Signed: Defenders of the Sign, Vol 1

by Kristian Kapelrud, Alie Stibbe (Translator)

"The mysteries of life are hidden in the signs." The idyllic life of Alphabetania is starting to fracture. Secret letters and shocking accusations are causing the spread of unrest. The Alphabetanians begin to turn against each other and soon blood is shed for the first time ever in a completely innocent world. Will they be able to handle the truth concerning the power that is hidden in the signs? In another reality the young author Louis Mackenzie is lost in thought. While the world crumbles around him, he follows the struggle in Alphabetania with and eagle eye - for their struggle is his struggle. In his hands he holds a pen. This is the first book in the trilogy, Defenders of the Sign-an exciting and unique series of stories about love, treachery, faithfulness and courage.

Genres: Fantasy, Christian, Young Adult

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Kaffimat · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up cause I read the second one at some point in my backstory, and I remember it being cool, and now I found the first one. And it is cool. I feel like the concept is cool enough to be four stars, but the writing was two stars (for me, this is a middle grade-ish (?) book so I won't say it was bad. Just a bit too simple and monologue-y for my tastes)

So what is this cool concept that would be four stars? The story is about a fantasy world, and it is about the author of that fantasy world (not Kapelrud, a fictional author of the fictional world), and the fictional author is a self-insert in the fictional fantasy world. I liked how the story of Alfabeta-Nia and the real fictional life of the author shape each other. The way he brought himself into the story as an almightyish? author/god? is headache-worthy. In a cool way. I think Shit Gets More Real in the second one though, so I'm looking forward to that.

[Karine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boka er todelt mellom ein forfattar i skottland og ein høvdingson i eit eventyrland. Ganske kult konsept med forfatter som skriv seg inn i historia (Ikkje Kapelrud). Kunne ønske vi hadde blitt litt meir kjendt med karakterane, då hadde det gitt bedre effekt gjennom historia når ulike hendelser skjedde. Men man har vel ikkje så mykje plass til det når det berre er ein trilogi. Om eg skulle velge å berre følgje ei av historiene hadde eg valt Louie sin fortelling.

[Jakob Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

__My Rating: 6/10__. It took 485 min .

[Tuyet Nguyen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this book!! ^^ #christianfantacy
#awsome #justwow

[Scyte · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome