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Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie #2
The Giant's Seat
In the next chapter of the Extraordinary Adventures of Clockwork Charlie trilogy, Charlie must save his friends and deliver a dangerous message!
Charlie lived a quiet life--until his father was suddenly kidnapped by the Iron Cog. In the midst of searching for his father, Charlie discovered the shocking truth about himself: he is one of his father's inventions--a living clockwork boy!
Now separated from his friends, Charlie finds himself in the service of a very tough company of dwarves, who view him only as a machine--that is, until a heroic act makes them his closest allies. Soon Charlie must rescue his friends and face the Iron Cog head-on. But Charlie wonders . . . will he ever find his own kind?
Charlie lived a quiet life--until his father was suddenly kidnapped by the Iron Cog. In the midst of searching for his father, Charlie discovered the shocking truth about himself: he is one of his father's inventions--a living clockwork boy!
Now separated from his friends, Charlie finds himself in the service of a very tough company of dwarves, who view him only as a machine--that is, until a heroic act makes them his closest allies. Soon Charlie must rescue his friends and face the Iron Cog head-on. But Charlie wonders . . . will he ever find his own kind?
352 pages, Hardcover
Published June 13, 2017
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January 8, 2018
Butler's imaginative series just keeps going in this riotous sequel. The characters are fun and the lore is fantastic. I can't wait for the finale.
January 29, 2018
The Giant’s Seat is part two of the series The Extraordinary Journeys of Clockwork Charlie by Dave Butler. Butler picks up the action shortly after the closing scene of The Kidnap Plot (review here), continuing the action. Our hero, Charlie, and three of his friends, Bob, Ollie, and Gnat have set off across England to warn Charlie’s bap's friend, Caradog Pritchard about the Iron Cog.
The Story
One of the last things Charlie’s dad told him to do was to make his way to the mountain Cader Idris and find his father’s old friend who could help Charlie. The Giant’s Seat picks up two days into that journey as the group of adventurers are on Bob’s flyer. But a storm separates Charlie from the rest of the group.
Charlie undertakes a frantic search. His friends are missing, and Charlie knows it is perilous to be on his own. This leads him to meeting new people, an extended family of dwarfs. And, like many times when meeting new people, the relationship starts out poorly. The situation is rough on Charlie, but he makes the best of it and eventually he and the dwarfs become friends. He even finds out they have shared interests. Along the way he also meets an aspiring wizard who is having problems of his own and Charlie inspires him onto new adventures that bring the two together later.
With the help of the dwarfs, and elves, Charlie makes it to Wales and Cader Idris. In the town at the base of the mountain he is reunited with the rest of his travelling companions. Together they complete the quest they thought they were on and prepare to start a new one.
There are many new sights and experiences for all of them. But as a group working together our young adventures rise to the challenges in the same fashion as in The Kidnap Plot. The events are new ones. Butler does a wonderful job of continuing the story through his second book and not just going through what we already read in the first.
Complete review originally published on guildmastergaming@blogspot.com
The Story
One of the last things Charlie’s dad told him to do was to make his way to the mountain Cader Idris and find his father’s old friend who could help Charlie. The Giant’s Seat picks up two days into that journey as the group of adventurers are on Bob’s flyer. But a storm separates Charlie from the rest of the group.
Charlie undertakes a frantic search. His friends are missing, and Charlie knows it is perilous to be on his own. This leads him to meeting new people, an extended family of dwarfs. And, like many times when meeting new people, the relationship starts out poorly. The situation is rough on Charlie, but he makes the best of it and eventually he and the dwarfs become friends. He even finds out they have shared interests. Along the way he also meets an aspiring wizard who is having problems of his own and Charlie inspires him onto new adventures that bring the two together later.
With the help of the dwarfs, and elves, Charlie makes it to Wales and Cader Idris. In the town at the base of the mountain he is reunited with the rest of his travelling companions. Together they complete the quest they thought they were on and prepare to start a new one.
There are many new sights and experiences for all of them. But as a group working together our young adventures rise to the challenges in the same fashion as in The Kidnap Plot. The events are new ones. Butler does a wonderful job of continuing the story through his second book and not just going through what we already read in the first.
Complete review originally published on guildmastergaming@blogspot.com
August 19, 2017
Butler, Dave The Giant’s Seat (Clockwork Charlie #2), 339 pages. Knopf (Random), 2017. $17. Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.
Charlie and his friends are on the run from the Iron Cog. Befriended by a clan of dwarves and then imprisoned by another clan – Charlie is constantly on the run, barely staying ahead of their enemies, all the while searching for a clue to the whereabouts of his bap’s best friend and co-inventor, who might have some idea of how to defeat the Cog for good.
Butler writes a breakneck-paced book with very little pause for breath. The highlight of the steampunk and fantasy mixture is Charlie’s friends and their disparate personalities. I am looking forward to the next book just so that I can read about them. The Iron Cog enemy is really an abstraction for all of the danger they create.
EL, MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017/...
Charlie and his friends are on the run from the Iron Cog. Befriended by a clan of dwarves and then imprisoned by another clan – Charlie is constantly on the run, barely staying ahead of their enemies, all the while searching for a clue to the whereabouts of his bap’s best friend and co-inventor, who might have some idea of how to defeat the Cog for good.
Butler writes a breakneck-paced book with very little pause for breath. The highlight of the steampunk and fantasy mixture is Charlie’s friends and their disparate personalities. I am looking forward to the next book just so that I can read about them. The Iron Cog enemy is really an abstraction for all of the danger they create.
EL, MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library Teacher
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017/...
May 17, 2020
Incredibly imaginative
I really thought the adventure of The Giant’s Seat brings a powerful sequel to the first Clockwork Charlie book. The characters, old and new, were even more alive and vibrant. A truly fun and youthful addition to the steampunk genre.
I really thought the adventure of The Giant’s Seat brings a powerful sequel to the first Clockwork Charlie book. The characters, old and new, were even more alive and vibrant. A truly fun and youthful addition to the steampunk genre.
April 16, 2023
another fast paced book.
Enjoyable and interesting.
Obviously there is a third book as
there were several loose ends to tie up.
That book will be on my wish list and
with luck, I will kind if second hand.
Enjoyable and interesting.
Obviously there is a third book as
there were several loose ends to tie up.
That book will be on my wish list and
with luck, I will kind if second hand.
May 18, 2020
Quite imaginative. Hits a great climax and makes you want to read more.
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