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The Sporran: The Remnant Chronicles I & II

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This is a wonderful book and a very quick read; I would highly recommend this book for people of all ages. G.L. Gregg did an excellent job in his development of the characters and the adventures created by the sporran. I would rank this book right up there with the classic stories created by Tolkien and Lewis. I am enthusiastically looking forward to the continuation of Jacobs adventures in the next book.

My wife and I very much enjoyed the story -- it is an action-packed fantasy-adventure, which also draws a lot of great background from Dr. Gregg's knowledge of folklore and of real history.

But this isn't a dry academic lesson -- it's as colorful as a children's book should be: There's an eccentric erudite professor who shares a motorcycle with his pet dragon-pug, the boy-hero who is sent on a mission to recover one of the lost mystical treasures of Celtic heritage, and a close encounter with one of the Loch Ness Monster's cousins.

This book is a sure pick for anybody with a taste for fantasy, or for those particularly interested in Scottish lore.

And of course it's a good kids' book, too: One of the junior high students at the school where my wife teaches got a copy and she loved it, saying (and I quote) "It's brilliant!"

Gregg's inspiring and captivating epic of destiny spins a tale of high adventure, humor, and serious moral purpose. Young readers will breathlessly follow the hero's perils and triumphs among the ancient ruins and landmarks of Scotland -- and also learn along the way that life presents us with inescapable duties beyond the strength and courage that any one of us alone possesses. The novel affirms friendship and family and cultivates the moral imagination. If the first installment of The Remnant Chronicles is any indication, this new fantasy series will belong on the same shelf with Tolkien and Lewis.

The Sporran is a wonderful book for all ages. I am a teacher and I just finished reading this to my reading class. My students range in age from 7-10 yrs. old and they LOVED it. It is a great read aloud book that allows discussion to happen naturally about actual places in other countries, other cultures, and allows children to work on making predictions. The book is filled with danger, humor, and lessons to be learned. This is a good book for any age from 7-100yrs old. My students can't wait for the next book in the series. As they would say "Dragon Pugs rule! Kelpies drool!"

(From my 11 year-old son): For the last several years, I have enjoyed reading mythology and its connections to present-day life. It would be thrilling for any one to read the exciting adventures of Jacob. I am especially interested in weapons of mythology and their uses, and Gregg really knows how to describe a skirmish. Much like Percy Jackson, The Remnant Chronicles draws upon Scottish mythological characters such as certain types of dragons and kelpies. I highly recommend this exciting adventure book. I have just (tonight) started the sequel. Can't wait to discover its ending!!!

I didn't read this one, but my 9 year old daughter did, and she loved it. We have a pug, so she especially liked the pug character of "Mr. Nibbles," and she read aloud all the parts about Mr. Nibbles to me. We look forward to the sequel, The Iona Conspiracy, which may be out next Christmas.

The Sporran is a well written tale that features a heroic young man who has (gasp) virtues! Gregg serves up a good amount of symbolism in this story of good vs. evil and one cannot help think one is reading an instant classic. We cannot wait for the next installment