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Recommended - Entertaining and Thoughtful Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Avril 21 2007
This book will appeal to many -- it has a great adventure plot, some interesting sci-fi/fantasy elements and a strong effort at a deeper philosophical/spiritual underpinning. Woven together, the book provides for some thought-provoking and entertaining sequences -- a tricky balance to strike.
While I appreciate and can understand some readers' comments about the characters feeling somewhat wooden or one-dimensional, I think this can be attributed to a somewhat allegorical approach by the author and the very action-driven plot.
If you're looking for a great summer or beach book, this will more than satisfy a desire for a fun read, but it offers more than that. The sequel is due to launch this summer, and while The Traveller may have a bit of awkward feel with a somewhat "mythic" approach to the characterisation, I find myself very much anticipating picking up where it where it left off.
In short, if you enjoy adventure novels, this is much much better than most, far more literate, and is worth picking up. The series has real potential.
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This book should be read quickly..., Déc 12 2006
Like me, you may have seen some hyperbolic coverage of this book. You may feel you must read The Traveler, or risk feeling out-of-it at the next literary soiree. You've read a couple of novels by Dan Brown; they weren't that bad; the numb parts of your brain eventually resumed functioning. Could The Traveler be any worse?
This book should be read quickly, so the reader will waste as little time as possible. It's really just a comic book without pictures and you should not spend more than an hour on it. Skip the character descriptions -- they are just cardboard cut-outs -- and ignore the pseudo-science and techno-mumbo-jumbo.
The book consists of a series of battles between a little band of super-heroes and the twisted mercenaries of an evil foundation that seeks to control human destiny. The heroes fight with swords, kung-fu and automatic weapons. Biff, boing, bang. They always triumph, so you can really skim the plot.
If you can get through the book quickly enough, you won't feel like you have wasted too much time on mindless drivel. And when some cool-jerk asks if you've read The Traveler, you can roll your eyes and laugh.
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5.0étoiles sur 5
Best Noel I Have Read in Years, Mai 10 2006
Wow! This is an amazing book. I read between 150 and 200 books a year and I must say that this is one of the best books I have read in a decade. It is like a cross between the Matrix and Blade Runner, or Dan Brown's Angel's and Demons and a Tom Clancy novel. Or like a little known author James Bryon Huggins, it has mystery, suspense and intrigue, weapons and people who know how to use them.
The main premise is that there is a war going on in this world, but it is a war that most are unaware of. Like all wars there are two sides, The Harlequin's and the Tabula or as they prefer to be called 'The Brethren'. The Harlequin's are warriors committed to protecting the Travelers; Travelers are people who have the ability to send their life energy from their body and travel to other realms. They are lonely isolated people who live to serve. The traveler's often become gurus or healers or prophets. The traveler's after returning from a different plane of existence return changed and their views of life challenge other people to look at their own lives and to seek something more. The Tabula on the other hand want to control the world. They want to have control over every person's life.
Michael and Gabriel Corrigan are brothers and believed to be the last descendants of travelers. Michael ends up with the Tabula and Gabriel with the Harlequin's. This becomes a battle between good and evil, and a battle between brothers, like Cain and Able of old, the brothers will war. Also of significance is their names, only three angels are named by name in the Bible, and the brothers each bare one of those three names.
The book is a literary treasure filled with religious and literary reference from around the world and across traditions. It is a book for book lovers who will be intrigued by finding all the reference, yet the story is strong enough to capture the imagination of even the most casual of readers.
I believe this is a book that anyone could enjoy, and I can only hope that the characters will return in a sequel to continue the story.
(First Published in Imprint 2005-05-06 as 'Traveling Through Life')
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