Los Truhanes 2. Guardianes secretos (LITERATURA JUVENIL - Narrativa juvenil)

The Rogues #2

by Lian Tanner, Jaime Valero (Translator)

Segunda entrega de la trilogía "Los Truhanes". Mientras Ánade y Collejo escoltan al joven marqués hasta un lugar seguro, lejos de los peligros de la Fortaleza, los enemigos acechan por todas partes. No tardarán en ser capturados y conducidos a las minas de sal, donde los esclavos trabajan día y noche hasta morir.
Su brujería debería salvarlos..., pero ha desaparecido, les ha abandonado. ¿Cómo conseguirán recuperarla? Y esa niña, Sooli, ¿es amiga o enemiga? ¿Pueden siquiera seguir confiando los unos en los otros? ¿Y por qué la gallina de Otte se comporta de un modo tan extraño?
Mientras tanto, el Corrupio ha logrado salir de la Fortaleza y está siguiendo su rastro...

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2018

About the author

Lian Tanner has been dynamited while scuba diving and arrested while busking. She once spent a week in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, hunting for a Japanese soldier left over from the Second World War. She likes secrets, old bones, and animals that are not what they seem. Nowadays she lives by the beach in southern Tasmania.

Lian's bestselling fantasy series The Keepers won two Aurealis Awards for Best Australian Children's Fantasy and has been translated into eleven languages. Her second series, The Hidden, has been published in Australia/New Zealand and North America. Lian's third series, The Rogues, is set in the same world as The Keepers, and has been translated into Spanish.

Lian's first picture book 'Ella and the Ocean' (illustrated by Jonathan Bentley) won the 2020 NSW Premier's Award for Children's Literature and the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Award for Children's Books. A Clue for Clara won the 2021 Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for Best Children's Crime Novel, and its sequel, Rita's Revenge, was shortlisted for the 2022 NSW Premier's Award for Children's Literature.

Reviews

[Mandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Started and finished in 2 days - The Secret Guardians (The Rogues #2 of a trilogy), by Lian Tanner.

Science fiction/Fantasy for children. Good guys, bad guys, magic powers, children running from bad guys. There is death in the book. I would have no problem reading this out loud to Grant. However old you were when you read Harry Potter, you can be younger than that to read this. She publishes in New Zealand/Australia, so I ordered it from the publisher because I was tired of waiting for it to get to the U.S.. Book #3 has not been released yet.

She wrote another trilogy that has been released in the U.S. that I would recommend to all parents and adults: The Keepers trilogy, starting with Museum of Thieves. That's what got me hooked. Definitely recommend.

[Jackie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wooooeeee! Lian Tanner knows how to write a good story for all ages!! Another excellent book. Can't wait to finish the trilogy. Get these ROGUE books for your kids!!

[Rhyllis Bignell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lian Tanner’s exciting fantasy adventure series continues with ‘Secret Guardians.’ She builds a world where evil forces are ever present, danger lurks in the forest and magical talents are needed to traverse the difficult times ahead. Her detailed narrative takes us into challenging places with child slaves imprisoned in the salt mines and the Stronghold, a fortress where the malevolent Harshman draws strength from the blood of his felled victims.

This second novel takes place immediately after a magical escape from the Stronghold. Disguised as a travelling troupe of actors, Lord Rump, granddaughter Duckling, Pummel the farm boy and Arms Mistress Krieg have fled with one-legged Otte the real heir of the kingdom. Pummel and Duckling are learning to use their magical gifts, the power of the wind and the raashk the secret cover of invisibility. Old Lady Skint and her henchman are on their trail determined to capture them and claim the reward for the return of the Young Margrave. They trade in human flesh, selling children and adults to work in the salt mines,

The oppressive conditions the children are forced to endure, hard labour, little food or water even sleeping underground is confronting. Duckling, Pummel and Otte learn to rely on each other and help the others. Sooli a SAAF girl, leads and protects the youngsters, she too has magical powers and is quietly plotting an escape. Plots and subplots, tests and trials, friends choosing their own paths, ghosts in the hidden tunnels and dreams foretelling the future heighten the tension and drive the pace. For comic relief, Frow Cat and Otte’s talking chicken assist with their plans and help with their escape.

‘Secret Guardians’ delivers strong and quirky characters learning to make their way in this magical world. Tanner’s junior novel is suited to confident readers who will discover how the fight of good and evil occurs in this magical kingdom.

[H.M. Waugh]

A fab second book. I mean, the chicken was awesome! It's hard enough trying to help save the world without having earwigs distract you!
Great characters, vivid world, clever incorporation of themes about right and wrong and how to treat others. Horribly awesome bad guy ... . Perfect for MG readers right from the lower ages up.

[Sherry Mackay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fabulous book from this author. Im a fair whack older than the target audience but I still really enjoyed this one. And who can resist an amazing quirky chicken as one of the important characters? Not me.

[RosauraRaccone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ohh!! Qué repunte que ha pegado esta historia! Lo que empezó como un cuento de truhanes intentando estafar a un pueblo congelado en el tiempo se ha convertido en un terrorífico relato de zombies, brujas y cosas escalofriantes... muy escalofriantes.