Category: Adventure Books

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time – War between Light and DarknessShort Summary:Created on the ideation of “Teleportation”, “A Wrinkle in Time” is a spectacular novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Explicating the brilliance of teleportation and science fantasy, the novel talks about three main characters – Meg, Charles, and Calvin traveling to different galaxies to rescue Meg’s father. Their task is not just to rescue, but to fight the evil intruder Black Thing who has invaded several....

Madeleine L'Engle

Eragon

Eragon – Journey of a Dragon RiderAbridged Summary:Noted as the most spectacular fantasy, the novel “Eragon” unveils the tale of amity between a boy and his dragon. It was jotted down by an eminent writer Christopher Paolini in 2001. The story of its publishing is interesting because the writer had to self-published it. Indeed, the popular version was printed in 2001, which made it to the readers’ tables. In the novel, Eragon discovers a strange stone which is reveal....

Christopher Paolini

The Lightning Thief

The Lightening Thief – A Battle for JusticeBrief Summary: “The Lightening Thief” represents the fantasy side of the Greek Mythology in a unique way. It is marvellously written by Rick Riordan, which highlights a tussle between Percy Jackson (main character) with the Olympians (Greek Lords). The fight is over realizing the rested powers and proving that the “alleged thief” is not the real one. Besides this, the story is about authorizing Percy’s position among ....

Rick Riordan

The Da Vinci Code

Brief Summary:“The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown is a mystery novel that explains the twists and turns behind decoding Cryptex. It brings forth characters involved in a series of acts, which leads them to Westminster Abbey from Paris. Besides the run to find the message enclosed in the mysterious Cryptex, the novel's characters’ get entangled in murder, fleeing, and other criminal activities. Of course, these events are unintentional and aimed at finding the identity of Sophie Ne....

Dan Brown

The Last of the Mohicans

A Brief Overview:The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper follows the journey of Hawkeye and the members of a dying tribe – the Mohicans as they go on to rescue the daughters of a British colonel through terrains of the traitors and face a gruesome ending.Familiarise with the Settings and CharactersAttack on the FortThe novel starts by familiarizing us with the setting of the wild woodland....

James Fenimore Cooper

Red Rising

The TragedyPierce Brown’s futuristic dystopian science fiction novel, published in 2014, narrates the story of Darrow, a “Red” miner living on Mars in a color-coded society ruled by the “Golds.” He is angry as he participates in and loses a competition that would have earned him surplus food and supplies. His wife, Eo, comforts him as they visit a garden forbidden to the Reds and are caught by guards while leaving. Dur....

Pierce Brown

The Count of Monte Cristo

The BeginningThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas tells the story of Edmond Dantes, who, on his safe arrival at Marseilles after the death of the Captain of Pharaon, the ship he works in, and his delivery of a package to respect the Captain’s dying wish, is promoted by Monsieur Morrel, the owner of the shipping company, to replace the dead Captain, under the envious eyes of the ship’s supercargo, Dan....

Alexandre Dumas

Gulliver’s Travels

Introduction to the Novel : ​Swift's Most Popular Work.​Begin in 1721 and finished by 1725.​It is a highly gripping Tale of the various adventures of Lemuel Gulliver.​It is Swift's most comprehensive and brilliantly worked-out satire on man and civilization.​For its element of fantasy it has become a children's classic​Gulliver's on the land of Lilliput is one of the most popular stories for children in England.�....

Jonathan Swift

Lord of the Flies

The story starts with a plane crash in which a group of British schoolboys and adults landed on an isolated Island in the Pacific Ocean. All the adults, including pilots, died; only young boys survived. Now, we are introduced to the main character of the novel, the protagonist of this novel, Rafel, and his trustworthy friend, Piggy.Ralph is the first survivor shown on the island. He is 12 years old and is strong physically. When he was moving aimlessly around the island, he saw a fat b....

William Golding

Mortal Engines

The events of Mortal Engines, a post-apocalyptic, steampunk science-fiction novel by Philip Reeve, published in 2001, unfold in a post-war, dystopian world plagued with environmental degradation where cities have transformed into metropolises on giant wheels following the devastating Sixty Minute War. One such is the traction city of London, which can travel up to 100 miles an hour, engulfing, looting, and capturing smaller settlements, all in the ....

Philip Reeve

Angels & Demons

​The novel starts with the protagonist, Mr. 'Robert Langdon,' a symbologist from Harvard University who was called upon for scientific research facilitated at CERN, Switzerland. He was called to investigate the murder of the famous physicist "Leonardo Vetra" or the mysterious symbol "Illuminati, "which is branded on his chest and with the stolen canister of Antimatter.'Illuminati' is an ambigram word that looks the same from both upsides down. It is a secretive society that opposes t....

Dan Brown