The Pendragon Series: Book Three, The Never War
Currently, I am on page 230 of book eight. As you can probably follow, this means that I did eventually get book four (from the library!) and read it, as well as the following books. But I haven't even gotten that far with my entries on them, so without further adu, here is book three, The Never War.
Previous Installments:
Book One: The Merchant of Death
Book Two: The Lost City of Faar
This book actually starts out different from the others, as for once, Bobby is left without Uncle Press to guide him on what to do. Luckily, our two intrepid heroes (Spader decided to join Bobby on this journey) quickly meet up with a savvy older gentleman who also happens to be the Traveler from First Earth (did I mention that they firs went to Veelox, only to, in what was obviously a set up, discover that they needed to be on another territory? No? Well now I did, so carry on), which is actually our earth (or, Second Earth, in the books) circa 1937. The Traveler's name is Gunny, and he works at the Manhattan Tower Hotel. After quite a lot of drama, as well as some dealings with less than legit people, some more obvious set ups, and a trip to Third Earth (Second Earth circa 5010), our heros discover that their mission is to make sure the Hindenburg blows up, as history says it should. Because otherwise nazis will develop the atomic bomb and win World War 2. Only, as our heros only discover that last part after the trip to Third Earth, and Spader doesn't go with them, things turn out pretty badly and Bobby and Gunny have to try and prevent Spader from saving the Hindenburg. They manage to accomplish their job, but at the last moment Bobby can't let so many people die and tries to stop it. Gunny has to hold him back, and everybody is pretty ambivalent about how things turned out. And then Bobby kicks Spader off the team until he can get his head on straight.
Now for things not plot related.
I actually kind of liked this book, even though it still suffered from the Journal/Letter fails of the last books. On the plus side, I didn't have to read about Bobby's annoying friends, because circumstances worked out that they got all the Journals for this adventure at one time, and read straight through.
Also, I kind of hated Spader in this, because he just wouldn't listen to Bobby (even though Bobby himself said that he didn't really know more than Spader did), and kept messing things up because of it. I liked him better before he gained his Saint Dane Berserk Button.
Another thing I disliked was that none of the characters even though about the consequences of changing the course of time, until it was explicitly pointed out to them. What, do none of them ever read? I made me a little annoyed at their repeated stupidity.
As always, if you think you might enjoy this, check out your local library or bookstore. If that doesn't work, try something online.
Now I need to get back to my russia_sushi update.