Helpful Score: 2
A fairly typical fantasy aimed at the 'young and male' audience.
When he comes home from college to celebrate his 21st birthday, Our Hero, Gil, is bemused to find his parents missing.
Looking down in the basement, he discovers a secret door that leads into a fantasy land, complete with elves, dragons, wizards, castles, and all the rest that you might expect.
Gil learns that his parents have been hiding a double life from him for all these years - he is actually the designated Hero of Varay and not only that, but the king's grandson and Heir to the Realm!
Although he was a computer science major, Gil is rather jock-like, and fighting and heroics seem to come naturally to him. Which is lucky, because when he discovers that his father has been killed in Varay's struggle against the encroachments of Faery, he of course must accept the quest to lead that struggle and seek his revenge.
Very light reading, and a bit silly at times.
When he comes home from college to celebrate his 21st birthday, Our Hero, Gil, is bemused to find his parents missing.
Looking down in the basement, he discovers a secret door that leads into a fantasy land, complete with elves, dragons, wizards, castles, and all the rest that you might expect.
Gil learns that his parents have been hiding a double life from him for all these years - he is actually the designated Hero of Varay and not only that, but the king's grandson and Heir to the Realm!
Although he was a computer science major, Gil is rather jock-like, and fighting and heroics seem to come naturally to him. Which is lucky, because when he discovers that his father has been killed in Varay's struggle against the encroachments of Faery, he of course must accept the quest to lead that struggle and seek his revenge.
Very light reading, and a bit silly at times.
