Shadowmancer: What Can Stand Against an Ancient Evil... (Paperback)

from tcarter

I would not recommend this book. On one level I thought that the plotting was clumsy, convoluted and hurried. Furthermore at this level, I also found the depiction of the characters to be unconvincing and shallow. At a deeper level, I was disconcerted by the treatment of the subject matter. I thi...

from mattlhm

In Shadowmancer, by G.P. Taylor, two English youths, Thomas Barrick and Kate Coglan, assist a visitor from far off named Raphah in stealing the much coveted Keruvim from the powerful vicar Demmural. The Keruvim is a device that can give the one possessing it ultimate power over all dimensions of ...

from hadden

Interesting work with a good story line. However, the author is a bit jumpy in his action, and it is easy to lose your place when several things happen at once. Also, although the author invents new words to describe new things, they can be confusing. The very end of the book is enigmatical when ...

from ninjabluedemon

A very spiritual book I guess, full of right and wrong, light and dark, god and Pyratheon. A bit simple and it went very fast in some parts that I would have liked to linger on, but a good book. I will guess and think that the main point is faith, faith in whatever god you believe in. Wouldn't re...

from AbigailAdams26

Described by one critic as "the thinking Christian's response to Philip Pullman," G.P. Taylor's Shadowmancer was one of the most keenly anticipated children's titles of 2004. Sadly, it utterly fails to live up to its billing... It is the story of evil Parson Obadiah Demurrel, who decides that ins...