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Karazan Quartet #3

by V.M. Jones

Matron's behind bars, Cook's in charge, and life's finally looking good to Adam Equinox. Too good to last . . . Matron's behind bars, Cook's in charge, and life's finally looking good to Adam Equinox. too good to last. there's someone new behind the closed door of Matron's office. And he has plans for Highgate . . . plans that will bring Adam's world crashing down around his ears. Face to face with harsh reality, Adam feels as if his adventures in the fantasy world of Karazan happened a lifetime ago. But a mistake made behind the distant walls of Shakesh will soon have consequences more terrible than he and his four friends can ever imagine. the five are reunited at Quested Court for the release of Quentin Quested's final computer game, Power Quest to Karazan - and then the unthinkable happens. the simple flick of a switch triggers a cryptic message that can only be from one person. Evil King Karazeel has somehow found a way of hooking into the computer system at Quested Court - and computer games have become war games. King Karazeel must be overthrown before it's too late. But there's only one person who can defeat him: Zephyr, the Lost Prince of the Wind. that's if he really exists, and if the five friends are able to find him ...

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Young Adult, Fiction, Adventure

316 pages, Paperback

First published September 7, 2006

Reviews

[Maddie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one as well :D Still doesn't trump the first one, but does trump the second :) This one went back to the same kind of setup as #1, with the puzzles they had to figure out to find where Zephyr was hiding. I liked them getting Blue-bum back, and the whole history thing going on. I really hope the whole thing with them healing Danon's daughter comes back. Probably will in the next book, when they probably need an army to beat Karazeel.
I'm a little disappointed that this book took me 2 days, but I also know that was out of my hands, what with uni and everything. I am so happy to have been able to continue the series I've been thinking about since primary school, when my teacher read me the first one. Great to see the development :D

[Dana Cristiana · Rating 4 out of 5]

That twisty ending, I love it!

4 stars for the third book in the Karazan quartet: The Prince of the Wind.
Half way through towards the end is a little more like a filler of what's to come, but the mysterious journal keeps the reader interested to know more.

Onto re-reading the fourth and last one, my fave in the series.

[Josephine S]

I read this as a kid and loved it - reread it recently and found it held up surprisingly well.

[Anne Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Can I have that when you're finished with it, miss...?"

I was carrying around one of the books in The Karazan Quartet one day while I was doing playground duty in the schoolyard. Four different kids tried to steal the novel from me in the space of ten minutes. There are two copies of the entire series in the school library but they're never on the shelves long.

Ok, it's a book in which the hero is an orphan. I'd had a few too many at the time, so I was a bit dubious. However, Victoria Jones had some surprises in store for me.

Adam Equinox is an orphan who lives in a home where the matron is cooking the books and skimming off funds. He fills out a coupon and wins a trip to Quested Court where the inventor of a best-selling computer game explains that the world inside the game has become real. He then begs for help. His daughter, who is dying, needs a life-giving elixir from the world of Karazan.

There's just one or two quirky problems with the reality of Karazan: it only lets children through to it, not adults. Oh, and it's evolving. Just because the kids entering the world from 'outside' know the game inside out, doesn't mean they know the real world of Karazan.

This very likeable series seems utterly predictable at times - but fortunately, it isn't.

The slimy computer hacker who makes Adam's life miserable and turns into Bluebum, the monkey-like chatterbot, is by far the most interesting character. I was never in the least convinced that Adam or any of his friends were in danger. The chatterbot however did seem to be in genuine peril when captured by the vicious king and his advisor.

A couple of plot twists save the series from sinking into unrelieved warm fuzziness. I enjoyed the series immensely and found some aspects of the plot quite impressively convoluted.

[Tomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a wonderful sequel about computer games, portals, evil kings, possibly dragons, princes, monsters, chatterbots, kingdoms, faceless creatures, quick sand, mean teachers and a whole heap of danger!

[Waidz Cassidy · Rating 5 out of 5]

best 1 yet cant wait to read the quest for the sun