Seven For A Secret

by Clive Woodall

The eagerly awaited sequel to the surprise bestseller by the former Sainsbury's supermarket worker turned novelist, whose first book, ONE FOR SORROW, now released in mass-market paperback, has been sold in twenty countries and to Disney for film. WELCOME BACK TO BIRDDOM Time has moved on, and the story continues in a land that is beset by enemies, seen and unseen. Man and nature are at war with each other. Evil flaps its black wings once more, and casts dark shadows. But which is darker? Evil from without or from within? Beseiged on all sides, the ancient tawny owl, Tomar, battles to keep Birddom pure and whole. He still has friends to help him, though far fewer than before. Allies in an unequal fight between good and evil. But, sometimes, good cannot prevail, and, when all hope is gone, there is no other recourse but to turn to seven for a secret - a secret that could yet save them all.

Genres: Fantasy

256 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2005

About the author

From Bookarmy

Clive Woodall is a supermarket worker whose life has been transformed following the publication of his first novel, ONE FOR SORROW, a UK bestseller, soon to be a Disney film, with translation rights sold in twenty countries.

Reviews

[Casimir Laski · Rating 1 out of 5]

A follow-up to the abysmal One for Sorrow, Two for Joy, Seven for a Secret features all of the problems of the first novel—the same abysmal “tell, don’t show” prose, superficial characterization, bland nuance-less conflict, jarring tonal shifts, and butchered handling of mature topics—topped off with a terrible moral: when faced with the threat of totalitarianism and ecological catastrophe, just let the world burn and trust in a vague magic prophecy to escape. Did I mention that this book ends in the bird rapture? [1/10]

[Sparrowkeeper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Upon seeing the sequel to 'One for Sorrow, Two for Joy' I was excited! I loved the first novel, and after reading this one, I think I loved this more. The plot was original and creative, the novel itself was exciting and it was great to return to old heroes and join new ones. It was great, and there's nothing else to it!

[Red · Rating 1 out of 5]

Book one continues in an abysmal mess of Tomar who banned all eating of insects... causing an overpopulation of insects. And. The birds are starving to death due to not having enough food.

That's it.

How is this enforced? By Tomar going full out-of-character and performing ritual executions. Yes. Starving birds are being brutally murdered for eating their literal prey.

Oh, and the Nazi main villain bird survived. Guess being shot with a gun doesn't kill a magpie. Somehow! They're very small, and the shot to him was definitely fatal. Guess bullets aren't what they seem to be in this world.

The bugs somehow now have the power to rise up and kill everyone so that validates Tomar's fear of them and his slaughtering any starving bird that is caught consuming insects. The totalitarianism I covered in my One for Sorrow review all ends with...

The Rapture!

Yes. A rapture happens and all birds die and go to either heaven or hell. The bad ones are horribly tortured by a great mass of magical white wolves and the ones who are good go peacefully to heaven. Because nuking the world and a rapture totally fits into this book series.

0.5 stars. Woodall how the hell does a bird survive being shot and stay a villain and a threat? That gun totally killed him, fuck off with that. I could accept everything else -save the rapture- but the bad guy surviving that graphic death in One for Sorrow.

[♥☆~Lakshmi]

ths is a good buk dats all can say now.

[Torwat Vasinchai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a great time reading this book, a little bit less addictive compared to the first one but a great entertainment anyway.

contains violence, not for kids same as the first book.