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Lyonesse: The Well Between the Worlds (Book 1) and Darksolstice (Book 2)
by Sam Llewellyn
Orchard Books, 2009 and 2010
$17.99, ages 9-12.
Idris Limpit never imagined he was anything but an ordinary school boy until the fateful day he's accused of being a Cross, a reviled being that's half-monster, half-human, and barely escapes execution.
His rescuer, a powerful magician, whisks him away from his fishing village to a place called the Valley of the Apples, where he goes through the rigors of training to be a monster tamer, only to discover his true destiny to be King of Lyonesse.
But Lyonesse is being pulled underwater and poisoned, and unless he can topple the evil Regent Fisheagle and her cruel son Prince Murther, all could be lost.
Though a complex read at times, the series transports you so completely into Idris's Arthurian world that it lingers in your thoughts long after the book ends.
Tunnels (Book 1), Deeper (Book 2) and Freefall (Book 3)
by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
Chicken House, 2007-2010
$18.99. 496-672 pages.
Now in its third book and fast approaching it