Book Review of The
Thinking:
The Landland Chronicles #2
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Title: The
Thinking (The Landland Chronicles #2)
Author: Dallas Sutherland
Genre: Middle
Grade Fantasy
LANDLAND BECOMES ITS OWN SAVIOUR …
The Greying snakes across Bigriver towards
Landland … all the lands are in turmoil. Meah combines
her power of thinking with the magical Book of Colours, and joins the
Bigriverland army to fight the horrid Firbog. Faith, Hope, and Charity, the
white many-headed-winged-thing, returns. Auntie Beryl has become the evil Queen
Berilbog– she
must be stopped. Many-headed-winged-things soar high over battle-fields,
three-humped-beasts-of-war go on the rampage, and, from out of the mists of the
greying, slithering Homunculi goad them on.
Meah's magical plans are not what
Landland needs– Firbog hordes swarm across a dried up
Bigriver into Landland, cutting their way through The Scented Forest, all the
way up to the tip of Mount Beacon.
Chaos reigns supreme, Landland writes
its own story … but the story is all wrong. Meah looks for a
way to escape. Will she find her father, The Biggo, again? Can they win their
way home– should they leave Landland and all their
friends in the clutches of Auntie Beryl, the Grey Lady?
Author Bio
Over the last twenty-five years, the
Author has exhibited a creative bent across a range of industries including
graphic design, fine arts, and trompe l'oeil murals. He has lectured in fine
arts and studied Art History, Literature, Adult Education, and Creative
Writing. Works include play scripts and short stories. The Greying is his first published novella, with further books
planned as part of the fantasy series. He draws inspiration from myth, legend,
and fairy tales.
He lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland,
Australia with his partner Kerri, and daughter Ruby.
Links
Website: www.dallassutherlandauthor.com
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Book Excerpts
‘Look, it’s the little
slithering things,’ Meah cried.
Nera
searched the sky overhead. ‘We’d better make sure there are none of those
many-headed things lurking about.’ Quick, Meah, get us down closer – over that
first rank.’
Faith,
Hope and Charity flew along in front of the first rank of Northhaven
footsoldiers. There was no movement in the ranks.
‘There,
I told you so. I’ve never seen those weapons before Meah. Would you just look
at that,’ Nera said.
Meah
grinned. ‘Well, I have. They’re muskets Nera. You’ll soon see what they can
do.’
The
white beast flapped higher above the battle-field as the
three-humped-beasts-of-war ran snorting towards them with the squeals of
Homunculi piercing their ears. And the horns blared, the drums thumped, and the
tapping tapped.
‘Give
them their orders, Meah, quick!’ Nera yelled, waving his arms about, before
picking off a Homunculus rider with an arrow.
Meah
tossed her head from side to side. ‘But, I don’t know what to say, Nera. I’ve
only ever seen musketeers in movies and then there was this re-enactment once
before.’ She tried to remember what might be the right thing to say – what
orders to give.
Nera
twisted around and thrust his face towards her. ‘Movers – what are they? It’s a
shame you didn’t think any officers
or sergeants to go with them.’
‘Oh,
okay, I’ve got it now. I think it goes something like this … front rank fire, second rank advance, first
rank reload, second rank fire, third rank advance, second rank reload, third
rank fire, first rank advance, third rank reload, first rank fire …
While
Meah continued to think out her
commands, down below on the battle-field the result of the thinking was instant; upon Meah’s orders the regiment of
musketeers released volley after volley at the oncoming
three-humped-beasts-of-war. Dead and injured animals lay strewn across the
ground between the Firbog and the Northhaveners. Three-humped-beasts-of-war
growled and groaned in agony, while what was left of their Homunculi riders, grovelled
and loped away into the mist-bank.
The
booming of the musket fire had silenced everything, even the drums and the
gurgling horns. There was no more tap tap
tapping.
The
Firbog left their dead and dying behind on the battle-field, too, as they ran
back into the mist.
Review:
At times it was difficult to follow
what was happening, but I think that is because I didn’t read the first
book. The story meanders off track near
the end and I wasn’t sure if it was setting up the next book. However, it is an interesting premise.
I give this book 3 out of 5 clouds.
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