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Reviewer: Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258
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April 9, 2014
Treks and Tricks Galore in Lee Duigon's New Bell Mountain Book, The Palace
A Review of
Lee Duigon The Palace[Book 6 of the Bell Mountain Series] (Storehouse Press, 2013)
321 pp $18.00 ISBN: 978-1-891375-64-4
Reviewer: Forrest W. Schultz
If I were to sing, instead of write, this review, the first verse would be "whole lotta trekkin' goin' on" followed by a second verse "whole lotta trickin' goin' on". Read it and see if you can make up an appropriate third verse. The trekkin' is similar to the treks in the previous stories -- military movements, abductions, people sneaking around, and the like. What really stands out in this, most recent, Bell Mountain book is the two examples of "trickin". The bad guys keep talking about a Thunder King (who actually does not exist), who supposedly is ordering them to do certain things and send (in his name) various decrees. And the good King, Ryons, who actually does exist, has two people impersonating him, leading us to say, as they used to on that famous TV show from days of yore, "Will The Real King Ryons please stand up??!!".
As with the previous stories, this one moves along with fast-paced exciting action and dialogue and is suffused with various Biblical principles and analogies. And, as with the others, it is written for juvenile readers but is also interesting, perhaps even more so, for teen and adult readers. Jack and Ellayne are back, and it has now been two years since the beginning of their adventure and some time is spent by them looking back over them. The picture on the front cover shows Jack's most hair-raising experience in this tale, climbing up the outside wall of a palace to escape from the room in which he was being imprisoned.
I highly recommend this story as I have the previous ones. Information on the author is available on his website http://www.leeduigon.com./
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