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White Horse Trick (New Policeman Trilogy)

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I would probably have rated this book a 2.5 if Amazon would do half stars.
The book itself is not bad but it's not as good as The Last Policeman - which I thought was excellent.
I can tell from Kate Thompson's writing that she is concerned about global warming and the way humans treat the earth. I'm all for saving the planet and conserving resources, but I read fiction to sort of get away from the worries of the world. If you've read the third book in the Missing Link Trilogy, or if you've read Switchers, you know what I mean. However, her approach doesn't prevent me from reading her books. I think they are very well done and they are squeaky clean - something I look for in all the books I read.
Take my opinion with a grain of salt. If you've read the other two books in the trilogy, you'll want to read this to finish it up.

Not nearly the equal of the first two books in the series. I happen to agree with the author's environmental views, but they make her novel preachy and labored, and it's not as if this is an effective place to propound them. Worse, she threw the ending away completely--I saw it coming at least twenty pages away and thought, "Oh, no! She couldn't be headed that way!" Unfortunately, she was.

In the near future, the world has been destroyed by climate changes. Life is almost impossible in Ireland. The topsoil, for the most part, has been washed away by torrential rain.

Commander Aiden Liddy, last seen as a toddler in THE LAST OF THE HIGH KINGS, is now part of an elite governing army that has stockpiled the food and is in charge of distributing and controlling the population. His general, Donal, has an alternate agenda that might destroy both worlds as they know it.

With T'ír na n'Óg unchanged, the king of the fairies has had an influx of refugees and is not happy about it. The only hope for the two worlds is something that lies within the fairy world.

Pup, one of the citizens under rule of the tyrannical Commander, is upset to one day find his brother missing. Thinking that it's the commander who took him, he confronts him and gets "volunteered" to be part of a special force. The force's job is to go into the fairy world and steal something that will save them all.

But how can Pup trust a man who may have kidnapped his brother? Will Aiden and Pup find a way to save both worlds?

THE WHITE HORSE TRICK is a great fantasy adventure filled with a fast-paced plot and complex characters. Although the global warming issue seems a little heavy, the author does a great job of weaving together a magical story filled with cleverness and teamwork. Readers who like fantasy, adventure, action, fairies, and apocalyptic-type stories will enjoy reading this trilogy in order, beginning with THE NEW POLICEMAN.

Reviewed by: Kira M