The Keepers: The Box and the Dragonfly
Written by Ted Sanders
Narrated by Andrew Eiden
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Experience the fantastic adventure filled with magical objects, secret sects, and life as we know it on the line! Mixing magic and physics, Ted Sanders has created an epic story that has the feel of classic fantasy but twists it into something new and innovative.
From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus—a sign with his own name on it—everything changes. The sighting leads him underground, to the House of Answers, a hidden warehouse full of mysterious objects. But there, he finds only questions. What is this curious place? Who are the strange, secretive people who entrust him with a rare and immensely powerful gift? And what is he to do with it?
When Horace finds the Box of Promises in the curio shop, he quickly discovers that ordinary-looking objects can hold extraordinary power. From the enormous, sinister man shadowing him to the gradual mastery of his newfound abilities to his encounters with Chloe—a girl who has an astonishing talent of her own—Horace follows a path that puts the pair in the middle of a centuries-old conflict between two warring factions in which every decision they make could have disastrous consequences.
Experience the fantastic adventure filled with magical objects, secret sects, and life as we know it on the line! Mixing magic and physics, Ted Sanders has created an epic story that has the feel of classic fantasy but twists it into something new and innovative.
From the moment Horace F. Andrews sees the sign from the bus—a sign with his own name on it—everything changes. The sighting leads him underground, to the House of Answers, a hidden warehouse full of mysterious objects. But there, he finds only questions. What is this curious place? Who are the strange, secretive people who entrust him with a rare and immensely powerful gift? And what is he to do with it?
When Horace finds the Box of Promises in the curio shop, he quickly discovers that ordinary-looking objects can hold extraordinary power. From the enormous, sinister man shadowing him to the gradual mastery of his newfound abilities to his encounters with Chloe—a girl who has an astonishing talent of her own—Horace follows a path that puts the pair in the middle of a centuries-old conflict between two warring factions in which every decision they make could have disastrous consequences.
Ted Sanders
Ted Sanders is the author of the short-story collection No Animals We Could Name, winner of the 2011 Bakeless Prize for fiction. His stories and essays have appeared in publications such as the Georgia Review, the Gettysburg Review, and The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. A recipient of a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, he lives with his family in Urbana, Illinois, and teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Keepers is his first series for younger readers. You can visit him online at www.tedsanders.net.
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Reviews for The Keepers
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Just couldn't get into this. I'm clearly not the target audience.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Though it started a bit slow for me, I was riveted after the first 100 pages or so. The characters were interesting enough to keep me going until the plot revved up. I hate to make this comparison as it's been so overused, but this fantasy, of the many I've read, gave me the most similar feeling of excitement in reading that Harry Potter did. I wanted to drop everything and keep reading, and I didn't want it to end. There are some parallels to Rowling's characters, but Sanders has very much created his own world and inhabitants. It's more the feeling that is similar: of well-drawn characters, both main and supporting and an unpredictable plot. I LOVED this story and can't wait for the sequel, "The Harp and the Ravenvine" due out in March 2016.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I listened to the audio book. It was LONG but enjoyable. Horace stumbles into a warehouse full of interesting objects. Turns out the objects have power and he's stumbled into a battle. He learns how to harness the power of the box and meets a girl with a dragonfly. Together they face life threatening situations. A good twist at the end sets up for the next book in the series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow. First book since Harry Potter that gave me the the sense that this was going to be something special. Read this in three days, magical book about trust, friendship and family... With a little chess thrown in.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this book . its very nice