Despite being smart, athletic, and likeable, fourteen-year-old Cael Brand prefers to move quietly through junior high in the shadows. But when his mother and only living parent, famed archeologist Dr. Eryn Brand, succumbs to a sudden and unexplainable illness, the teenager can't avoid getting involved. To save his mother, Cael will need to follow a series of clues that unlock a long-hidden family secret. There are things Cael never knew about his mom, and the answers are not to be found on Earth. His search for the truth leads to Palatore - a mysterious world where everyday, ordinary words have amazing power to heal or destroy. To survive the journey and return with a cure, Cael will need to step from the shadows and with the help of new friends take a stand against an age-old enemy bent on his family's destruction.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A good read,
By Armchair Interviews (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Brand Medallion (Paperback)
In this Young Adult Fantasy genre, Cael Brand has just finished some of the roughest years of his life: Middle School. It was here that he learned to walk in the shadows and not stand out. But on the day of his eighth grade graduation all that is about to change. When his mother succumbs to a mysterious illness, Cael must step up to help her--and in the process, step out of his comfort zone.
Cael learns that the medallion he has worn since his seventh birthday has the power to transport him to another world. It is there he must learn the powers that hold his mother hostage. In The Brand Medallion, Steven J. Martin explores the power of words. In Palatore, a newer version of Earth with the same Creator, they still value the spoken word. In fact, wars are won and lost first and foremost by words, either the pure Words of Creation, Protection, and Healing, or the Corrupted Words which bring with them devastation. Palatore was a fascinating world. It seemed to function at about the time period that Earth would equate with the Middle Ages. There were many familiar species and a few that we hold in folklore. I enjoyed every moment there and I gleaned a lot of wisdom from the elders are they educated Cael. My chief complaint is how long it took to get to Palatore. The story really seemed to hit its stride at about page 58. The part which led up to it was filled with a lot of introspection and references, that while interesting on a second read, were totally lost on me at first go. But the author is absolutely right. "Words have a way of sticking in our minds, gradually altering our lives." This book and its lessons will long stick with me. Armchair Interviews says: A slow start, but the end is worth it.
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A wondrous fantasy adventure about both an inward and outward journey of destiny,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Brand Medallion (Paperback)
The Brand Medallion By minister and Christian counselor Steven J. Martin is novel about a fourteen-year-old boy who prefers to keep to himself. But when his single mother falls mysteriously ill, he must follow a series of clues to a land beyond Earth - Palatore, a world where ordinary words have incalculable power to heal or destroy. His travels lead him to the aid of new friends and guide him against an implacable enemy dedicated to his family's destruction. A wondrous fantasy adventure about both an inward and outward journey of destiny.
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It reads as a good story and has profound meanings. I thank Steve Martin for writing it.
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