briggs soon met another woman who was also grieving the loss of her husband and was raising her children alone. God stepped in and a new family was born when the two met and later married.In the first book in the series, The Book of Names, the brothers from our world enter a world of myth and legend to find the... more courage to answer the call, you see in the Hidden Lands of Karac Tor, names are being stolen and darkness is spreading. This book begins the series that picks up again in the second book, Corus the Champion.The Barlow boys, from book one, have helped turn the tide in the Hidden Lands with the defeat of Nemesia. Yet as all great books have in store, their victory is not secured as a new enemy emerges from the North with a new army now bent on destruction. Just as Gabe and Garret, the twins are discovering their special powers that are only available in this new land. Gabe has the ability to speak to birds while Garret is like a young Arthur if you will, learning new abilities from a Merlin like character Tal Yssen. The boys now learn about a fabled king that was rescued from death in our world and is now hidden in Karac Tor. Will the boys be able to find and rescue this king from their own world or will they have to make sacrifices to save their friends?To find out, you'll have to read this series of great adventure books from Dean Barkley Briggs. My recommendation would be to start at the beginning like any great series and work your way through them one at a time. This one to start with may be a bit confusing as a stand alone, but with persistence is truly a great story to immerse yourself and your children in.I received this book compliments of Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy book tours for my honest opinion and now having read the first three, will be going back and rereading them from the beginning. It's like reading The Chronicles of Narnia in the middle of the series, you can figure it out but its more enjoyable to read it from the beginning. This one rates a 5 out of 5 stars in my opinion and definitely captures a child's love of fantasy and adventure in this one.
review 2: The poem at the beginning of Corus the Champion, Legends of Korac Tor beguiled me with it’s beauty. I was intrigued by the story and the cover of the book, but you can’t judge a book by it’s cover (as the old saying goes).The writer beautifully describes the land and it’s people. There’s no doubt that the author has the gift of writing and story telling. However, I did not care for the book. Normally, I can get into any book, even if I have never read the other books, like Andrew Peterson’s “The Monster in the Hollows.” Peterson told the story in such a way that by itself I could understand and follow along. The book even piqued my interest to read the whole series. Corus The Champion unfortunately lost me as I got deeper into the story, and I did a lot of skimming.I don’t like reading books where the writer assumes the reader has read the first book. Outlines were offered of the first book so we can understand what is going on in the second book. I chose not to read those outlines as I believe a book should stand on it’s own. It felt like the writer took us from one place to another until I didn’t know why we were in that town or place and I still didn’t understand the goal of the heroes.Because the prose is excellent and the character depictions were good, I gave this book three and a half stars. In order to understand what is going on a reader will be required to buy the first book to understand the second book.In conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour, I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. less

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