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The Fall (The Seventh Tower) by Garth Nix (view source)
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... and theft leads Tal into a part of the Dark World he knows nothing about. It's full of ice, monsters and female warriors - one of whom, Milla, isn't in the least impressed to meet one of the Chosen.
You can't fail to like Monsieur Nix. He's one of those writers who just gets on with it. ''The Seventh Tower'' series, of which ''The Fall'' is the first, originally, as I recall, had something to do with George Lucas, and was written very quickly. But it doesn't feel like that. Perhaps it is a little bit too episodic to be completely satisfying and perhaps the plot is a teensy bit thin for two hundred or so pages, but the action comes thick and fast, the worldbuilding is utterly convincing, and the characters are three-dimensional. The whole thing is absolutely satisfying. You get the feeling Nix has dozens more worlds like this teeming around inside his head and could write you a series about any one of them in a matter of months. And children would love whichever one he decided to choose.
The picaresque side to this particular story is borne by Tal. He is naive and untested. He is also ignorant of much that goes on his own world. His story is one of self-awakening. Milla, on the other hand, is unhappily aware of injustice and inequality. She is the one who needs to learn tolerance, understanding, and trust. ''The Fall'' spends most of its pages in creating its world and in setting up this pivotal relationship between two very disparate children whose joint destiny holds the very existence of the Dark World in its hands.
Junior fantasy quest fans might also enjoy [[Firestorm (Dragon Orb) by Mark Robson|Firestorm]] by [[:Category:Mark Robson|Mark Robson]].
[[Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower Series in Chronological Order]]
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