Of all the different authors who contribute to the children's Dinotopia Series, Scott Ciencin has to be my favorite, especially his two books Windchaser and Lost City. N'adra and Lian response for rejecting to follow Lucius somewhat confused me.Since all his soldiers were swept away does that mean he lost all his servants in his house? Is this an "Andrew" Loophole N'adra found? Does this mean this imaginary war has perma-death consequences in reality. Lian's order to throw the competition really confused me. Granted she disagreed but then was told by N'adra before that all Lucius cared about was winning. Andrew said goal was that all Lucius cared about was winning and power. Lian and Andrew is was a quite a cringing eyeroll. Granted this is covered with it's philosophical stories but it's still odd we don't know why Arri left to being with. Well we know Arri has figured out a way to leave but at the end Botolf admits to knowing a sacred way to leave the city. I also said if you look into this story it falls apart. It's written comprehensively but there is a lot of it. The have philosophy over why they have swords, how they use swords, the consequences for not using swords, the code of honor in war, as a soldier, and of mercy over sacrifice. There is a lot of philosophy in this book and while it really builds a good foundation for the town I think there is too much for the age of the readers it's directed to. Unfortunately this leads no where apart from teaching each one a different philosophy.
The weight of the idea really hits you when they decide to separate our three. They toy with the idea saying no one ever leaves even after we KNOW Arri has snuck out before for no apparent reason. One of the most interesting things about the story is this underlining cult like devotion Halyon has. I never would have assumed the Dinosaur Olympics are recent But since Grizzardle never heard of it it had me scratching my head. Throughout the book I kept going but didn't I read earlier. Will they try to protect their secrets? What secrets? Is it a dangerous adventure? Maybe as dangerous as a carousel.
Is there a chance they will be citizens for life? No. The back cover description is a complete fail! If is actually forbidden? No. Especially with Ned in a brace and the Troodon holding a, Shofar? Horn? It's a little strange since it's a city of warriors but I'm sure a sword would have sent the wrong impression. You really don't know what to expect from this image. Completely fine story on the surface, just don't look any deeper and the entire story falls like a Jenga tower.
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