Return of the Golden Age

The Fisherman's Son #3

by Marilyn Peake

Return of the Golden Age is the final book in The Fisherman's Son Trilogy.
In Return of the Golden Age, Wiley O'Mara travels with six boys from the magnificent ancient city submerged beneath the ocean to his own impoverished island. The boys, having been protected for thousands of years by a magical air bubble, must now adjust to life in a poor village at the turn of the nineteenth century. Wiley must help them to survive. He must also help the villagers to understand their heritage - that they are descendants of a rich and powerful people. This book is filled with magical beings and places, including golden rings and a mysterious cave.

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy

140 pages, Paperback

First published May 26, 2005

About the author

USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Marilyn Peake writes Science Fiction and Fantasy. She's one of the contributing authors in Book: The Sequel, published by The Perseus Books Group, with one of her entries included in serialization at The Daily Beast. In addition, Marilyn has served as Editor for a number of anthologies. Her short stories have been published in numerous anthologies and on the literary blog, Glass Cases.

AWARDS: Silver Award, two Honorable Mentions and eight Finalist placements in the ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards, two Winner and two Finalist placements in the EPPIE Awards, Winner of the Dream Realm Awards, Finalist placement in the 2015 National Indie Excellence Book Awards, Winner of "Best Horror" in the eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards, two Semi-Finalist placements in the Young Adult category of the Kindle Book Awards, and Gold Award in the Fantasy / Science Fiction category of the eLit Book Awards.

Reviews

[bex]

I would love to know what a kid thought of this one. For me it got a bit too ridiculous. Too much magic and adults believing it. Also clearly more time passed than the children realized but no one expresses surprise or joy at his return. And he makes a big deal out of no food in the house then has plenty of fresh food. Even if he had supplies left in the tree house, they'd have gone bad. I don't know that even children would miss all these contradictions.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful Ending to the Trilogy

This series is Great! All children who can read will love it. And so will many adults. If your children are to young to read, this series is a great way to introduce them to the wonderful world of books.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this Series!

[Terry]

We see eels and turtles and even talking porpoises and whales. Still, she somehow creates them as real, breathing animals; they maintain the personalities we as humans sense they have and though the colors and shapes of the fish swimming by seeming dreamlike, anyone who has snorkeled will know them intimately. Read more of the review at the Reading Tub.