The Dragon's Apprentice
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The Dragon's Apprentice written by James A. Owen
is the fifth book in the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, which was released in the United States on the 19th of October, 2010.
The beginning of the book takes place a few days after the end of the previous book, 'The Shadow Dragons', in 1943. It has been seven years since either of the three Caretakers has been in the Archipelago of Dreams and the Summer Country is embroiled in World War II. The Caretakers return and are faced with an issue, the Keep of Time has finally disintegrated and as a result, time has unravelled. Earlier, Rose has a strange visitor in the night instructing her to find the Samaranth's apprentice, ask the dragon a riddle and save the Archipelago from the Echthroi, the primordial shadow. The trumps no longer work and the Anabasis Machines cannot cling onto any Zero points;the Caretakers must find a way to cross the Frontier and return to the Summer Country. Although John, Jack and Charles succeed and return to 1943, the Nameless Isles are ripped apart from the Archipelago and Tamerlane House, along with all of its inhabitants, are transported to 1945 and are now attached to Oxford. The Caretaker Emeritis meet a distraught John and Jack and learn that Charles died two weeks earlier.
John, Jack, Fred, the Tin Man, Laura Glue, Richard Burton, Harry Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle and the mysterious End of Time travel to Avalon and the Archipelago but discover that it is in ruins and that two thousand years have passed in the Archipelago of Dreams. At Paralon, they meet a little boy named Coal, the last of Arthur's descendents, and the group of animals protecting him. From a dear friend, they learn of what has happened over the last two thousand years and what their quest is. Unfortunately, they also farewell this friend but she is finally at rest. As the dark star Rao approaches, they go through a door from the Keep of Time; the same one that was given to Madoc. They find themselves in 1700s London.
With no Caretakers in London at the time, the Caretakers and company are alone in London with a cohort of animals and a six-year-old boy from the future. However, they meet a young man named Edmund McGee after he stole the 'Geographica' from them. He leads them to his master, a mysterious figure called 'the Doctor'.
Together, they succeed in returning to their own time, finding the Dragon's Apprentice and asking the Dragon the riddle. They at last know what needs to be done; unite the worlds and find the indentity of the Architect of the Keep of Time. However this comes at a great cost. Coal is lost in time...and the Echthroi still lingers...
Friends will die, one will be redeemed, a Zero point will be created...
It is time for the adventure to begin.
James A. Owen
James A. Owen is an American comic book creator, publisher and writer. He is best known for his creator-owned comic book series Starchild and as the author of The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica novel series, that began with Here, There Be Dragons in 2006.-Life and career:Owen...
is the fifth book in the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, which was released in the United States on the 19th of October, 2010.
The beginning of the book takes place a few days after the end of the previous book, 'The Shadow Dragons', in 1943. It has been seven years since either of the three Caretakers has been in the Archipelago of Dreams and the Summer Country is embroiled in World War II. The Caretakers return and are faced with an issue, the Keep of Time has finally disintegrated and as a result, time has unravelled. Earlier, Rose has a strange visitor in the night instructing her to find the Samaranth's apprentice, ask the dragon a riddle and save the Archipelago from the Echthroi, the primordial shadow. The trumps no longer work and the Anabasis Machines cannot cling onto any Zero points;the Caretakers must find a way to cross the Frontier and return to the Summer Country. Although John, Jack and Charles succeed and return to 1943, the Nameless Isles are ripped apart from the Archipelago and Tamerlane House, along with all of its inhabitants, are transported to 1945 and are now attached to Oxford. The Caretaker Emeritis meet a distraught John and Jack and learn that Charles died two weeks earlier.
John, Jack, Fred, the Tin Man, Laura Glue, Richard Burton, Harry Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle and the mysterious End of Time travel to Avalon and the Archipelago but discover that it is in ruins and that two thousand years have passed in the Archipelago of Dreams. At Paralon, they meet a little boy named Coal, the last of Arthur's descendents, and the group of animals protecting him. From a dear friend, they learn of what has happened over the last two thousand years and what their quest is. Unfortunately, they also farewell this friend but she is finally at rest. As the dark star Rao approaches, they go through a door from the Keep of Time; the same one that was given to Madoc. They find themselves in 1700s London.
With no Caretakers in London at the time, the Caretakers and company are alone in London with a cohort of animals and a six-year-old boy from the future. However, they meet a young man named Edmund McGee after he stole the 'Geographica' from them. He leads them to his master, a mysterious figure called 'the Doctor'.
Together, they succeed in returning to their own time, finding the Dragon's Apprentice and asking the Dragon the riddle. They at last know what needs to be done; unite the worlds and find the indentity of the Architect of the Keep of Time. However this comes at a great cost. Coal is lost in time...and the Echthroi still lingers...
Friends will die, one will be redeemed, a Zero point will be created...
It is time for the adventure to begin.