Battling the Unknown: The Last Rawl Trilogy
Author
Meg Christian
Publisher
Infinity Publishihg
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She was being chased by the unknown and haunted by her family's past. While trying to find a comrade of her deceased mother, Katrina stumbles upon secrets the people of her country were never supposed to know...
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Battling the Unknown: The Last Rawl Trilogy BY: Meg Christian PUBLISHED BY: Infivity Publishing.com PUBLISHED IN: 2008 ISBN: 0-7414-4793-2 Pages: 146 Reviewed by Billy Burgess In book one of the trilogy, the young author Meg Christian has created the fantasy world of Umberodia. In this land is a sixteen year old Katrina Rawl. Her mother passed away when she was very young. Since then, she has lived with her aunt. Katrina spends her days selling vegetables on the side of the road. She likes to read books which is something that is forbidden by the Emperor. Katrina stumbles upon a letter written by her mother. In the letter is a message that she is suppose to give to Amile the Warrior. Soon after, the Emperor sends out his army to do a routine house by house search. The army reports back to the Emperor telling him of a young girl named Katrina Rawl. The Emperor knows this must be the only daughter of Marianne Rawl. He orders his army to retrieve the girl. This is an adorable tale set in an original world of Umberodia. Meg Christian’s love of adventure and storytelling is shown in Battling the Unknown: The Last Rawl Trilogy. The young author is donating all of the profits to the Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good quest and wonderful characters.
Reviewed on 11/15/2009 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Billy Burgess
In a place where your every moment is planned out in strict accordance to the Emperor, sixteen year old Katrina Rawl feels as though there is a tug pulling her away. Moving in with her mother’s friend Helen after the death of her mother, Katrina tries her best to keep in line. During one of the routine searches performed by the Emperor’s army, Katrina is surprised to find that they are searching for her. Determined to escape before she is found, she embarks upon the long hard journey to find Amile the Warrior a man her mother told her seek out. Not knowing what awaits her on her journey Katrina meets an eclectic group of people, some she can and must trust and some she must watch. Making friends with a quirky blue bird she names Twitter, Katrina soon enters into the town of Achen, after being attacked by one of the evil spirit’s the Emperor sent in search of her, she is forced to journey the rest of the way with a young warrior named Arlon. Their journey is not without it’s share of hardships in the form of everything from bounty hunters, evils spirits, and herds of wild animals all sent by the cruel, devious, Emperor, who is determined to stamp out the last remaining threat of the Rawls. After Arlon is injured, Katrina is forced to leave him in the care of a kind stranger that happened to be friends with her mother. Will Katrina be able to find Amile the Warrior or the Emperor find her first? From the first line, young author Meg Christian transports you to the magical world she has created. Integrating you among the characters, as Katrina travels along the path of discovery it is as though you are her traveling companion, feeling each defeat and victory. Highly descriptive with well developed characters, “Battling the Unknown”, is the beginning of what I believe to be a highly successful series. Defiantly a book that all tens will love.
Reviewed on 10/27/2009 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Angela Simmons
After doing the same thing everyday for several years with plans of doing the same thing for the rest of her life, Katrina Rawl was surprised to find a note written by her mother requesting her to find a Amile the Warrior. Under the Emperor of Umberodia’s current laws that no one was suppose to be able to read, she knew not to let on that her mother had taught her, but now that she was set in her new path, of finding Amile, she found herself being pursued by the Emperor’s men. Not truly understanding the Emperor’s reasons, Katrina fled Umberodia and soon found an unlikely travel companion in the form of a little bird. Later she would meet several other helpful people on her continued search for Amile and the answer to the mystery surrounding her mother.
Reviewed on 09/24/2009 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Debbie Berry
