Skylanders Universe: Cynder Confronts the Weather Wizard

The Mask of Power #5

by Onk Beakman (Fictional Author)

The Skylanders are back!

Cynder Confronts the Weather Wizard is the fifth book in the ongoing Mask of Power series of original novels set in the Skylanders universe. In this book, Cynder travels to the Isle of the Undead to find out why storm clouds are gathering over the Cloudless Desert.

Genres: Fantasy

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2014

About the author

Onk Beakman knew he wanted to be a world-famous author from the moment he was hatched. In fact, the book-loving penguin was so keen that he wrote his first novel, while still inside his egg (to this day, nobody is entirely sure where he got the tiny pencil and notebook from). Growing up on the icy wastes of Skylands' Frozen Desert was difficult for a penquin who hated the cold. While his brothers plunged into the freezing waters, Onk could be found with his beak in a book and a pen clutched in his flippers.

Yet his life changed forever when a giant floating head appeared in the skies above the tundra. It was Kaos, attempting to melt the icecaps so he could get his grubby little hands on an ancient weapon buried beneath the snow. Onk watched open-beaked as Spyro swept in and sent the evil Portal Master packing. From that day on, Onk knew that he must chronicle the Skylanders' greatest adventures. He traveled the length and breadth of Skylands, collecting every tale he could find about Master Eon's brave champions.

Today, Onk writes from a shack on the beautiful sands of Bistering Beach, where he lives with his two pet sea cucumbers.

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honest take on Skylanders Mask of Power: I admire what it's trying to do more than how it does it. Onk Beakman takes on a huge theme, how a town reckons with a shameful chapter of its own past, and the scene at the memorial dedication, where nobody can quite look at the plaque, is powerful. But the story piles on too many voices, and I kept losing the thread. For readers who like big, serious books and don't mind effort. Skip it if you want something clean and focused.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straight up, Skylanders Mask of Power: Cynder Confronts the Weather Wizard: Book 5 is a book you argue with in the shower three days later. Onk Beakman leaves just enough room for you to disagree, and that's what makes it stick. Good for people who like to chew on a question, bad for anyone who wants a neat answer.