Review - Invaders

The Invaders by John Flanagan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Plot (from Goodreads.com): Hal and the Herons have done the impossible. This group of outsiders has beaten out the strongest, most skilled young warriors in all of Skandia to win the Brotherband competition. But their celebration comes to an abrupt end when the Skandians' most sacred artifact, the Andomal, is stolen--and the Herons are to blame.  To find redemption they must track down the thief Zavac and recover the Andomal. But that means traversing stormy seas, surviving a bitter winter, and battling a group of deadly pirates willing to protect their prize at all costs. Even Brotherband training and the help of Skandia's greatest warrior may not be enough to ensure that Hal and his friends return home with the Andomal--or their lives.

Another great book.  Flanagan keeps the story active and unpredictable.  The characters are developing a little more and more all the time, though he could do more.  It was hard to put the book down each day--I just wanted to keep reading and find out what would happen next.

Now I'm reading Wind and the Waves by Dean Hughes.