7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heavy Metal Futuristic Marvel, September 12, 2006
For the most part I really enjoyed this novel. This book could be for young adults, or adults, the writing being very advanced and above the level of most teen books. I didn't give it five stars for a few reasons. I thought the story too short. I felt it needed just a little more development in a few areas and with a few characters making the book a bit lengthier, and another reason is that I would have liked to have seen more done with the Probability Storm events. The world of Orokos is a post apocalypse place of rubble and deterioration, a world of chaos caused by strange atmosphere events called Probablity Storms. If a storm hits, you can be physically changed or your surroundings drastically altered. You may be a human being before the storm, and an animal after. The color of your eyes might change, the world could be frozen in ice, or like Rail, our male lead character, your breath could be taken away leaving you to wear a black mask respirator. This creative aspect of the story is mentioned as a fact of life in the land of Orokos but it only happens once in the book. I would have liked to have experienced a few more storms to have truly felt what it could do to these people and their world. There are strong characters in this book, both good guys and bad guys alike, including a very interesting golem, but all are likable and engaging. The lead characters Rail and Moa are professional thieves on the run, fleeing with an artifact of scientific technology from the past that can open doors and allow them to enter barriers allowing them to snatch items of value. Hunted down by a variety of people, their adventures are fast paced and exciting as they desperately try to find the key to the way out of Orokos and to search for a land beyond where they might find peace and hope to start a new and better world. Definetely two thumbs up for creativity!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
good book!, June 14, 2007
Ryan Scott
Storm Thief
Chris Wooding
310 pages
Rich, poor, powerful, weak, truthful, and the thieves, those are the six types of people that live in the city of Orokos. Also, it is known as the city of chaos. It is known as the city of chaos for a very good reason. Reason being is because every so often, there is a storm. You are probably thinking, "Well what's so terrible about a storm?" Well, this is no ordinary storm. This is a storm that when it comes, it acts like a normal storm. But when it leaves, it changes things. No one knows who or what it is going to change. Or what is going to change on or in that person or thing. Sometimes, it may be nothing. But sometimes, you may not live. Or you will have fewer limbs than you did before the storm. Things like that are why they named it, The Storm Thief, and also why it is called the city of chaos.
For many, this is the only city that they know of in existence! Actually, this is the only city that every one in Orokos knows exists. This is because Orokos resides on an island. But know one dares to try to leave the island to see what may be in the horizon! Why is this? Simply because legend has it that years ago, there was a group of people who tried to leave. But once they got to a certain point outside of the city, boats appeared and blew them up! Now, no one even thinks of that being an option. No one, except for Rail and Moa.
Rail is a teenage thief who works for the Thief Lord. He was once affected by the Storm Thief when it hit Orokos. His encounter with the storm left him unable to breath on his own. So now he has to ware a respirator to live. Moa hasn't yet been affected by the storm, but she has also endured her share of struggle! For her, she has had to live a life of shame as the daughter of dead rebels, as an outcast, and now, as a criminal because she is now Rail's help at thieving!
The two of them go through a lot of hardships and adventures together. But of all of them, my favorite is when they steal this ring that allows them to walk through anything! Of course, this is a thieves dream because now they can get in anywhere. But instead they use it to try and escape Orokos.
Now, I know that a lot of you out there would just like to read a book and get on to the next book. But as everyone knows, all books have a theme. In Storm Thief, the theme that I got from it was trust. I say this because since most of the people in Orokos are thieves, they are going to have to trust people. Also, trust play into this book a lot.
So all in all, I really liked this book. Why? Because it has a lot of action and suspense in it. Also, it has what I really like in books which is multiple story views. That way, you are getting the story from more than one person and you are able to image every angle of the scene of the story. That is what I really like the most about Storm Thief. And that's also the end of my review. Now go read it!
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Intrigue and science fiction blend well in this outstanding story., December 9, 2006
Chris Wooding's STORM THIEF tells of thieves living in a city affected by probability storms which change reality wherever they hit. Rail and Moa's lives have long been affected by these storms; but when they uncover a strange artifact it seems they will wield power themselves - if they can unlock its secret. Intrigue and science fiction blend well in this outstanding story.
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