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Zarkora, a city lost to darkness, a ruthless enemy and two brothers on an impossible quest to save their little sister. The Fyrelit Tragedy by the brother-sister team Nicholas and Alison Lochel is the first of four books in the Zarkora series.
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The young Fyrelit siblings—brothers Neleik and Ervine and their younger sister, Skye—live together on their family farm a decade after losing their parents. During a fateful trip to the town market, Sky is kidnapped and her brothers resolve to go on a quest to rescue her.
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Neleik and Ervine plunge headlong into one dangerous encounter after another, involving, among other things, swordplay, dragons, the fallen city of Zarkora and a world-shaking war. Risking death again and again as they search for Skye, the Fyrelit boys discover that they have a destiny that lies far beyond their farm.
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The story has everything that young fantasy fans have come to expect: quests, taverns, vast landscapes, the aforementioned dragons and, of course, multivolume storytelling. The book includes a map of the land of Fynaglade, appendices detailing the world’s currency and astrological signs, and a glossary of names and terms
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The worldbuilding is professionally and expertly done; the text is even amusingly sprinkled with an invented (and therefore harmless) curse word native to the people of the story, 'bhark'. The Lochels do an incredible job of depicting edgy Neleik, calm Ervine and good-natured Skye, and readers will find them sympathetic and complex
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Other characters, friendly and unfriendly, are also vibrantly portrayed. Sadly, the writing often lets the story down, with too many words, stumbling over passages, or just awkwardness taking me out of the moment.
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I also found the speed with which the brothers’ first two companions joined them, and their lack of thought, didn’t make sense – particularly the girl
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However that didn't affect my opinion too much because overall the story and order of events were very carefully organised to ensure to reader had experienced the book as much as possible.
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I would recommend this book to all kids from ages 9-14. There was a hidden message in the story, if you fall over don't let life stop you from getting back up. Overall this is an excellent book to read and I will rate it 4/5, but beware once you pick it up your gonna need help putting it back down.
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