Sky Raiders

Five Kingdoms, Book 1

By: Brandon Mull

Narrated by: Keith Nobbs

Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Adventure awaits in the Five Kingdoms - come and claim it in this start to a new series from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.

Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level.

After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them - and ends up in The Outskirts.

The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. It’s an in-between place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from our world, or from other worlds.

And once you come to the Outskirts, it’s very hard to leave.

With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it’s up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home…before his existence is forgotten.

©2014 Brandon Mull (P)2014 Simon & Schuster Audio

Conflicted

I have very conflicting feelings about this story. There were parts that were definitely hard to stomach and then other major moments that just felt truly predictable. Some of the side characters were just down right obnoxious. There are many plot holes but they might be expanded upon in later books since this is a series. And parts of the story I just wanted to fast forward. However the world is very intriguing and Cole and Mira are interesting characters. I found Fablehaven to be such an amazing story and I do wonder if I would have been less biased if I had read this story first.

Great book

This is a great book the story is great and the bow that cole gets is the bow of plenty from dragon watch

Engaging story for our entire family

This was a great book for a long road trip. Everyone aged 8-50 enjoyed it.

very intriguing and enjoyable!

What an imagination! Iove Brandon's works! keep it up! Can't wait for the next one!

liked the book, not the audio

while I liked the story, having it read to me while I relaxed or did other stuff really sucked, I find myself missing a lot of information and wondering what happened in parts of the book when other things happened and being unable to easily look back made it difficult to keep track of the story

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Great story

This a great story and series for teenagers and different take on an adventure for sure.

Amazing writing and gripping discoveries!!

One of my favorite books! Thank you thank you! Five Kingdoms are my favorite books of all time! Brandon Mull of my favorite author!!

Awsome concept

If you could sum up Sky Raiders in three words, what would they be?

A great read

What did you like best about this story?

The story of friendship

What about Keith Nobbs’s performance did you like?

Excellent reader

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

pure enjoyment. Can't wait for number 2 to come out.

Vivid, energetic, imaginative!

Excellent storyline and concepts. Character development is well done, and the adventure flows without being too predictable. Looking forward to the next book!