Mirrorscape, Mike Wilks
Mirrorscape, Mike Wilks
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Mirrorscape

Author: Mike Wilks

Narrator: Paul English

Unabridged: 10 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/13/2009


Synopsis

Melkin Womper is thrilled to escape his dull future as a village weaver and develop his artistic talent when he’s apprenticed to Ambrosius Blenk, one of Vlam’s most famous masters. Mel is especially excited by the colors that he’ll be able to use, since color is a very expensive Pleasure, strictly controlled by the sinister Fifth Mystery.Mel can’t wait to enjoy the wonders of the grand city and begin his important work for Blenk. Instead, his dreams are quickly crushed by the reality of days filled with unimportant tasks and bullying by the other apprentices.But when Mel and his new friends, Ludo and Wren, inadvertently stumble into a battle between the Fifth Mystery and the Rainbow Rebellion, an underground band fighting to make Pleasures affordable for all, the trio must step through Blenk’s paintings into the Mirrorscape. In this alternative world, the friends encounter monsters, mazes, talking houses, angels, and more.Hugely original and deeply compelling, Mirrorscape is a thrilling adventure filled with the beautiful and the bizarre, the fantastical and the frightening. Enter into an incredibly visual, secret world, where the ultimate weapons are pigment, a paintbrush, and the power of imagination.

About Mike Wilks

Mike Wilks is an award-winning artist and the bestselling author of The Ultimate Alphabet and The Ultimate Noah's Ark. His paintings, which have been described as "meticulous and eye-bending," can be found in public and private collections in the US and Europe. Mirrorscape is the first installment in his middle-grade trilogy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kira

1,5 Sterne. 1 Stern für das Potenzial des Buches, ein halber für das wunder-wunderschöne Cover. Ja, wo fange ich hier nur an? Mir wurde das Buch zu Weihnachten geschenkt und ich wollte es möglichst schnell lesen, weil sich die Grundidee - das Reisen durch gemalte Bilder - super cool angehört hat. Auch......more

Goodreads review by Vishy

1.5 stars ( 1 for the start + 0.5 for the cover) The author squanders an excellent opening with some poor plot development and overdone action. Even the main characters remained distant throughout the book. It was a promising start; the base concepts for the universe the author was trying to portray w......more