Somewhere beyond the northern mists lies a land where dreams live and dragons are real. This is the tale of the twilight of the dragons, of two nations plunged into war by a tragic misunderstanding, of a shy dreamer's incredible voyage of peace to a long forgotten land where nightmares are born. .
Amsel the nventor was a shy, quiet man, happy to be left alone with his experiments. Then one day, a small child was killed while flying Amsel's tiny glider, and the people of Fandora accused him of the deed. Driven into self-exile, Amsel sets sail for mysterious Simbala, a land of billowing windships and a city within a forest. It is here that Amsel seeks an answer to the child's murder, but finds himself instead on an incredible journey to a long-forgotten land where legends are real, nightmares are born.
An epic quest through three memorable lands, illustrated with over 80 pages of fantastic illustrations.
Amsel the nventor was a shy, quiet man, happy to be left alone with his experiments. Then one day, a small child was killed while flying Amsel's tiny glider, and the people of Fandora accused him of the deed. Driven into self-exile, Amsel sets sail for mysterious Simbala, a land of billowing windships and a city within a forest. It is here that Amsel seeks an answer to the child's murder, but finds himself instead on an incredible journey to a long-forgotten land where legends are real, nightmares are born.
An epic quest through three memorable lands, illustrated with over 80 pages of fantastic illustrations.
Fascinating high-fantasy story
This is a very good fantasy novel with some fantastic pencil drawings interspersed throughout.
A fantasy classic. If you like epics, you'll enjoy this one.
Fans of Tolkien-style fantasy will enjoy this story that manages to avoid using the races of dwarves, elves, or hobbits, rather it insinuates something in between while calling them all 'humans'. Well-structured and beautifully illustrated by Joseph Zucker of the 70s Lord of the Rings movie - the drawings are plentiful and add as much to the story as the written words themselves. I would go as far as to say that the words and illustrations are so tightly coupled that the authors chose not to describe certain scenes as much as they could have because they knew the drawing would finish the job! For those who are getting tired of hyper-focus on sex and violence in Game of Thrones style fantasy, this should be a refreshingly clean bit of storytelling for both adults and children without being too Harry Potter style or overly wordy like Tolkien.
