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Bestselling author Christopher Golden brings his epic, innovative trilogy, the Veil, to an astonishing conclusion as the mythic realm of heroes and monsters becomes the site of humanity’s last—and greatest—showdown. In the world of the legendary, every myth and folktale is real. That is what Oliver Bascombe learned on the other side of the Veil, where humanity's legends have hidden away for centuries. But even legends have legends, and Oliver has learned of a prophecy that many believe show more he and his sister, Collette, have come to the Two Kingdoms to fulfill. Before they can discover the truth, the Bascombe siblings must help to stop an apocalyptic war that threatens to destroy the Two Kingdoms, unravel a conspiracy, and prevent a powerful sorcerer from severing the world of humans from the realm of the legendary forever. But first Oliver will have to plot an escape from an impregnable palace dungeon where he and his allies have been imprisoned . . . for regicide. As old heroes and friends ally themselves for one last battle, even older enemies stand arrayed against them. Is humanity ready to face its legends head-on? For Oliver Bascombe, the price may be dearer than even he could ever imagine. From the Trade Paperback edition. show lessTags
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I really wanted to like this book. I was totally in love with the 1st two. This one, however, left me dry and bitter. I could NOT get into it. The style was so different than the 1st two. This one was way overboard on the details on the battle itself and very little on the characters which I had grown to love. And I wanted more, so much more, on THEM. I know that this novel's focus was on the battle, and the others were on leading up to it but still Golden ya let me down. You can, however, make it up by giving us another book and let us know now that the war is over... what next.
Meh. Couldn't finish.
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Christopher Golden is the co-author of The Watcher's Guide and several Buffy the Vampire Slayer books, and the author of many other adult and teen thrillers. He is also a comic-book writer and pop-culture critic. (Bowker Author Biography) Writer Christopher Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, and later graduated from Tufts University. show more Golden has held many positions in various places in the entertainment industry, including Billboard magazine, American Top 40, the Billboard Music Awards, and BPI Entertainment News. He was also editor of Cut!: Horror Writers on Horror Film, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Criticism. Golden has written several young adult fiction books including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (co-wrote), X-Men: Mutant Empire, Of Saints and Shadows, Angels Souls and Devil Hearts, as well as several Star Wars projects. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Lost Ones
- People/Characters
- Oliver Bascombe; Jack Frost
- Dedication
- In Memory of Patrice Duvic. Doris bien, mon ami
- First words
- Oliver Bascombe paced his dungeon cell, wondering when his captors would decide to kill him and how they would do it.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And the magic began to unravel.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Oliver suspected that it never would. ( Epilogue)
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