The Toybox

Immortal Eyes Trilogy #1

by Jackie Cassada

To Mortal Eyes...
It is just another cheap antique. But to faerie eyes, the trunk sitting in the corner of The Toybox Coffee Shop radiates an unmistakable Glamour that marks it as a magical treasure. It is the key to a powerful plan, which could destroy changeling society... forever.

To Mortal Eyes...
They were an unlikely group of companions: a waitress, a con-man, a street performer, a tramp and two children. Their only common ground was the sanctuary of The Toybox Coffee Shop, a haven where they could drop their mortal guise. But together, these changelings in disguise would form a band of heroes sworn to stop Malacar, former wizard of a faerie duke's kingdom, from obtaining the magical talisman and using it to wreak his vengeance.

The Toybox, written by Jackie Cassada, is the first novel in the Immortal Eyes trilogy. It is a heroes' journey into the hidden world of the Dreaming, which lies just beyond the realm of our perceptions-a place where the changelings linger in perpetual exile on the fringes of the mundane world.

Genres: Fantasy, World Of Darkness, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Role Playing Games, Dark Fantasy

379 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1991

Reviews

[Francisco Becerra · Rating 4 out of 5]

A must read for Changeling the Dreaming fans, and a very fine example of low fantasy related to faeries. Concepts like the Dauntain (faeries that lost their connection to their true selves and now hunt other faeries), and the Autumn People (Banal mortals wich their sole presence hurt and dispel faery magic) were astonishing in their time. The book has a lot of imaginative subplots, but most of them were resolved very easily or without any important consecuence, dimishing the previous tension created. However it’s nice, fast paced, and shows all the elemets that made C:tD one of the best RPG settings EVER.

[Stacey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had Book Three of this series for the longest time. So, it was excellent when I found out that friends had the first two. Despite Changeling being my favorite game in the oWoD stable, this was slow going, as well. I recognized some of the characters from The Splendour Falls (which I regard as the BEST oWoD novel, period), and so that was cool... I'm getting into the second book, Shadows on the Hill, now, and it's a little better.

[Krzysztof · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bardzo dobrze się czyta. Chociaż jeśli ktoś nie jest zaznajomiony ze światem Changelinga to może mieć w niektórych miejscach problemy ze zrozumieniem. Ale w sumie książka jest pomyślana raczej jako pozycja dla osób znających ten świat. Natomiast jako uzupełnienie do pierwszej części kampanii o tej samej nazwie jest rewelacjyjna.

[Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magical

[Amb-rah Rausch · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book to be a fast-paced read, maybe a little slow in the beginning but I expected that considering it was the first of the series and there would be a lot of "catching up" to give the reader. If you don't know anything about Changeling, this might be a little hard to follow though. Because while the author does go into detail on some things, there is a lot left unexplained. I'm unsure whether that was intentional or not. Of course I haven't finished the series so I guess I'll find out. I've never played the game (yet) but this was a good way for me to figure out how the storyline may or may not go. I'm enjoying the second book now and can't wait to start playing.

[Rocío Vega · Rating 2 out of 5]

La novela mola porque es Changeling, pero en realidad es bastante mediocre. Lo típico de las novelas basadas en RPGs, por otro lado.