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The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon) Review

I love this sci-fi series for young teens! I've read the entire series along with my 12 year old but had no clue how it would end. This last book in the series turns everything you thought you knew about Bobby, Saint Daine and many others on it's ear. I really hope this series becomes a movie but so far I haven't seen any news about it. The only thing I found problematic in theory on was the final chapter - how Bobby goes from where he was at the end of the next to the last chapter to where he is in the last chapter isn't clear but was great anyway.

The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon) Overview

The final showdown for Halla is here in The Soldiers of Halla, Book Ten in D.J. MacHale's #1 New York Times bestselling Pendragon series.

The Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon) Specifications

Book Description
It has all been leading to this. Every victory. Every loss. All the thrills and sadness; the hope and despair. Bobby Pendragon's heart-pounding journey through time and space has brought him to this epic moment. He and his fellow Travelers must join forces for one last desperate battle against Saint Dane. At stake is not only the tenth and final territory, but all that ever was or will be. Everywhere. This is the war for Halla. Every question is answered. Every truth is revealed. The final battle has begun.

Behind the Book: From the Desk of D. J. MacHale

I'm often asked the question, "Where did you get the inspiration for the Pendragon story?" I wish I had an easy answer, like "It all came to me in a brilliant flash of creativity, fully articulated and ready to go." It didn't. The truth is much more complicated.

Bobby's adventure didn't start out as Bobby's adventure. It sprang from multiple ideas about many different things. I always like to write about things that I know. Of course I've never traveled through a flume or battled a quig, but so much of what is contained in the Pendragon story jumps from real life...blown up to fantastical proportions. I've written about things I've done and things I've observed. I had an idea for a story about a bunch of people who became addicted to a video game; a discount store that took control of society; a primitive tribe that discovered a devastating, natural weapon; and a world that was in danger of being wiped out by a tainted food supply. I guess the only "brilliant flash of creativity" came when I decided not to write any single one of these stories, but to string them together as part of one overall saga. Being a TV guy, I realized it was a decision that made it impossible for the story to work on television and too big for movies. That's what brought me to writing books.

The question then became, how do I string these together? The answer came pretty quickly. I've always written character-driven adventures about young people. That's what I do. So I created the character of Bobby Pendragon. Unlike most hero stories about young people, I didn't want to go the standard route of making him a loser who somehow finds the hero within. That might work for a single adventure, but it's hard to maintain over ten stories! That would have been a REALLY SLOW character arc. Instead, I made Bobby a guy who had it all going on...and lost it. He became a very real guy who made mistakes and didn't have all the answers. I didn't give him superpowers. In my mind he had to be someone who readers could relate to, so they might think: "What would I do if I were stuck in this situation?" Bobby couldn't wave a magic wand or fly or calculate options at the speed of heat. He acted and reacted the way normal people do. And over the course of the adventure, he grew up.

That is the essence of the Pendragon story. A real person dealing with very real and understandable conflicts where, as in life, there aren't always right answers. The trappings may be bigger than life, but the core is very real and relatable, both with character and with story.

Maybe the most amazing thing about Bobby's journey is that it worked! Meaning, I outlined all ten stories in the very beginning. I knew the theme and setting of each book, and the major events in Bobby's personal journey from the get-go...and I stuck to it. When The Soldiers of Halla is published, Bobby's journey, and mine, will come to an end. I am thrilled and delighted to say that it all worked out the way I planned it. All it took was a lot of work...and maybe a touch of inspiration.

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Customer Reviews

Pendragon: Soldiers of Halla - Ashton Witt -
Great book! It's labeled as a children book, but I started reading the series when I was about 11-12. The things Bobby encounters become more dangerous grow in intensity throughout the series. It has a great mixture of beliefs and really puts a spin on Heaven, which is definitely interesting. I recommend it to anyone, not just kids.

The End is only the beginning - -
Pendragon has been one of my favorite series of all time and the Soldiers of halla somes up the series perfectly. D.J. MacHale has created a wonderful series which is based on some of the most famous archetypes of literature yet created a new and original story to it. My only regret is the epilouge which suffers from the same fate a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. All in all, I was happy to finally read this incredible story

My son loves this series - Dana Geuther - Kansas
My oldest son (who is now 18)has been reading this series for years. He loves it, that is about all I can say about the books.
I received it in perfect condition.

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