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|title=Will Gallows and the Thunder Dragon's Roar

|reviewer=John Lloyd

|genre=Confident Readers

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9781849393287

|pages=288

|publisher=Andersen Press

|date=February 2012

|summary=A better second outing for this fantasy version of Wild West movie plots, as territory becomes scarce.

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Because this series revisits traditional western genre stories, this volume concerns the problems caused by settlers muscling in and making demands on the land and resources of the natives. Because it is also a fantasy series, the settlers are humans fleeing an earthquake-raddled territory for new lives where elves live, and if the cavalry are summonsed to take sides they'll do it on flying horses. And because this is a very enjoyable series, the fix half-human, half-elf Will Gallows - who could also qualify as a young member of the sky cavalry - finds himself in is a most compelling plot.

If you're a fan of mixing old with the new - the very new in this case - the series starting with [[The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder by Marissa Meyer]] is going to be big. [[Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent (The Father of Lies Chronicles) by Alan Early]] brings Viking mythology to the modern world too.

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