Happenstance doesn't know anything from before he wakes---in a room in a long-abandoned city, his only companion a voice that delivers him into the hands of Lord Umber. Lord Umber is a strange man. Happenstance isn't sure what to think of someone who is delighted by the magical, often to the poin...
Dragon Games by P.W Catanese is a fantasy book were Hap finds his brother and finds out what really happened to him. Then Hap and Umber go to a land with an evil king but they go to see the dragon games. After the games Umber takes the dragon eggs and a baby dragon so that he can set them free. S...
P.W.Catanese does a great job. I really am very glad to have this book. Happenstance-a boy, does not know his identity, from where he came from-absolutely nothing, only the new words filling his mind. The character I like most is Umber. He is funny (and I mean really, I gave in to his crazy adven...
3.5/5; 4 stars; B+I came across this book in my quest for fantasy stories my 12 year old son might enjoy. I think it would be perfect for that age group but I also think most adults who enjoy fantasy would like this story. Right from the beginning there is danger and adventure and all sorts of ...
Very entertaining story that I read to my son. He liked it enough that he wants to start the next book in the triology. High marks from him as he is not as easily entertained. Happenstance is a young boy who awakens with no memory of who he is or where he comes from or where he even is. He is fou...
"Seven at one blow!" That's what they say about the Brave Little Tailor -- he killed seven foes with one blow. But no one can prove it's even true. Besides, that took place a long time ago, and the Brave Little Tailor is now an old man. So what happens when an army of angry trolls invades his kin...
Everyone has heard the story -- the dwarves, the talking mirror, the evil witch. But this tale doesn't belong to Snow White anymore.... Bert and Will, the twin sons of the baron of Ambercrest, are best friends. They do everything together and can't help it if trouble just seems to...find them....
Everyone knows the story of Jack and the beanstalk. Everyone also knows that Jack's little adventure made him a very rich man. But what they don't know is what happened a long time after Jack.... That's where Nick comes in. Orphaned and desperate, Nick joins a rugged band of thieves in hopes of ...