Rogue Knight (2) (Five Kingdoms)

Product Descriptionmagic And Danger Abound In The Second Book In A Series Of Fanciful, Action-Packed Adventure (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review) From The #1New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Fablehaven And Beyonders Series.Cole Randolph Never Meant To Come To The Outskirts, But When His Friends Were Kidnapped On Halloween He Had To Try And Save Them. Now HeS Trapped In A World That Lies Between Wakefulness And Dreaming, Reality And Imagination, Life And Death.ColeS Hunt For His Lost Friends Has Led Him To The Kingdom Of Elloweer. Accompanied By New Friends Mira, Twitch, And Jace, Cole Teams Up With The Resistance Movement And Joins The Search For MiraS Sister Honor.But Elloweer Has Grown Unstable. A Mysterious Enemy Is Wiping Out Towns, Leaving No Witnesses Or Survivors. And An Infamous Rebel Known Throughout The Kingdom As The Rogue Knight Is Upsetting The Balance Of Power.With Enemies In Pursuit, Cole And Mira Must Resort To A Fascinating New Kind Of Magic To Protect Themselves. Every Move Is Filled With Danger As Cole And His Friends Try To Outwit The High King, Who Will Stop At Nothing To Regain What He Has Lost.About The Authorbrandon Mull Is The Author Of TheNew York Times,Usa Today, AndWall Street JournalBestselling Beyonders And Fablehaven Series, As Well As The Bestselling Five Kingdoms, Candy Shop Wars, And Dragonwatch Series. He Resides In Utah, In A Happy Little Valley Near The Mouth Of A Canyon. BrandonS Greatest Regret Is That He Has But One Life To Give For Gondor.Excerpt. Reprinted By Permission. All Rights Reserved.Rogue Knightchapter 1Autocoachit Took Some Time Before Cole Noticed That The Autocoach Was Going Faster Than Usual. Mira, Jace, Twitch, And Joe Had Fallen Asleep Shortly After Nightfall. Despite The Darkness And The Rhythmic Trotting Of The Huge Four-Legged Brick Pulling The Coach, Cole Had Failed To Relax Enough To Sleep.They Had Been Progressing Toward Elloweer For Many Days Now. Mira Was So Excited To See Her Sister That Cole Sometimes Wondered If She Remembered That Honor Was In Peril. Twitch Remained Quiet And Content, Not Speaking Much Unless Asked Direct Questions. Joe Spent Most Of His Time Focused On The Possible Dangers Of The Road. Jace Grew More Cranky And Restless With Each Passing Day. Cole CouldnT Blame Him.The Travel Conditions Helped Explain ColeS Current Insomnia-Too Many Hours Confined Within The Autocoach, Getting Little Exercise And Napping Whenever He Wanted. The Days And Nights Blurred Together, Making It Tricky To Keep A Regular Schedule.As He Sat In The Dark While The Others Slept, The Reality Of His Circumstances Confronted Him. Until A Few Weeks Ago, Cole Had Lived A Normal Life As A Sixth Grader In Mesa, Arizona. Then One Trip To A Neighborhood Haunted House On Halloween Had Landed Cole And His Friends In The Outskirts, A Mysterious Realm Made Up Of Five Kingdoms That Each Contained Distinct Forms Of Magic. As If Getting Stuck In Another World WasnT Terrible Enough, All The Kids Who Had Traveled With Cole To The Outskirts Had Been Branded As Slaves The Second They Arrived.After A Failed Attempt To Rescue His Friends, Cole Became Separated From The Others When He Was Sold To The Sky Raiders, A Group Of Scavengers Who Salvaged Valuable Items From Dangerous Castles In The Sky. He Had No Clue Where Any Of His Friends From Arizona Had Ended Up, Including His Best Friend, Dalton, And Jenna, The Girl HeD Had A Crush On For Years. He Knew They Were Somewhere In The Five Kingdoms, And He Was Determined To Rescue Them. But Sometimes The Task Of Finding Them Felt Impossible.The Only Bright Spot For Cole Was The New Friends HeD Made In The Outskirts-Including Jace, Twitch, And Mira, Fellow Sky Raiders Who Had Escaped With Him. Joe Had Come To Warn Mira Of Danger, And Later Had Joined Them. Cole Felt That Sticking With Mira Was Important. She Had Connections Across Elloweer That Made Travel Easier And That Mi