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Mystical Mountain Magic #2
Redeemer
The continuing saga from Mystical Mountain Magic’s ‘Deceiver’ – ‘Redeemer’ is Misty’s story of hope and survival under impossible conditions.
Set in early North America, foreign explorers in search of gold and the fountain of youth discover more than they bargained for: Leira, the deceptively-beautiful master musician who walks on three legs and is made entirely of precious gems; giant eagles who guard Elysium Valley, and Igneous, the zany caretaker of the mountain, who nurtures millions of living-stones hidden within the secret corridors of a magical volcano named Misty.
As explorers create mayhem on this continent, an orphaned infant girl – Mariah – is rescued and raised by the eagles and is commissioned by the mountain to restore Hope back to a world from which she was torn and save mankind from its disastrous effects before the ‘Deceiver’ can assassinate her.
Whether you fly on the backs of eagles, float inside gigantic bubbles, sail through crashing waterfalls, or experience the power of the living-stones, you can be assured—you’re in for a fast-paced, emotional ride.
Where it all began, where it all will end
- Mystical Mountain Magic –
Set in early North America, foreign explorers in search of gold and the fountain of youth discover more than they bargained for: Leira, the deceptively-beautiful master musician who walks on three legs and is made entirely of precious gems; giant eagles who guard Elysium Valley, and Igneous, the zany caretaker of the mountain, who nurtures millions of living-stones hidden within the secret corridors of a magical volcano named Misty.
As explorers create mayhem on this continent, an orphaned infant girl – Mariah – is rescued and raised by the eagles and is commissioned by the mountain to restore Hope back to a world from which she was torn and save mankind from its disastrous effects before the ‘Deceiver’ can assassinate her.
Whether you fly on the backs of eagles, float inside gigantic bubbles, sail through crashing waterfalls, or experience the power of the living-stones, you can be assured—you’re in for a fast-paced, emotional ride.
Where it all began, where it all will end
- Mystical Mountain Magic –
- GenresFantasy
634 pages, ebook
Published June 1, 2012
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About the author
Guy Brooke
8 books13 followersGuy Brooke grew up fascinated with the lyrical words of songs. How could he, too, manipulate such emotions? After years of writing 100 plus songs, producing two self-published music albums, crafting and directing three original musical plays, and conducting five guitar concerts through San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico, it proved to be easy for him to cross over into colorful rhyming stories for children and young adult fantasy novels. Guy loves life, loves the young, and loves to write. Residing in Naches, Washington with his wife, Barbara, Guy wishes to continue manipulating words for the young readers until carpal tunnel takes its toll :)
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www.guybrooke.com
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www.guybrooke.com
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June 11, 2015
Another excellent book in the Mystical Mountain series. I really enjoyed how the story focused on Erickson and his journey from being at his lowest low by getting defeated by the power of the Livingstone. From experiencing the malice of how he used to treat his former companion Toby, by practically being forced along a journey back to Misty by Razor and his ten marionette ‘horns’ as to obtain a living stone and the promise it holds for eternal youth and power. Then watching Erickson slowly soften and love again through a sad mule, Suffer, that he mistreated at first then by the end of the journey he would have risked his own life for.
In this book we not only get to see Igneous' softer side, but also see how he confronts Leira when he finds her in his secret tunnels torturing the already dying Hope.
I was excited as Mariah and Pony fell in love then heartbroken for Pony as he witnessed his first and only love destroyed and the resurrected again.
It was an adventure to learn several of the character's true and new identities were revealed. No matter how small in size or how dark your past has been, there's no stopping someone from saving the world or to be completely forgiven by even those you hurt the most.
The characters all had believable and distinct personalities in a well written world that pulled me through to the end. I can't wait to see how everything gets wrapped up in the 3rd book, Believer!!
In this book we not only get to see Igneous' softer side, but also see how he confronts Leira when he finds her in his secret tunnels torturing the already dying Hope.
I was excited as Mariah and Pony fell in love then heartbroken for Pony as he witnessed his first and only love destroyed and the resurrected again.
It was an adventure to learn several of the character's true and new identities were revealed. No matter how small in size or how dark your past has been, there's no stopping someone from saving the world or to be completely forgiven by even those you hurt the most.
The characters all had believable and distinct personalities in a well written world that pulled me through to the end. I can't wait to see how everything gets wrapped up in the 3rd book, Believer!!
April 10, 2015
I really enjoyed this second book of the MMM series. In some ways it was a much easier read this time around. It follows the villain of the first book Deceiver, but in a most unusual way. Erickson has now hit rock bottom and finds himself in the clutches of a man much more evil than he ever was. For 2/3rds of the book I found my self on a journey along side 2 misfits and an evil gang on an mission they have no idea what really entails. But our heroin of book 1 is not forgotten. Lovely Mariah still graces the Redeemer in the culmination of this epic battle for earth and Hope. You are not just following a story line but each character has an incredible journey too. I really enjoyed the switch in pace and the depth the author took into the hearts of each of the characters. You can't help but love or hate each and every one of them. You will not be let down by this book. I can't wait to see what book 3 may entail. Please let there be a book 3. ;)
April 11, 2015
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review :)
Redeemer is the second in the Mystical Mountain Magic series. While it would be helpful to have read book one first, I feel this novel can stand alone as well. We meet Captain Erikson again, but this time he is alone, drunk, and a vagrant. He is tormented by the screams of the healing-stone he tried to steal in book one, and then a noseless man drags Erikson into facing the very thing he has been trying to run away from ... the sentient mountain. What happens when eight men decide to try and tackle this living, breathing, and thinking mountain? We have plot twists galore in this book, and all of our favourite characters return. The ending is a nice surprise, and I can't wait to see what this author comes up with in book three! A strong 5 out of 5 stars from me :)
Redeemer is the second in the Mystical Mountain Magic series. While it would be helpful to have read book one first, I feel this novel can stand alone as well. We meet Captain Erikson again, but this time he is alone, drunk, and a vagrant. He is tormented by the screams of the healing-stone he tried to steal in book one, and then a noseless man drags Erikson into facing the very thing he has been trying to run away from ... the sentient mountain. What happens when eight men decide to try and tackle this living, breathing, and thinking mountain? We have plot twists galore in this book, and all of our favourite characters return. The ending is a nice surprise, and I can't wait to see what this author comes up with in book three! A strong 5 out of 5 stars from me :)
December 6, 2022
Author Guy Brooke's Redeemer is an original YA allegorical fantasy filled with unique and endearing characters. Apparently, my wildest imagination does not even compare with his. This is the second book of a trilogy and concludes many of the things started in book 1. The touching allegory becomes very clear at the end of this book. Once again, the plot moves quickly to surprising and seriously unexpected places. Like, "yell at the book," places. But I think Mr. Brooke's greatest strength lies in his descriptive writing style. The vivid word-pictures he creates are stunning and complete, and flow like poetry. A screenwriter will have to do little to make this into a movie--which I would hope to see happen.
August 14, 2015
This book was simply amazing from the first paragraph it had you on your toes!!I absolutely loved how much Mariah has changed in the first 2 books! I feel like i know the characters, the book and its words seem to come to life. I cannot wait until the next book believer to come out, for more exciting and enticing adventures for me to dig into! the authors writing really makes it easy to view what it would be like to really be there, especially in paragraph 27, it was a tough one to read through, very touching. I loved this book, and cannot wait until Believer, so i can dive into the next story!
January 27, 2015
This is a great sequel to the first book in this most unusual series. The details of Mr Brooke's vision become even clearer and I look forward to seeing where he takes it next. Though I had some idea of where the book would end up, I found myself unable to predict the route it took to get there. The Captain's character and moral dilemmas were particularly well formed and the actual ending was a delightful surprise. I received this book free of charge from the author.
January 1, 2013
Continuous action in a world not yet touched by other authors. Well crafted/defined/likable characters and story line. A nice crescendo from book one - Deceiver. Kept my interest to the very end and looking forward to book 3, until then I think I'll be revisiting this world again from the beginning. Thanks for being different!
August 21, 2015
I loved this book, very well wrote and will definitely read all his others! If you wanna be glued to a great book this is it too hard to put down after started. Thanks guy(:
February 1, 2021
A very magical second book! There was to be a 3rd book called Believer but I can't find it! This book was a good ending however! A nice read!
March 5, 2015
You are cordially invited to see what happens when eight men decide to take on a sentient mountain.
Redeemer, the second book in the Mystical Mountain Magic series, begins with the former Captain Erikson, alone and miserable, trying to forget what he's done, trying to drink it away or sleep it away. And when he's recruited to go searching for the very thing that's driven him to the brink of insanity, Erikson has no choice to say no.
This book, for the first third or half, does not seem at all like the book we just left. Indeed, Deceiver seems a deceptive name at first, and it's hard to believe for the first fifty percent of Redeemer that we're likely to see anything like redemption. Erikson and Razor find their path littered with blood and bodies and misery. And what they'll find when they reach Misty is in some ways even more terrifying.
But though we're inundated with darkness and horror and blood, the rays of light we saw in Deceiver eventually shine through, and the promise of a better tomorrow is carefully, carefully held up for us to see, and hope it isn't shattered into a million pieces by a stiff gust of wind.
The powerful, simple and colorful prose we saw in Deceiver is in full effect in Redeemer, with all the characters' voices still plainly well-worded and carefully thought out. All the favorites are still there, but readers need to wallow through that darkness at the beginning in order to reach them.
The setting hasn't changed, and the world remains structured carefully: that same pre-industrialization or Colonialization period, where the huge island is sort of the new world. It's expertly expanded through choice description.
There is one nit to pick with the book, and it's difficult to say whether or not it deserves to pull a whole star off the rating for the fault. There is one character who speaks in song lyrics. Sometimes couplets, sometimes quatrains, this character always ends off with rhyme. Almost always anyhow. Except, the effect doesn't exactly live up to the hopes. Rhythmic speech is almost always nonexistent for this character, and the rhymes are often forced. Add to this the fact that this character occupies a spot of major significance in the book, and there is a seriously long section in the middle where this character speaks at considerable length, and it is honestly quite distracting. Understandably, the English language is difficult to rhyme in the first place, but for this to occupy such an important role in the book's outcome makes it difficult.
Ultimately the book does live up to its name, and we get to see quite a bit of atypical fantasy magic thrown around, which I won't spoil, that I do want to award Redeemer its fifth star.
Thank you, Mr. Brooke.
Redeemer, the second book in the Mystical Mountain Magic series, begins with the former Captain Erikson, alone and miserable, trying to forget what he's done, trying to drink it away or sleep it away. And when he's recruited to go searching for the very thing that's driven him to the brink of insanity, Erikson has no choice to say no.
This book, for the first third or half, does not seem at all like the book we just left. Indeed, Deceiver seems a deceptive name at first, and it's hard to believe for the first fifty percent of Redeemer that we're likely to see anything like redemption. Erikson and Razor find their path littered with blood and bodies and misery. And what they'll find when they reach Misty is in some ways even more terrifying.
But though we're inundated with darkness and horror and blood, the rays of light we saw in Deceiver eventually shine through, and the promise of a better tomorrow is carefully, carefully held up for us to see, and hope it isn't shattered into a million pieces by a stiff gust of wind.
The powerful, simple and colorful prose we saw in Deceiver is in full effect in Redeemer, with all the characters' voices still plainly well-worded and carefully thought out. All the favorites are still there, but readers need to wallow through that darkness at the beginning in order to reach them.
The setting hasn't changed, and the world remains structured carefully: that same pre-industrialization or Colonialization period, where the huge island is sort of the new world. It's expertly expanded through choice description.
There is one nit to pick with the book, and it's difficult to say whether or not it deserves to pull a whole star off the rating for the fault. There is one character who speaks in song lyrics. Sometimes couplets, sometimes quatrains, this character always ends off with rhyme. Almost always anyhow. Except, the effect doesn't exactly live up to the hopes. Rhythmic speech is almost always nonexistent for this character, and the rhymes are often forced. Add to this the fact that this character occupies a spot of major significance in the book, and there is a seriously long section in the middle where this character speaks at considerable length, and it is honestly quite distracting. Understandably, the English language is difficult to rhyme in the first place, but for this to occupy such an important role in the book's outcome makes it difficult.
Ultimately the book does live up to its name, and we get to see quite a bit of atypical fantasy magic thrown around, which I won't spoil, that I do want to award Redeemer its fifth star.
Thank you, Mr. Brooke.
November 25, 2021
AIBA Book of the Day: 25 November, 2021: 174/42041
Awesome Indies Book Awards is pleased to include REDEEMER (Mystical Mountain Magic 2) by GUY BROOKE in the library of Awesome Indies' Badge of Approval recipients.
Original Awesome Indies' Assessment (5 stars):
This sequel to "Deceiver" carries us on a new path with Erickson the now vagrant ex-pirate. The living stone he tried to steal took his sanity and left him with nothing but booze to ease the maddening reality of his own evil. From the town of Pandemonium he becomes caught up unwillingly in the schemes of Razor, a truly evil man and servant of the Minstrel. Awake and fully manifested, the Minstrel now aims to attack the living mountain, Misty, and kill Hope. Razor plays an important role in her attack. On a trail of death and brutality, Erickson follows Razor toward Elysium and up the forbidden face of Misty. Can Mariah save Hope from the Minstrel, Razor, and all the forces the Minstrel has amassed? Will the natives nearby survive the battle? Will Erickson succumb to the evil inside him or rise above and embrace redemption?
I loved how this new approach embraced the character of Erickson. His terrible crimes and fantastic defeat in Deceiver fit the ending of the typical villain, but this book followed him after in a compassionate and truthful look at the vanquished monster. Without excusing any of his evils, Guy showed us Erickson’s broken, twisted heart and the wreck he became once his transgressions led him to utter defeat. I didn't know what would happen or where Erickson's journey could lead. The path he took and the changes it made in him captivated my interest and my sympathy.
The previous main characters had only a supporting role, more toward the end of the story this time, but their journey was no less fantastic. Guy surprised me more with how the story would unfold and what the characters would have to face. I began to see the allegory of it more toward the end and understand a bit of what the story represented.
Occasionally, I felt, the plot did wander a bit and lose focus, though not for too long. The light bouncing between characters contributed to my difficulty anticipating where the story meant to go. The ending meandered a bit more than I like, but offered a lot of wrap-up for all the characters.
Redeemer takes an imaginative and allegorical path through a fantastic world of talking beasts, black-hearted villains, destruction, and redemption. I felt both reluctant and satisfied at the end of this fantastic story of the Mountain of Misty.
I received this book free of charge from the author in return for an honest review.
June 11, 2015
Another excellent book in the Mystical Mountain series. I really enjoyed how the story focused on Erickson and his journey from being at his lowest low by getting defeated by the power of the Livingstone. From experiencing the malice of how he used to treat his former companion Toby, by practically being forced along a journey back to Misty by Razor and his ten marionette ‘horns’ as to obtain a living stone and the promise it holds for eternal youth and power. Then watching Erickson slowly soften and love again through a sad mule, Suffer, that he mistreated at first then by the end of the journey he would have risked his own life for.
In this book we not only get to see Igneous' softer side, but also see how he confronts Leira when he finds her in his secret tunnels torturing the already dying Hope.
I was excited as Mariah and Pony fell in love then heartbroken for Pony as he witnessed his first and only love destroyed and the resurrected again.
It was an adventure to learn several of the character's true and new identities were revealed. No matter how small in size or how dark your past has been, there's no stopping someone from saving the world or to be completely forgiven by even those you hurt the most.
The characters all had believable and distinct personalities in a well written world that pulled me through to the end. I can't wait to see how everything gets wrapped up in the 3rd book, Believer!!
In this book we not only get to see Igneous' softer side, but also see how he confronts Leira when he finds her in his secret tunnels torturing the already dying Hope.
I was excited as Mariah and Pony fell in love then heartbroken for Pony as he witnessed his first and only love destroyed and the resurrected again.
It was an adventure to learn several of the character's true and new identities were revealed. No matter how small in size or how dark your past has been, there's no stopping someone from saving the world or to be completely forgiven by even those you hurt the most.
The characters all had believable and distinct personalities in a well written world that pulled me through to the end. I can't wait to see how everything gets wrapped up in the 3rd book, Believer!!
December 8, 2018
The characters continue to be interesting in this second installment but the religious undertones became a lot more obvious. It feels a lot more preachy compared to the first book. It is still well written and engaging just not my cup of tea.
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