Skylanders Universe: Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen

The Mask of Power #3

by Onk Beakman (Fictional Author)

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Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen is the third book in an ongoing Mask of Power series of original novels set in the Skylanders universe. These all-new stories feature favorite characters from all the Skylanders games.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2013

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

[Deondrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. Skylanders was a key part of my childhood. I want it to come back someday.

[Gavin Lezark · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a pretty good book. Although, it was kind of short and at times it could be confusing.

[Lucy]

find out a warrior librarian is working for Kaos.

[Mender · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars. Again, this series has a lot more to offer than a lot of these mass marketing projects. The characters have their own personalities, there's humour, there's quests and things can be surprising and well thought out. I liked it. But I am currently knee deep in skylanders and could really use a break from having to read about them too. I'd have to play spyro's adventure to know if this is an original story or just fleshing out the game's storyline. It feels original.

And god, compared to the banality that was the Ninja Turtles book (or worse, the angry birds transformer books which literally just tell you more about the characters and don't even bother with a story) this is high literature.