Jack Staples and The Poet’s Storm
Mark Batterson and Joel N. Clark
David C. Cook, Jun 1 2015, $14.99
ISBN: 9781434707321
So much has happened in a very short
time to the three young friends since the scales fell from their eyes; enabling
newly Awakened Jack Staples, Alexia Dreager and Arthur Greaves to truly
see. Their elderly teacher Mrs. Dumphry
informed Jack and Alexia that each is The Child of Prophecy who will lead the
Awakened against the Assassin and his horde; and that Arthur is the Lightning
Dancer (see Jack Staples and the Ring Of Time).
Barely escaping on flying animals from
the City of Shadows (see Jack Staples and the City of Shadows), the trio, their
mentor and dwindling allies have no time to rest as the Assassin, his horde of
10,000 troops and the rapidly expanding Darkness pursue them. A short respite at an oasis ends with their
hosts fleeing or transforming into evil when the Darkness engulfs the locale as
fawn and fauna must choose between the Assassin and the Author. Losing all faith in winning the Last Battle,
mentally and physically exhausted Jack teeters on the brink of surrender. His sister Alexia struggles with guilt for
leaving behind in the City of Shadows her Gang of Rogues friends and an
obsession to rescue her mom whom she though was dead. Only Arthur having taken the critical Poet’s
Coffer from the Assassin provides a glimmer of hope.
The final Jack Staples (Alexia Dreager and Arthur Greaves) saga provides a stunning
finish to an excellent Christian good and evil fantasy. Fast-paced throughout the tremendous trilogy,
tweeners will anticipate the High Noon showdown between the Author and the
Assassin while wondering which of the Children of Prophecy will go dark.
Harriet Klausner
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