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Echo McCool, Outlaw Through Time [Kindle Edition]

Roger K. Driscoll
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)

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Product Description

Product Description

Echo McCool is a magical, medieval girl with attitude. Don’t get on the wrong end of her jump kicks, flick-flaks and open-palm strikes. In her own time, Echo escapes death from a poisoned arrow and hides inside a hollow oak tree. She lies dormant for hundreds of years but in the present day she is awakened by Jason Fleeting, a twelve-year-old runaway from a children’s home. Together they set out to solve the murder of Jason’s mother and to rescue his kidnapped sister Lauren.

Follow the adventures of Echo, the magical, half-dryad, high-kicking stripy outlaw girl of Wicca Forest.


About the Author

Roger Driscoll lives in a little house near the old oak tree and disused railway line where he used to play as a boy. He believes that the most important part of any book is its reader. Without a reader, a book can never come alive.

From the Author

In April 2011 Echo McCool, Outlaw Through Time was voted into the TOP TEN Goodreads.com "BEST BOOKS OF 2011" ahead of Christopher Paolini and Rick Riordan.

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 494 KB
  • Print Length: 190 pages
  • Publisher: Echo eBooks; 1 edition (22 Jan 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004KAB9R4
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #253,853 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars PRINCESS MERIDA GOES TIME TRAVELLING 10 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback
I met this author recently, while he was visiting the Inner Hebrides researching his next book. As a former owner of a children's bookstore in Scotland I was asked to read and review Echo McCool, Outlaw Through Time.

Echo, the girl of the title is half-human half-dryad which, among other things, means she has stripy limbs, she can see into the past and she is adept at a kind of medieval Kung Fu.

After a long sleep she travels from her own time to the twenty-first century and meets Jason Fleeting, a modern-day boy her own age who has been living in a children's home following the murder of his mother. Jason and Echo set out on an adventure that involves the reader in several action scenes, including an escape from a collapsing tunnel and a grand punch-up of a finale. Echo and Jason even help out a few other people along the way, Lone Ranger-style.

This story combines a number of popular fiction genres to produce an interesting mix of present-day goodies-v-baddies adventure, a mystical element introducing dryad magic and links with times long-past, plus the all-action razzmatazz of Kung-Fu (with more than a little humour thrown in). Echo and Jason are both brave and likeable characters.

Will it be the next big thing? Who knows? Personally I think once established this book will prove to be quite popular.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hotter Than Pullman! 18 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback
I read this enjoyable and entertaining story in one sitting. Echo McCool is a half-dryad girl who lives alone in Wicca Forest in medieval times. After being poisoned she enters a long sleep and ends up in our time, unable to return to her own. She teams up with Jason Fleeting and plenty of humour ensues. Echo has a talent for making vicious dogs go to sleep and this was very comical. Even funnier is the scene where she and Jason visit a MacDonalds restaurant. The story is, however, far from a mere comedy. In the main it is a fast-paced, action story which kept me entertained from start to finish.
The cover illustration is very good as well, a picture of Echo that reminded me of the "Avatar" film. There is also a very interesting black-and-white illustration on the title page showing Echo asleep in a hollow tree. So a lot of talent went into this book. Five stars from me!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars what is a widdlepit? 21 Feb 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
i read this book out of curiosity because i know the author. I was gripped! I invite all to read it to discover what you would use a widdlepit for. A brilliant book which I enjoyed immensely.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh Talent 20 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback
I have just come across a copy of Echo McCool, Outlaw Through Time and was really impressed! While time travel and martial arts aren't my usual thing, I thought this book was a really great read, full of twists and turns, action,magic,evil,suspense,tragedy and excitement.
It is set in East Yorkshire (where the author apparantly lives)and is written with vivid imagination. A very good first novel by this author, children's publishing needs fresh talent right now. I found the book quite hard to put down. I strongly recommend this book and have just ordered two copies as presents for my niece and nephew for next christmas!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars My son says "Wow!" 20 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback
My 9-year-old son read this book and his reaction when he'd finished was "wow!" He said the story has a really exciting ending and that he liked the characters of Jason and Echo. He said the baddies (Scott Cobalt, Kevin Cobalt and Tiffany Cobalt) were really terrifying but also he liked the rock group("Karmic Sometimes")whose members team up with Echo and Jason for a "big scrap" at the end.
This inspired me to read the book myself and I can see its appeal to young readers. However, what they might miss is the ecological sub-text in that Jason sees the attraction of Echo's earthy, wood-dwelling existence and he decides to be closer to the natural world himself, shunning possessions and the modern world.
In conclusion I would say this story is a very interesting addition to the fantasy/time travel genre.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars ~Huge fan of this book~~~ 17 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback
Prior to reading this I was hooked on works by author Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl). Echo McCool has a very similar sense of writing and sweeps readers away into a world of magic and mayhem. Echo is probably one of the coolest female leads in any book I've ever read (and that says a LOT considering I read a ton of books).
I think that any YA readers of the fantasy genre will fall just as hard as I did for this book. I would LOVE for this author to do a book signing in my area so I could pick at his brain a bit about the book. The concept is just so uniquely original that it stands out a mile from others. Absolutely incredible. I think it would be great if Echo McCool becomes the next big series.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A cheeky new character 18 Mar 2011
Format:Paperback
I downloaded this new book to my kindle and enjoyed reading in that format.
Echo is a character to be reckoned with and the character description, in the book, came across exactly as per the books wonderful illustration.
I enjoyed the way she linked up with a present day person ( Jason) and the way his sister was brought into the whole adventure.
The story was fast paced and exciting and I would hope would appeal to youngsters up to 10 or 11 years of age.
I feel there is scope to take these characters much further and that the story and characters would translate, very well, to the big or small screen whether animated or otherwise.
Good luck with the follow up!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for the follow up
My son, aged 8, and I loved this book. Are you writing a sequel???? The story was fantastic, easy to read and we couldn't put it down.
Published 4 months ago by Gary Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Echo and Jason are likeable characters, the plot is good, well written and fast paced, I loved the author's sense of humour and imagination. Read more
Published 7 months ago by kathleen littler
5.0 out of 5 stars Out of Time
Aimed younger adult readers, this book is like a cross between classic children's literature and the adventures that generally get published or turned into films today. Read more
Published 8 months ago by MJ
5.0 out of 5 stars a very good read... infact better than good!!!
What can i say, from the first page i totally lost myself, in Echo McCool!

I love fantasy and anything which includes time travel, and Echo McCool has both of these and... Read more
Published 9 months ago by time travel junkie
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing!!!!
What an amazing book!An easy 5*!!! Adult or child, you'd love Echo McCool!!! The main characters are Echo and Jason, who I fell in love with, once I picked this book up I did not... Read more
Published 9 months ago by fantasy <3
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book with incredible description.
This book is an absolute must have for 77p on the kindle. Having said that, it's worth £7.00 new!

The description is of an unmatched quality and combined with a breath... Read more
Published 12 months ago by colesy999
5.0 out of 5 stars Echoes of a female Robin Hood
Son to a missing father, son to a murdered mother, brother to a kidnapped sister, Jason Fleeting will have his vengeance in this life...not the next. Read more
Published 16 months ago by TomDHarris
5.0 out of 5 stars An engaging fantasy novel
This book starts with an enticing opening sentence: "She heard the twang of a bowstring beyond the glade." The story that follows is both original and charming. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Billy Askew
5.0 out of 5 stars The Thirty-Nine Steps for Kids
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This is a wonderful story. My 8 year old loved it but would suit
8-11+ years. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Northgate
5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting
I picked up this book after seeing some recommendations that fans of Stig of the Dump would enjoy it. So, being the Stig fanatic that I am, I decided to give it a try. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Sammi Williams
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