Ashtown Burials (4 books in series)
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review 1: I have mixed feeling about this book. The plot was very intriguing and so I read the book. However, It took me a while to actually get into the book, and even then I only kept reading to figure out what happened to quench my curiosity. I liked the characters though, such as Cyrus...
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review 1: My favorite part about this series is that N.D. Wilson has steeped the story in alternate history, though not as heavily in this book. We encounter characters more than strange artifacts in The Drowned Vault; John Smith, and Gilgamesh to name a couple. While I was getting Harry P...
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review 1: Cyrus, Antigone, and the gang are gathering weapons and allies in a race to defend Ashtown (though it may be past saving) and themselves. Radu Bey's power is rising in all its icky glory (the temple of people/bones freaked me out just a bit), and Phoenix has plans of his own. The...
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review 1: I teach this as the first book in Omnibus 1 secondary. It is brilliant. I think it is a marvelous introduction to ancient literature because it takes many ancient themes and makes a modern myth of them. The name dropping in The Dragon's Tooth would make a complete world histo...