Alcatraz Versus The Scrivener's Bones

Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones by, Brandon Sanderson. ISBN-13: 978-0-439-92553-2

This, the second book in the Alcatraz series, is written in a smarmy, smart-alecky, tone that makes you want to smack the book closed and then keep on reading. Alcatrez Smedry is an unlikely hero. In fact, he will be the first to tell you that he is NOT a hero. Like many heroes (we can decide later if he really is one or not) he has a special talent- Alcatraz Smedry can break things. He is one of the best at breaking things that the world has even known-- whether that be this world, the Hushlands, or the Free Kingdoms. Mind you, the world you know is not at all as you have been taught in school. There's actually nine continents, but the other two are being kept hidden from you from all of the evil librarians who are controlling the information and thereby controlling the world. Alcatraz writes his story so that you can finally know the truth about this-- and to prove that he really isn't a hero at all.

Still, somehow our unhero manages to break a giant glass dragon plane, tour the ancient Library of Alexandria, and escape from undead librarians with flaming eyes who will suck out your soul. There's also some bunnies with bazookas. It's just another book in the Alcatraz series written by Brandon Sanderson. These books are hilarious, high action, fast-paced, intelligent, and well-written. If the librarians knew he were writing these books about their underhanded plots at world domination, well, they'd probably still have to buy this fabulous series for their collection!

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by, Brandon Sanderson ISBN-13: 978-0-439-92550-1

If you are looking for a creatively snarky sci-fi adventure story, this is the book for you. Sanderson has created much more than just a work of fiction-- he has envisioned a futuristic reality which resides right here on planet Earth, hidden from all of us by the cult of evil librarians who control civilization as we know it. The book, which claims to NOT be a work of fiction, is narrated by Alcatraz, a boy who grew up in a series of foster homes unaware of the secret reality of his family's bizzare history. Upon his thirteenth birthday, he receives an inheritence of sand, burns the kitchen of his family's home, meets his grandfather, and gets a gun drawn on him. Thus begins an adventure that will amuse and confuse readers from here to the Free Kingdoms.