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  Curse of the Spider King - Hardcover
Curse of the Spider King: Wayne Batson & Christopher Hopper


 
Thomas Nelson Publishers 2009

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Author: Wayne Batson
Series: Berinfell Prophecies

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The Seven succeeding Elven Lords of Allyra are dead, lost in the Siege of Berinfell as babes. At least that's what everyone thinks. With a glimmer of hope, sentinels are now sent to see if they are alive. But the ruling warlord of Allyra, the Spider King, has sent his own scouts to hunt down the Seven and finish the job.

Fantasy. Mystery. Action. Humor. Parents, teachers, and librarians will no longer have to push kids to read-"The Berinfell Prophesies" will engage intermediate readers and leave them clamoring for more.

The Seven succeeding Elven Lords of Allyra were dead, lost in the Siege of Berinfell as babes. At least that's what everyone thought until tremors from a distant world known as Earth, revealed strange signs that Elven blood lived among its peoples. With a glimmer of hope in their hearts, sentinels are sent to see if the signs are true. But theirs is not a lone errand. The ruling warlord of Allyra, the Spider King, has sent his own scouts to hunt down the Seven and finish the job they failed to complete many ages ago.

Now 13-year-olds on the brink of the Age of Reckoning when their Elven gifts will be manifest, discover the unthinkable truth that their adoptive families are not their only kin. With mysterious Sentinels revealing breathtaking secrets of the past, and dark strangers haunting their every move, will the young Elf Lords find the way back to the home of their birth? Worlds and races collide as the forces of good and evil battle. Will anyone escape "the Curse of the Spider King"?

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  • Series - Berinfell Prophecies
  • Author - "Wayne Batson & Christopher Hopper"
  • Publisher - Thomas Nelson Publishers
  • Published - 11/2009
  • Binding - Hardcover
  • Pages - 372
  • Size - "1.28" H x 9.38" L x 6.34" W"
  • Weight - 1lbs 8oz
  • Subject - "Children's Books, Children's Fiction, General"
  • Target Age Group - 09 to 12


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Curse of the Spider King February 8, 2012
Reviewer: Keeneye from Northern, KY  
Heed the prophecies all you readers out there. I'm sure by now you've scanned reviews and heard the echoes of the impact this book is making. I am 15 years old and devour all kinds of fantasy, secular and Christian, adult and teen works. To start, this book proved itself worthy to sit on the number one spot of my "Best Modern Fantasy" list. At least until its sequel is released. Curse of the Spider King is NOT your average "two worlds" novel. This isn't the type of story where children wander into another world and are instantly filled with unlikely courage and save the day. Quite the contrary. This is the story where realistic teens with hurting and burdensome hearts are faced with an impossible task (yes, quite impossible and learn two words--Endurance and Victory. Be prepared when you read this book for a large cast of characters, characters with distinct personalities and histories, deep characters, and be prepared to fall in love with them. Be prepared to read this book and forget about everything else save it. I have never felt the sensation of "not being able to put a book down" until I read this book. And I have read everything from Eragon to Shannara to Dragons In Our Midst. This book easily tops them all. And better yet, it lays the groundwork for an exciting series to come. The world of Allyra is a world you do not want to forget, and you do not want to miss out on. Wayne Batson and Christopher Hopper have successfully combined their voices into one and written a beautiful book. Honorable adults, courageous characters, a loving almighty God. Hair raising battle scenes and repulsing spiders. Evil villians and mystery wrought within. And one insanely intriguing story-line, I'm still putting pieces together. And I'm loving it! You will love this book.

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Curse of the Spider King February 8, 2012
Reviewer: Whisper from the World  
This book is very good. The characters are, in many ways, extremely unique and easy to relate to. The Seven Lords come from diverse backgrounds and have enjoyable hobbies, quirks, homes and families. The book is chockablock with humor, mystery, and cliffhangers, and by almost all standards clean. However, the only reason I gave this book just four stars is because I think that the writing style was at times unclear and there a were few grammar issues that I found distracting. Nonetheless, I would consider this book a worthy read. -whisper

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Curse of the Spider King February 8, 2012
Reviewer: Adele from St. Louis, MO  
The Curse of the Spider King has got to be one of THE BEST Young Adult books out there!   When I read this book, I was very impressed by the way authors Wayne Thomas Batson & Christopher Hopper handled the characters; excellent, believable, and fun.   Who would think of Kat, a girl who has 'poly'–something that turns the skin blue—as an elf from another world?   How do yu describe the no-end of coolness of Jett, a young football dude, healing completely up after a 'fatal' crash on a dirt bike?   Or his sudden discovery, shortly before the event, that his eyes have mysteriously turned violet?   Well, he's an elf, and there you are ...   But this book can be creepy too.   I literally had NIGHTMARES after reading the part where young Tommy is going through an abandoned asylum for the 'criminally insane'—too scaryyyy!!   Or when Kiri Lee, the talented young violinist, comes home to her apartment and finds her parents gone and 'wisps' in their place?   That was pretty perilous ...  So all in all, it's a great book, and besides the fact that the adopted non-elf parents of the kids should be much more involved, I think you will really find The Curse of the Spider King cool to the highest degree.

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Curse of the Spider King February 8, 2012
Reviewer: Christian Miles from Madison, Wisconsin  
Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper deliver a compelling tale in their first co-authored book of a new series, The Berinfell Prophecies. Seven teens learn a special secret about their ancestry that leads them into an action-filled series of events culminating in a high-stakes battle complete with warspiders, drefids, and, of course, elves. To tell you the truth, I was glued to this book by the time I hit Page 10. As I write this, the book sits next to me, begging to be read again. That's just the type of story it is, the kind that makes your palms itch for more. The craftsmanship could've been better. It was like the authors knew they only had so many pages they could write and thus didn't totally submerge themselves into their characters. And there were several characters. Between the 370 pages are 7 main protagonists, all teens, and each of them follow the same basic storyline. To truly do justice to the plot and characters, Curse of the Spider King would've had to have been 800 pages long. Nevertheless, I'm hooked. The next book, Venom & Song, can't come out fast enough.

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Curse of the Spider King February 8, 2012
Reviewer: Ryan Paige Howard from Northern California  
What did I think of Curse of the Spider King? Will... I loved it. A whole new world, with great characters that you can relate too, the best and I mean best creepiest bad guys you could possibly think of... one being spiders, yikes, tons of action that easily plays out like a movie in your mind, and an intriguing story that I'm sure is going to get even more interesting as the series progresses ... need I say more? I was not confused with any of the characters... not once, which surprised me considering there were seven main characters and many others. I truly don't have anything bad to say about this book... really I don't... cant think of anything. It's a nice easy flowing read and I would highly recommend it to anyone.

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