Outlaws of Time: The Legend of Sam Miracle
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
This new fantasy-adventure series from N. D. Wilson, bestselling author of 100 Cupboards, pits a misfit twelve-year-old against a maniacal villain with a deadly vendetta. This one-of-a kind story is must read for fans of Brandon Mull and Soman Chainani, and the start of a thrilling tale from a masterful storyteller.
Sam Miracle’s life is made up of dreams, dreams where he’s a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories. And sometimes they make him believe that his arms might come alive again.
But Sam is about to discover that the world he knows and the world he imagines are separated by only one thing: time. And that separation is only an illusion. The laws of time can be bent and shifted by people with special magic that allows them to travel through the past, present, and future. But not all of these “time walkers” can be trusted. One is out to protect Sam so that he can accept his greatest destiny, and another is out to kill him so that a prophecy will never be fulfilled. However, it’s an adventurous girl named Glory and two peculiar snakes who show Sam the way through the dark paths of yesterday to help him make sure there will be a tomorrow for every last person on earth.
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An orphan with all-consuming daydreams and non-functioning arms discovers his true destiny in this odd time-travel adventure, which sees 12-year-old Sam Miracle transported into the past to battle the malevolent thief known as the Vulture. It turns out that Sam has lived numerous times before, and every time he is struck down in battle or killed, an enigmatic priest, Father Tiempo, saves him to try again; this, however, is Sam's last chance to prevent the Vulture from achieving his terrible goals. Sam is joined by a courageous girl named Glory, who proves to be a valuable ally, and his arms are magically bonded with a pair of snakes, giving him inhuman speed and skill with guns. Wilson (Boys of Blur) delivers a twisty, swashbuckling tale, but some of the cross-temporal mechanics come off as awkward, either ill-explained or underutilized (such as Father Tiempo's habit of communicating between his older and younger selves). But readers who embrace the novel's off-kilter perspective should find it an entertaining romp, one that lays groundwork for future installments in the Outlaws of Time series. Ages 8 12.
