Storytellers Hannah and Aaron have seen quite a few battles, and more than enough monsters to keep the average imagination occupied. Though the first key to the Door of Exile is safe inside the train station, the rest remain hidden throughout the multiverse. To keep the Shadow from completing his dark designs, they must find each key before he does, and thus prevent his controlling yet another piece of the cosmos. The keys, disguised as ordinary objects, are the only force that can open the door, and the only force that will make sure the Shadow is convicted of his crimes against the council, who he betrayed and imprisoned.
The Heroes are off to search the seafaring city of Atlantis, in the old country of Midorein. Excitement grows as Carson, the simulated train station attendant, informs them that Atlantians know about the Storytellers and will be willing to help them look for the key. Yet, there's some strange storm brewing at the edge of the map, which threatens to complicate the plan in more than just opening the mysterious door in the library.
“The Storytellers: Atlantis” by Rebecca McKinsey is her second book in The Storytellers saga. This book picks up where the first book, “Anterra,” left off with the main characters, Hannah and Aaron. In this new adventure Hannah gets to go to the city of Atlantis and Aaron gets to hang out with pirates! Both of them are searching for another “key” before the Shadow finds it. The Shadow is the boogeyman in this series and we don’t really know what his overall plans are, but we do know that his intentions are evil.
This book was different from the first book as the main characters, Hannah and Aaron, spend much of the book apart. It is almost as though this book is really two different stories that end up merging in the end. Both stories are good but I missed the interaction between Hannah and Aaron that they had in the first book. I found the story about the City of Atlantis interesting. It is a different take on what it would be like living in an underwater city and how society would be. Hannah lucks out on meeting the right people as soon as she gets to Atlantis and with their help, she is able to do what she needs to do in order to get the key and to get back to Aaron.
The story with Aaron is a little different as he ends up on a pirate ship. Aaron isn’t as interesting as Hannah in this book, but he does have a fun adventure.
“The Storytellers” is a fun series and I enjoyed reading “Atlantis.” I hope that in the next book Hannah and Aaron do more together and that we learn more about Aaron and his mysterious gloves. I would suggest for those who want to read this book to read Book One first to get a better grasp on why Hannah and Aaron are where they are and how their relationship came about.