Genre: Adventure /
Fantasy
Publication
Date:
2005
Number of
Pages:
508
Geographical
Setting: Present day (2005) France / Medieval (1205) Aquitaine
Serie:
First in Languedoc Trilogy
Plot Summary: Alice is our present day character and Alaïs is from 1205 Aquitaine. Alice is unwittingly drawn into a mystery of monumental importance to her past and future. She has always had dreams of Alaïs not knowing who she is, assuming that it is herself staged in a time period during the middle ages. When Alice stumbles on a cave with a ring and labyrinth during an archeological dig as a volunteer, things start to spin out of control and seemingly—time. The reader is thrown from one time to another wondering how it is all going to come together and how the two characters are connected. While people around them (Alice and Alaïs) are disappearing or killed they are each in danger as they discover treachery and narrowly miss their own demise. Not knowing whom to trust, each must trust her instincts as she tries to conquer evil and her own fears.
What makes this
book an Adventure?
· Individual(s) overcoming challenges for a moral purpose
· Foreboding and danger around every corner
· Setting is in exotic places
Appeal:
Pacing—Compelling. Readers are drawn to read further in order to
find out how the heroines get out of sticky and/or dangerous situations.
Tone/Frame—Mystical,
exotic, and dark. The novel borders on
fantasy as the storyline travels between two different time periods. Battles, destruction, and death surround the
characters as they fight their way through to a victory over evil.
Style—Complex
and detailed. While the setting varies
between two different time periods, the author uses appropriate and detailed
setting, characterization, and language to engage the reader.
Read Alikes--
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| Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell **Detailed, fast paced, suspenseful, historical fiction |
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| Green Darkness by Anya Setoff **Time Travel of heroine into exotic Europe |
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| Outlander by Diana Gabaldon **Fast paced, time travel, historical fiction suspenseful |
I have been wanting to read Outlander for some time, and your annotation has made me interested in this book as well. Did you enjoy this book? Do you want to continue this series?
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