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The Wrekening: An Ancient Mirrors Tale
by Jayel Gibson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Synergy Books (2006-09-01)
ISBN: 1933538309
EAN: 9781933538303
Dewey Decimal #: 813.6
Binding/Media: Paperback - 428 pages
SKU: 070320090858
Condition: Fine
Comments: 1933538309 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In The Wrekening, an ancient evil is discovered lying deep beneath the earth, waiting to be awakened by those possessing the Wreken wyrm shards. When the Dragon Queen of Aedracmorae and her Guardians realize the shards must be recovered before they fall into the wrong hands; they turn to Cwen of Aaradan, fierce warrior and estranged daughter of the Guardian Nall. Cwen reluctantly agrees, and she and her band of renegades set off on a perilous quest to reclaim the lost shards. Cwen s male companions, Talin, Caen, and Brengven the Feie wizard, journey with her on an adventure that tests both strength and honor. Cwen, who submits to no man, is endlessly pursued by Caen, a thief by trade, who truly cares for her. However, Cwen's own inner-demons prove more difficult to overcome than any dragon or thralax creature the group of friends encounter. In this tale of magick, adventure, romance and deceit, the fate of Aedracmorae hangs in the balance.
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Customer Reviews
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Fantasy
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-08-27
Cwen, Caen, Talin, Klead and a Feie are on a quest to dangerous holding places of the shards in hopes of saving Aedracmorae from destruction. Each character has their own story, Cwen's by far is the most interesting. She has denied being a Guardian, she no longer speaks to her mother and father because of a misunderstood past on both parts, and she has hardened herself against men.
Trust is hard for Cwen, but she must learn that she needs it to survive and complete the task. Faced with death many times, the group continues to each point of location in hopes of getting the shards and getting them returned to the Queen so that they can be destroyed; for there are evil stone armies that lie in wait beneath the earth that someone is trying to raise to destroy everything that is Aedracmorae. A young lady with a hardened heart finally found a man worthy of her, only to be separated by death.
Jayel Gibson's, The Wreckening is the second book in her Ancient Mirrors series. This young adult book is full of mystical creatures, emotions, and fantasy that will transport young and old readers into a different exciting world. 5 Hearts
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Better Than the First
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-06-10
In a cavern beneath the island of Réver, Brengven the Feie stumbles upon a horde of stone soldiers known as the G'lm. Anyone in control of this army can easily take over Ædracmoræ. To prevent this from happening, Yávië, Queen of Ædracmoræ seeks to destroy the heard shards of a Great Wyrm, which give life to the stone armies. Unfortunately, sending one of her Guardians would be too obvious and cause certain evil characters to search for the shards too. Their only hope lies with Cwen, the rebellious daughter of the Guardian Nall.
As Cwen is very stubborn and independent, she is reluctant to accept the quest. However, she does, and she along with her friend Talin, a thief Caen, and the feie Brengven soon embark on an epic adventure in search of the thirteen Wyrm shards. During this quest, Cwen encounters old enemies, fights other unsavory characters, finds new allies, and even falls in love. There is no shortage of excitement or adventure throughout this long novel.
While the beginning of the story is a little confusing with the unfamiliar place names and characters, the reader soon becomes accustomed to them as the most important ones are repeated often. I was pleasantly surprised that a story this long continued to hold my interest the entire way through. The ending was a little abrupt, but I look forward to a partial continuation of Cwen's story in later novels. I appreciated the extensive characterization of Cwen, who shows herself to be more than an arrogant and headstrong girl, and how the insight into the other characters' minds was not overdone.
On the surface, The Wreckening appears to be a fantasy adventure, but it is so much more. Jayel Gibson is a truly talented writer. Though it is long, it never becomes too confusing with the plot and subplots. This is the second book in the Ancient Mirrors fantasy series. It can stand alone, but I do recommend reading the first book in the series, Dragon Queen, before reading The Wreckening as it does make the story easier to understand.
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A fire-breathing fantasy
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-05
Reviewed by Ian McCurley (age 13) for Reader Views (4/07)
"The Wrekening" begins as the Feie named Brengven is searching for a meal and stumbles upon a cavern full of demonic stone soldiers. Opening a rift, he hurries to the fortress of the House of Aaradan where Yavie, the Dragon Queen, and her husband Sorel live with Yavie's Guardians. Hearing the news of the discovery of the army and using the knowledge of the Ancient wizard, Grumblton, they decide that something must be done to collect and destroy the Wreken Shards, the heart shards of the Wreken Wyrms, or stubstrata dragons. Knowing that sending guardians would draw too much attention, they call upon the help of Nall and Naere's estranged daughter, Cwen and her friend Talin. At first they refuse, but Brengven, who was sent to convince them, finally succeeds after Caen, who has been good-naturedly stalking Cwen, gets shot by her. The Feie uses Caen, who is somewhat of a rogue, to convince her by saying that he will take Caen on the quest and that she is too weak to complete the quest. In the end, all three of them accompany Brengven. Several days later, they are traveling through Spire Canyon when Cwen is captured by the Thralax, an intelligent, gorilla-like monster. Just as Cwen is escaping on her own, Caen and Talin come to rescue her and nearly kill the Thralax. Cwen saves it by way of a blood oath, and it is forever sworn to protect her. She steals its vast wealth and continues towards the first of the 13 Wreken Shards. After Cwen and her group have collected the first and several other Wreken Shards, they get news that one town has already been attacked by a dark army set free from an underground cavern by an evil enchantress. When Nall comes to tell them to "speed up", he is nearly killed by Cwen, but nevertheless, they hasten in their task as more armies are awakened and more towns are destroyed. As Caen tries to worm his way into Cwen's heart, Klaed, the son of a councilman who like Cwen and Talin refused to be guardians, shows up and vies for Cwen's affections. Can Cwen and her friends recover and destroy all the Wreken Shards before Aedracmorae is destroyed?
In this second book of the Ancient Mirror series, Jayel Gibson not only writes well, but also draws the reader in to this mesmerizing story. "The Wrekening" is a book for teens that would enjoy reading about fantasy, dragons and dark armies.
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All in All, It Was Just Fun
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-11-27
The story: A young woman at odds with family, friends and self comes of age while reluctantly leading a quest for Wreken wyrm heart shards believed to control an ancient army threatening the realm of the Dragon Queen.
Although this story appears at first glance to be nothing more than a fantasy action adventure, it is really a story of overcoming adversity and learning how to be a friend. The main character is Cwen, a girl acting out in fear and anger, who finds it difficult to trust in others and believes that her society's rules will only serve to tie her down and steal her freedom. Within Cwen's crippling, self-destructive moods are glimpses of a fierce protectiveness for a childhood friend and moments of softness that hold out hope for her healing and wholeness. THE WREKENING is a story that anyone who is, or has ever been, a rebellious young person butting heads with a parent due to a failure to communicate can identify with. It is ripe with moments of delight over the author's obvious sense of humor and wonder over her skill at creating environments that assault the senses and contain unusual creatures, such as a sasquatch-like giant, endearing downy fliers and plants with decidedly vampiristic tendencies.
This is a story with enough action to capture and hold the reader's attention, while it deals with the dangers and frustrations of growing up and finding one's place in a less than perfect world. It is sure to please those who enjoy a good old fashioned sword and sorcery, quest driven story with a touch of Celtic flavor.
All in all, it was just fun.
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Dynamite fantasy
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-10-24
10 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
Niece to the Dragon Queen Yavie and daughter of one of the Guardians, Cwen of Aaradan is estranged from her family as they condemn her as evil for having been captured and raped by their enemies. She, in turn, rejects anything related to her heritage even the magic she can employ as she leaves her home behind.
However, her Aunt the Queen is worried with open hostilities already killing many. Yavie has learned that the enemy is plotting to gather the thirteen ancient crystal shards invented by the Wyrms that are scattered throughout their world. Though created by the ancient and long since vanished Wyrms to protect the world from evil; the plot calls for using the crystal to raise an invincible unit of underground stone soldiers. The Queen sends her niece and four companions (Talin, Caen, Brengven and Klaed) to prevent that from happening.
On the surface , THE WREKENING will sound somewhat similar to the Tolkien tales (which in turn paid homage to Beowulf), but has a freshness of its own due to the heroine, who leads her band on the quest, while coming of age during the adventure. Cwen makes the tale as, in spite of loathing her mother Nall who condemns her as being weak and her people who assume she is tainted, she accepts her Aunt Yavie's mission to save their world. Her fellow travelers are fully developed and in subtler ways coming of age too especially her best friend Talin. Fantasy readers will appreciate this fine Ancient Mirrors saga.
Harriet Klausner
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