Tripods (Paperback): The City of Gold and Lead (Series #02) (Paperback)

from SandDune

The second in John Christopher's Tripod trilogy which lives up to the promise of the first book, and unusually for a second book, exceeds it. Will, Beanpole and Henry are safely ensconced in the stronghold in the White Mountains, but a plan is being hatched by the leaders of the resistance to try...

from tjsjohanna

In a world where diversity has become so all important, this story feels decidedly un-pc. Will never comes to any kind of identification with the Masters, despite living with them and coming to know them. For Will, the Masters will always be the enemy and there is never any sympathy for them. Wil...

from TheDivineOomba

For a kids book, this is terrifying, in a very good way. Mr. Christopher has managed to create an alien race that both looks scary, but is also very alien in thought. These aren't just humans in a different body. What I like about these books is how much thought goes into the aliens and their mac...

from nickhoonaloon

Part of the John Christopher `Tripods` trilogy of science fiction novels. If this enjoyable book has one defect, it`s that it isn`t quite as good as others in the same series. The stories concern themselves with an Earth colonized by sinister alien invaders, and of the scattered attempts by a han...

from PhoebeReading

The second book in the Tripods series starts much like the first--Will, a human boy, along with two companions, travels the European countryside, this time not seeking to escape the mysterious Tripods who rule over the Earth, but to join them--to infiltrate their city to gain information for a hu...