"enter a world of imagination"
Gates Mountain loomed over the small town. Named for the
seven gates; some of wood, some of Iron. Beautiful to look
upon, told to be the guards for the town below. Others
thought that the gates were in some way related to the
prophecy. That the "Sleeper" would end a long-running war,
and halt waterfire-a devastating weather phenomenon. Cat Deveney lives in Seattle and works in a library, along
with two of her best friends Kevin and Margot. Suddenly
Seattle is hit with an earthquake, taking refuge under a
table the trio hopes to be able to survive the quake. Cat
is trapped under the table injured. She slips into a dream
state not really knowing for sure what is real and what
isn't. When she awakes in a strange land, Cat soon learns that
the town's people believe that she is the "sleeper", the
key to the prophecy. Many of the town's people remind Cat
of the people she knew in Seattle. Different somehow, same
face but different personality. Mark, her current
boyfriend lives in the city, works inside and stays out of
the sun. And only seems to be in love with her for her
money. This man however has Mark's face, is tan, has a
streak in his hair just like Mark but his is pure violet
and runs through the back of his head. Pir Strain is his
name. Pir is given the privilege of escorting Cat on her
long journey, across the mountain to seek advice. Pir is
drawn to her. Watching and wondering; is she really the
one to bring the prophecy to fulfillment? Or a spy from
another land? Over time he starts to believe in her. Author Eilis Flynn has used great imagination in creating
this book. The creation of Watefire was in my eyes the
best part, would like to see it for myself. With a gift
of creative thinking and the ability to relay that to the
reader I'm sure Ms. Flynn will soon be on the best seller
list.
Reviewed by Connie Devaney
Posted June 18, 2007
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