Alliance

The Paladin Prophecy Book 2

By: Mark Frost

Narrated by: Nick Chamian

From the co-creator of the groundbreaking television show Twin Peaks comes an exciting adventure series with a unique combination of mystery, heart-pounding action, and the supernatural.

Will West is a student of the Center—a school for an elite group of students. After exposing a sinister underground society of students known as the Knights of Charlemagne, Will discovers that he is developing supernatural physical and mental abilities. As he explores his new powers, he and his roommates investigate the Knights’ shadowy purpose and soon uncover a plot that could destroy life as we know it. The newly formed alliance will have to separate friend from foe as they prepare for the biggest fight of their lives.

Critic reviews

The action-packed New York Times bestseller!

"Frost’s novel has action and suspense mixed with aliens and genetically modified humans, so it will appeal to science fiction fans." --SLJ

well written besides for slang and fowl language

Really love the story line and the narrator really brings the characters to life. My only gripe is the fowl language and some dirty inuendo. Not my taste. Fortunately it is not enough to destroy the story but it is certainly on the edge.

Cliff Hanger. Unoriginal setting.

Cliff hangers are noxious. Tolkien's format is better. Frodo is stung by Shelob and is dead. A contemporary cliff hanger would end there. But Tolkien built the suspense as Sam tries to continue the quest and overhears orc soldiers talking. It end's with Frodo captured and Sam covertly infiltrating the enemy stronghold. It ends on hope. The reader is left with hopeful anticipation awaiting the next book. Alliance ends with almost complete defeat.

Secondly, the background is becoming overworked in contemporary novels: the majority of the world is clueless, the world world is in jeopardy and the bad guys are better organized, more persistent, and have greater numbers and resources. Frost's first book was better balanced with small assists from marginal characters like Nondo. Alliance draws too heavily on the strengths of the first book: character development and social interaction. An excellent narrator helps too.

Eh...

Alliance was good, but it's like Mark gave us all the meat and no potatoes. Everything that happened was interesting, but hardly anything actually happened. You just learned a lot about the 5 and then the Knights. But it was also like he just wrote off everybody else from book one. I guess the best way to differentiate between book 1 and 2, is that while 1 dragged on at times, but it carried a lot of weight. While 2 was all excitement, but had no weight to it. I hope 3 is a happy medium.

couldn't wait for this one

I have reread this so many times and it never gets old. the third one is worth it too

awesome in everyway!

le
oved the ending makes for a great setup for the next book Frost has not let me down so far let's hope the ending to the 3rd is solid so far this book and the first get 5 stars I binged listened on my over nights