Platt brings author susan coopers popular series of childrens fantasy books to the big screen with this tale of a young boy alexander ludwig who discovers that he is the latest in a long line of immortal warriors. Dennis etchison, a fine writer in the genre, reminisced fondly with me on the phone one. Like algernon blackwood before him, etchison is master of mood and atmosphere and lets that energy propel many of these tales. In etchisons novel, a 17yearold girl faces the ultimate test of survival when her nation goes to war. Hes crushed because the woman he loves doesnt even recognize him. Tuck underbank is a warrow think a hobbit with shoes and large jewellike eyes living in the peaceful boskydells. She wakes up in the hospital with amnesia, petrified because she doesnt know anybody, or anything about herself.
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