Review
Now what can I say. It was mind boggling and absolutely faultless. You have used the lovely weird, wonderful and most imaginative characters to so clearly illustrate the fragmentation of society from the start of time. You have intertwined the sun, moon, wind and all the elements so beautifully into the tale. Not once did I feel confused or that I could not follow who was who as each character is so distinct and special that they stay embedded in your memory forever.
The creatures you describe, birds and animals have been made to appear so real in their descriptions that you can visualise them in front of you like they really do exist.
Each ending is so real it brings a shiver down your spine and the reader readily accepts them as that is what happens. It does not make the reader feel sad or disinterested. It made me feel like reading on and on to find out what happens next.
The way you have linked all the stories is very clever and must have taken you months but you have done a great job.
I could not put it down. I think that the book has been written so well and has a lot to offer. I really cannot wait for my son to read it. It was fantastic.
--Anjali Mittal, children's book author
The creatures you describe, birds and animals have been made to appear so real in their descriptions that you can visualise them in front of you like they really do exist.
Each ending is so real it brings a shiver down your spine and the reader readily accepts them as that is what happens. It does not make the reader feel sad or disinterested. It made me feel like reading on and on to find out what happens next.
The way you have linked all the stories is very clever and must have taken you months but you have done a great job.
I could not put it down. I think that the book has been written so well and has a lot to offer. I really cannot wait for my son to read it. It was fantastic.
--Anjali Mittal, children's book author
Product Description
Maara, the girl with three blessings, stares in disbelief out of the window of her uncle’s cottage down by the harbour. The terrible army from the Land Beyond is marching out of their lives after one hundred years of cruel occupation.
Thus begins the story of Ambamar and its inhabitants: iron-mining Anvil People, gigantic, agricultural Timekeepers, mysterious, scholarly Scribes and Mariners - the fisher folk. Their histories were written long ago in secret papers, and in a magical speaking book that Elin and Arolan, the two trumpeters who herald the promise of a new dawn, carry down from the Iron Mountain, where it had lain hidden for a century. It is imperative for the people to learn these fantastical tales that bind them, for along with freedom, are hatching the serpents of hatred and distrust.
Elin and Arolan’s attempts to bring peace, bring them instead to the brink of disaster. It is left to Maara and her band of like-minded citizens to try and save them and to stop the ruin of Ambamar. Their task is fraught with danger, as they encounter destructive nature spirits, heroes and villains, raging seas, desert sands, dark forests and magical creatures.
Noontide Owls is a tale for all ages from 9 to 109.
Thus begins the story of Ambamar and its inhabitants: iron-mining Anvil People, gigantic, agricultural Timekeepers, mysterious, scholarly Scribes and Mariners - the fisher folk. Their histories were written long ago in secret papers, and in a magical speaking book that Elin and Arolan, the two trumpeters who herald the promise of a new dawn, carry down from the Iron Mountain, where it had lain hidden for a century. It is imperative for the people to learn these fantastical tales that bind them, for along with freedom, are hatching the serpents of hatred and distrust.
Elin and Arolan’s attempts to bring peace, bring them instead to the brink of disaster. It is left to Maara and her band of like-minded citizens to try and save them and to stop the ruin of Ambamar. Their task is fraught with danger, as they encounter destructive nature spirits, heroes and villains, raging seas, desert sands, dark forests and magical creatures.
Noontide Owls is a tale for all ages from 9 to 109.
