The Dragon's Apprentice (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographics Series #5) Book

I chose to read the Book 'The Dragons apprentice' which was written by James A. Owen, I decided to read this as I have a soft spot for adventurous mysteries. The book itself follows a group of so called 'caretakers' whose jobs are to protect the two fabrics of time and stop the shadows from bringing back a dark enemy… the 'Ecthroi' … the book itself is hard to follow at times as it will go back and forth from a lot of characters in different timezones (e.g.. 1891 to 1977) very quickly and can be confusing to recall certain events. It's a fast paced sci-fi/fantasy and brings back and turns famous authors (such as Shakespeare and Jules Verne) into beloved characters who have very personalized traits and abilities.

Set in the magical realm of the Archipelago the caretakers struggle to remain confident as each new piece of evidence leads them away from the main target. As the Ecthroi grow to be more of a problem, one of the characters must seek out the help from a long lost dragon apprentice whose existence was unknown until it was brought to them in the night by a mysterious being.

A favourite character of mine in this book was 'Rose' as she embodies the idea of 'young and adventurous' she was chosen to live side by side with many great long dead authors in a large mansion called 'Tamerlane House' of which has portraits of said dead authors hanging in the main rooms of the house enabling them to be present in the current world.
One of my favourite quotes is "What kind of books are lost books?...If they're lost, who would know about them at all?" as it's humorous and takes the usual edge of the books' fast-paced and confusing story-line.

'The Dragon's Apprentice' made me think more about how authors and poets might of acted and what their writing would have sounded like, it also gives me more of an insight into what it was like back in the time when they were alive and the vocabulary they used to express themselves which was often shown through the book.

The book is the 5th of its series however still hasn't lost its charm, if you're interested in a descriptive read that spans time (and probably space in the future) then I recommend reading the series and seeing for yourself if they're successful in their conquest to banish the evil that haunts their lives.