The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest For The Spear [Mass Market Paperback]

Christopher Tracy (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: I Books (November 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416504869
• ISBN-13: 978-1416504863
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,500,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A *fun* adventure, May 28, 2005

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J. McCoy "The Two-bit-hero" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest For The Spear (Mass Market Paperback)

The idea is an intriguing one. Down through the ages, mystical artifacts have been watched over by The Librarian. Forced to find a job- his very first- Flynn Carson, the perpetual student, and geek extrordinaire, is the unlikely choice for the newest Librarian.

On his first day at work, Flynn finds that one of the artifacts, one segment of the legendary Spear of Destiny, has been stolen. His mission is to retrieve the other two parts before they can be reunited by the evil serpent brotherhood, and used for, of course, world domination.

This book, and the television movie it was based on, did not try to deliver the most amazing adventure story ever told. No, what it promised to deliver was simply a good time.

And it did.

The story has humor, such as Flynn's comment, "The fate of the world is in my hands... that's just so sad." Through the course of the book, Flynn travels to remote locations, survives against perilous opposition, and uses trivia to solve many of his problems in a deductive way that Sherlock Holmes would be proud of.

In short, this is a fun story, not meant to be the ultimate adventure or a serious 'get the bad guys' tale, but just to take the reader, for a moment, on a fun ride.

The Librarian shows that even the unlikeliest person can be a hero, and that the world needs to be felt and experienced, not just understood.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Librarian: adventurer, March 28, 2007

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This review is from: The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest For The Spear (Mass Market Paperback)

I love this book. There is so much in this book. Imagine the Lost Library of Alexandria, loaded with books, knowledge from all over the world through the ages, and then someone sets it on fire, and all that knowledge is lost to you. All those artifacts gone forever. Now, imagine an ancient order of Librarians, and it is their job to look after and protect this knowledge, and add to the Library which is now the most secure place on the planet. Encounter the Lost Ark, the Holy Grail, a unicorn and more. Go with the Librarian as he makes his way through an Amazon Jungle to find the missing pieces of the Spear of Christ, while a dangerous deadly group are in the chase determined to take the Spear and the weld the power it possesses.
There is more in the book than in the TNT made for tv movie. Now they have the second movie The Librarian: Return to King Solomons Mines, but no book. I really hoped for a book series of adventures. You can do so much more in a book than a movie. I'd like this book in hardback. I'd like Lost Horizon in a hardback (it was the 1st paper back). Enjoy the book, see the movie, visit the website, tell them, we love this, we want more.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was fun, December 23, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Adventures of the Librarian: Quest For The Spear (Mass Market Paperback)

I liked all the adventures, like going through the Amazon and finding the Mayan temple. I liked that everyone thought Flynn was a geek, but he turned out to be the hero.