![]() But now that the walls around her have fallen, a new, unexpected threat has risen from outside. Buy the bookĪlexa thought her troubles were over when she defeated the man who threatened to bring down Bridwell from within. Armed with an unexpected new power, Alexa exposes a danger that could destroy everything she holds dear – and change The Land of Elyon forever. But what exactly is it that the townspeople are so afraid of? As Alexa begins to unravel the truth, pushing beyond the protective barrier she’s lived behind all her life, she discovers a strange and ancient enchantment. Legend says the walls were built to keep out an unnamed evil that lurks in the forests and The Dark Hills. ![]() ![]() This year, she is set on solving the mystery of what lies beyond the walls. Inquisitive twelve-year-old Alexa Daley is spending another summer in the walled town of Bridewell. But Alexa’s curiosity for what lies in the hills and forests on the other side sends her on a daring adventure into a secret world. And it was nice to see the author pull back from the precipice of religious proselytizing on which he was cavalierly dancing at the end of The Tenth City.The Land of Elyon - Fantasy for ages 9 and upġ2-year-old Alexa, has spent her life living behind the four-story walls that surround her village and the three others that make up Bridewell Common. And it was completely appropriate for our 6 and 8 year old girls - no content whatsoever relating in any way to any of the typical modern affronts (sex, gore, profanity). It was wonderful - we listened to the CD version on a cross-crounty trip - we were enrapt and hanging on the masterful development of each scene. But WHAT a story / adventure they have! At least as thrilling, suspenseful and varied in its characters, environments, dangers, suspense and mystery as any of the others. It's a little unusual in that it continues beyond The Tenth City while mostly engaging in a long historical narrative of the early days of Thomas and Roland Worvald well prior to Dark Hills Divide. This book has a male narrator but it absolutely ROCKS - he is just as good as the female narrator of the first 3 books. ![]() I write in reply mostly to those who have reported a quality dropoff between the first 3 books (Dark Hills Divide, Beyond the Valley of Thorns and The Tenth City) and this prequel/sequel "Into the Mist". To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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