The Golden Queen

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Summary: One of Wolverton's best
Review: <i>The Golden Queen</i> is the beginning of the saga of Maggie Flynn, Gallen O'Day, and Orick the bear. Hired to guide an otherworlder, Everynne, to the gate to the Maze of Worlds, the three journey through the gate and help save Everynne's people from the Dronon.

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Summary: Rollicking thinking person's SF Adventure
Review: Although not in the same class as Dave Wolverton's best book, his other books are more serious and therefore far more thought provoking, this techno/fantasy adventure shows what a clearly superior creative imagination can do in the genre of this type. Easily mixing medieval settings (nobility, inns, highwaymen) with BUG eyed monsters of the (most horrible kind), amazing futuristic computer technology (a cape which enhances the protagonists fighting capability via neuromuscular control etc.), and the quest of the breathtakingly beautiful & desirable Everyn (whose pheromones causes every male to fall in love with & protect her) Wolverton takes the reader on an exhilarating journey. It's non stop escapist literature for the young person in all of us. If you like this book be sure to read "Serpent Catch", "Path of the Hero", and the magnificent "On My Way to Paradise"

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Summary: Awsomeness
Review: I first read this book when I was in grade 6. Back then I didn't like reading but this book changed me. I couldn't put it down. Page after page of suspence. I remember staying up late some nights, not being able to put it down. This book will grab you and not let you go.
Dave Wolverton take's readers on an adventure they'll never forget. This is for the true science fiction fan.

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Summary: One of the best
Review: I got this for Christmas of 1997, just before I turned 15. As I was going home on the bus, I decided to read a chapter. Well soon a chapter turned into two, then three, ect. By then I realized, I was home. Dave Wolverton takes you on an enchanted journey of Gallen O'Day, Maggie Flynn and their friend Orrick, a talking bear. Gallen is the bodyguard to the lovely Lady Everynne, and her Lord Escort Lord Variesse. This Book takes you on a whirlwind of magical places in the future, to save 10,000 different planets. You have to read this book it is the best I have ever read.

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Summary: Wonderful, Thrilling, finally a great ending
Review: I purchased this book at a bargain book sale, you know the kind where there are thousands of books all stacked on tables. I just so happened to see this one and I recognized the author. Previously I had read The Courtship of Princess Leia. Generally, I'm a some-what of a medium reader, I read this book in three days, I couldn't put it down. The action was nonstop, and then there was a little romance thrown in on top of it. I have given the book to several friends to read, and they all enjoyed it as well. I'm definately going to read the remaining two books in this series, as well anything else Wolverton decides to right. As I said, the ending was great, even though the story continues, there was no cliff hanger, and I had no clue about the ending until I read the last few paragraphs.

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Summary: An AWESOME book!!!!
Review: I read this book and Totally Love it. It's amazing, DaveWolverton really knows how to get your attention and keep it till thevery end. I read the book 2 years ago and Loved it, but Last week I desided to read it again during my train ride, and it's even better the second time around. Before I knew it, I was no longer just reading it on the train, I couldn't put it down when I was at home as well. It's captivating, sorta a blend of Star wars, star gate, the neverending story, back to the future, the princess bride and more. I can't wait to read the sequels.

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Summary: Full of adventure!!!
Review: If you like adventurous books I recommend this one to you!!! Usually I am not the most excited fan over Star Wars but I read the Courtship of Princess Leia and thought that book was nicely written and couldn't put it down till I was finished!

Gallen O'Day is a seasoned fighter, a guide, and a guard. He longs for adventure and for excitement. He has a widely known reputation for being a very efficient guard, robbers know his name and fear him.

Maggie Flynn works in an alehouse and thinks Gallen is handsome and the best guard/guide around. She and Gallen have an odd sort of relationship. They have an attraction to each other but Gallen doesn't make any of the moves, thinking Maggie is too young.

The adventure for Gallen starts when two strangers come to the alehouse. A man who wears two swords, walks and looks like he knows how to fight and it appears he's the bodyguard of the second stranger.

The second stranger is young, beautiful, petite, and ... perfect. And to top it all off the stranger is female. Immediately Gallen feels the urge to protect her and thinks he's fallen in love. But what are two strangers who obviously are different doing here? The strangers reveal that they want to travel to the ancient arch called Geata na Chruinne. They need someone to take them there and it can't be a boy, it has to be a soldier, or someone who knows how to fight.

Gallen is the only one who knows the way and who can fight. So they make a deal that they would travel there later. That night Gallen has another job to deal with. He guides and guards a man but unfortunately they meet robbers on the road. Gallen is awestruck when a sidhe helps him but is puzzled when the sidhe tells him that he will hold Gallen accountable for any oaths he makes this day. When Gallen finally returns he finds himself making an oath that he will help whoever his heart is hot to aid. And his heart is hot to aid ... the strangers.

A creature, a monster that no one has ever seen the likes of before comes into town and is killed. But the strangers have seen that kind of monster before, they aren't shocked as the townspeople are. Orick knows (Gallen's bear friend) because he saw their faces and he decided to follow the two strangers and take Maggie with him.

When Gallen goes to take the strangers (he finds the woman's name is Everynne and the bodyguard is Veriasse) to the arch he discovers that they have the monsters following them. When the arch appears Everynne takes a key and disappears along with Veriasse. The monsters have a key too and are about to follow them when Gallen pops out of hiding and takes the key ... going through the arch taking Maggie and Orick along. They find that they have been transported to a different world.

When they manage to find Maggie and Veriasse again things become more clear. Everynne is going to challenge the Golden Queen for her position. She is the last person of a certain race called Tharrins and if she suceeds she will be the Golden Queen. The present Queen will have to step down ... Everynne hopes to save the worlds that are being destroyed by the Queen's people (vanquishers).

But the one who does the fighting is her companion, guard, and friend Veriasse. He has to battle the Lord Protector and the Lord Protector is not human but something else that can easily cut a person in half.

Who will win in the end and what about Gallen? Gallen is a seasoned fighter ... is it possible that he could learn to defeat the monster before it's too late? Or will they all die and more worlds will be destroyed?

What about Maggie and Gallen? Gallen and Maggie have something special ... all they have to do is respond to their inner hearts before their feelings of love turn into feelings of hate ...

This book is great!!! It's full of adventure and around every corner lurks danger and death ... flashes of romance spark, and this book interwines different ways of thinking and ways of power (both good and bad) as well as showing peoples good sides as well as their bad sides ... A fantastic book and the pages seem to magically fit the story together. A book to read again and again.

Rating:
Summary: Full of adventure!!!
Review: If you like adventurous books I recommend this one to you!!! Usually I am not the most excited fan over Star Wars but I read the Courtship of Princess Leia and thought that book was nicely written and couldn't put it down till I was finished!

Gallen O'Day is a seasoned fighter, a guide, and a guard. He longs for adventure and for excitement. He has a widely known reputation for being a very efficient guard, robbers know his name and fear him.

Maggie Flynn works in an alehouse and thinks Gallen is handsome and the best guard/guide around. She and Gallen have an odd sort of relationship. They have an attraction to each other but Gallen doesn't make any of the moves, thinking Maggie is too young.

The adventure for Gallen starts when two strangers come to the alehouse. A man who wears two swords, walks and looks like he knows how to fight and it appears he's the bodyguard of the second stranger.

The second stranger is young, beautiful, petite, and ... perfect. And to top it all off the stranger is female. Immediately Gallen feels the urge to protect her and thinks he's fallen in love. But what are two strangers who obviously are different doing here? The strangers reveal that they want to travel to the ancient arch called Geata na Chruinne. They need someone to take them there and it can't be a boy, it has to be a soldier, or someone who knows how to fight.

Gallen is the only one who knows the way and who can fight. So they make a deal that they would travel there later. That night Gallen has another job to deal with. He guides and guards a man but unfortunately they meet robbers on the road. Gallen is awestruck when a sidhe helps him but is puzzled when the sidhe tells him that he will hold Gallen accountable for any oaths he makes this day. When Gallen finally returns he finds himself making an oath that he will help whoever his heart is hot to aid. And his heart is hot to aid ... the strangers.

A creature, a monster that no one has ever seen the likes of before comes into town and is killed. But the strangers have seen that kind of monster before, they aren't shocked as the townspeople are. Orick knows (Gallen's bear friend) because he saw their faces and he decided to follow the two strangers and take Maggie with him.

When Gallen goes to take the strangers (he finds the woman's name is Everynne and the bodyguard is Veriasse) to the arch he discovers that they have the monsters following them. When the arch appears Everynne takes a key and disappears along with Veriasse. The monsters have a key too and are about to follow them when Gallen pops out of hiding and takes the key ... going through the arch taking Maggie and Orick along. They find that they have been transported to a different world.

When they manage to find Maggie and Veriasse again things become more clear. Everynne is going to challenge the Golden Queen for her position. She is the last person of a certain race called Tharrins and if she suceeds she will be the Golden Queen. The present Queen will have to step down ... Everynne hopes to save the worlds that are being destroyed by the Queen's people (vanquishers).

But the one who does the fighting is her companion, guard, and friend Veriasse. He has to battle the Lord Protector and the Lord Protector is not human but something else that can easily cut a person in half.

Who will win in the end and what about Gallen? Gallen is a seasoned fighter ... is it possible that he could learn to defeat the monster before it's too late? Or will they all die and more worlds will be destroyed?

What about Maggie and Gallen? Gallen and Maggie have something special ... all they have to do is respond to their inner hearts before their feelings of love turn into feelings of hate ...

This book is great!!! It's full of adventure and around every corner lurks danger and death ... flashes of romance spark, and this book interwines different ways of thinking and ways of power (both good and bad) as well as showing peoples good sides as well as their bad sides ... A fantastic book and the pages seem to magically fit the story together. A book to read again and again.

Rating:
Summary: A good book
Review: This is my favorite book of all times. It skips around a lot but it is very good at keeping you in suspence

Rating:
Summary: A good book
Review: This is my favorite book of all times. It skips around a lot but it is very good at keeping you in suspence