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Weird events have beset the Stevens Quadruplets since infancy. But nothing can prepare them for the day they open their door and find another world outside. A world inhabited by intelligent mythical creatures, most of whom are hostile to humanity. And it seems they are expected to save it from disaster. Even with the help of their bonded ‘heart . . .
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Peter is your typical high school student, but when his mother’s marriage falls apart he copes by dreaming up the story of Dorothea, an elf who lives in the magical Bois d’or forest. Releasing his frustrations in his French teacher’s nightly writing assignment, Peter shares Dorothea’s story with his teacher, imagining a world in which witches, a renegade elf lord . . .
Dorothea’s Song is a 400 page D&D-style Chosen One fantasy adventure novel, written in the pages of a journal of a boy growing up Catholic in the early ’80s. As we learn in the journal segments that start the piece and then occur at increasingly frequent intervals within the overall text, the story is written as an assignment (and labour [more . . .]
The magical world of Dragon Wars is most engaging – so are the creatures that inhabit it and the tensions that are rising there.
There are some lovely touches – Heart Friends, Merfolk, Dwarves, Ice Spiders (delicious), blood and truth mirrors (magical) plus enchanted jewels and weaponry.