In elementary school, I absolutely loved the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan. Thus my expectations were high for his new, more adult-oriented series. Unfortunately, Storm Peak did not live up to this high standard. Storm Peak follows the story of fictional detective, Jesse Parker, in ...
They had yet to fill in the spaces between the two rails with brushwood and saplings, but that would be done in the morning. Thorn called a halt to their work as the shadows lengthened across the small camp, and the crew set about building small individual shelters for the...
Jesper and Stefan, who had boarded behind Hal and so had taken no part in the fight, hurried to lend a hand. In a few minutes, the Hellenes were all securely tied. Thorn, the aggrieved look still on his face, stepped up to Ingvar, who turned to him, smiling. &n...
Egon was welcomed enthusiastically into the group. Nobody remarked on the fact that he was soaked to the skin, but Berrigan and Leander quietly found a spare shirt and trousers for him, and helped him set his wet clothes to dry by the fire, on a rack hastily constructed from thin branches. ...