The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Unleash the power of your imagination and enter a world you've never dreamed existed! Best-selling author Robert Stanek delivers an epic fantasy adventure that will open your mind and your heart.

Perfect for the young and the young at heart! The Kingdoms & The Elves Of The Reaches is a refreshingly unique fantastic adventure where its only limits are the limits of your imagination.

Inside, you'll discover the breathtaking world of Ruin Mist where the mystical and the magical abound, and you'll fall in love ...
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Overview

Unleash the power of your imagination and enter a world you've never dreamed existed! Best-selling author Robert Stanek delivers an epic fantasy adventure that will open your mind and your heart.

Perfect for the young and the young at heart! The Kingdoms & The Elves Of The Reaches is a refreshingly unique fantastic adventure where its only limits are the limits of your imagination.

Inside, you'll discover the breathtaking world of Ruin Mist where the mystical and the magical abound, and you'll fall in love with three heroes: a boy who would become a mage, a princess who is fleeing a dying kingdom, and a warrior elf who undertakes an epic journey. The adventure begins with Book 1.

Discover the magic of Ruin Mist as chronicled by Keeper Martin, head of Lore Keepers! Three heroes set out on an epic journey of discovery only to find that at the end of their journey nothing is what they thought it was and that their world and themselves are undergoing a transformation that will change everything. Survival in a changing world depends on their ability to adapt and if they fail, their world and everything they believe in will perish.

The Kingdoms & The Elves Of The Reaches is Part 1 of Keeper Martin's Tale.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781575458243
  • Publisher: RP Books & Audio
  • Publication date: 4/20/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 115,433
  • Series: Keeper Martin's Tales, #1
  • File size: 3 MB

Meet the Author

In spring 2002, Robert Stanek's first books, Keeper Martin's Tale and Elf Queen's Quest, appeared on bookshelves and become instant bestsellers, spending a combined 26 weeks on the Amazon.com Sci-Fi/Fantasy Top 50 list. These stories introduced readers to the fantasy world of Ruin Mist. The name "Ruin Mist" is the common language translation of an elvish word, which means "the lost ages". The stories of Ruin Mist are set in a fictional past of our world.

The popularity of the Ruin Mist books built up through the release of the subsequent books. Readers were taken with the magical realms, the grand adventures, and the combination of classic fantasy elements with a fresh, highly imaginative approach. In spring 2005, Robert Stanek's books were first published in audio and became instant audio bestsellers, spending more than 52 weeks on Audible.com's bestseller lists. In 2005, his book, The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches, eventually became one of the Top 100 all-time fiction bestsellers on Audible.com. The book was so popular, it was featured on the Audible.com home page throughout July and August 2005.

It's been a fairly open secret that Robert Stanek is the name of the more familiar bestselling author William Stanek. The main reason for using Robert Stanek for fiction and William Stanek for nonfiction was the astounding pace at which William Stanek produces books. With nearly 50 published books to his credit by 2002, he had many upcoming books waiting to be released by his current publishers, and was creating more and more fiction as a creative outlet to balance his work in nonfiction.

"I wanted to find audiences for both my nonfiction and my fiction. I love writing nonfiction works that help people learn how to do new things, but I also love writing fiction works that open new doorways to the imagination," explains Mr. Stanek. "The Ruin Mist books have been a part of who I am since I started them in the 1980s and they allowed me to create a magical realm with many levels of reality. I was overjoyed that I finally could share the realm and the books with others."

The Ruin Mist books have afforded Mr. Stanek an opportunity to explore relationships, family stories, epic sagas, myths, legends, and more. His books have been popular with fans both young and old

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  • Posted April 3, 2011

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    This book is amazing! If you love adventurous stories you will love this book!

    This book is not for those who can't appreciate a little imagination. To start, the author was very creative with his monsters and magic - it's all very different from most. The details and visuals were smooth, and I never had to look at a page and think "What the heck is happening now?" Of course, there are skeptics who claim this to be a sloppy fantasy, but I think otherwise. The action scenes never appeared unrealistic, and in one part Vilmos even blacks out for the fighting. One thing I liked was how you could immediately take in Adrina's views and Vilmos's views. It began with Vilmos's terrifying encounter with dark forces and Adrina's strange visitors, right off you know something a little weird is happening. I love this book-I've read it 3 times and counting.... and I only discovered these books a little over a month ago.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted November 2, 2011

    SHORT BOOK. NOT BAD

    LOTS OF JUNK AT END OF BOOK. SAME JUNK IN EVERY BOOK OF THE SERIES.
    SHORT BOOKS. GOOD STORY LINE.

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  • Posted March 6, 2011

    You can never be too old for Ruin Mist

    I'M FINISHED READING THE EIGHT (8) BOOKS!!!

    I can hardly believe how much I enjoyed reading Robert Stanek's "Keeper Martin's Tales."

    I finished book 8, "In the Service of Dragons 4" today during my lunch break. At the finish, I wanted to stand and tell everyone how much I enjoyed these books and how badly they needed to read them. I should've but I didn't. I went back to work instead.

    Let me be honest about something here.

    Reading these books "changed" something inside of me. Yup. They opened my own imagination and my own thought-processes and my own wonderment of just how much fun reading can be.

    I was on the footbal field one day after reading book 3, I think, when I saw a hawk far off and I imagined I was soaring with it like Ayrian.

    Another day, I actually TRIED to draw the characters as I saw them. Seriously - I filled my sketchpad.

    All that to say that these books are timeless and magical and I will enjoy reading again and again!

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  • Posted January 5, 2011

    Wow!

    I made fun of my friends when I caught them reading this in grade 7. Then I read the books when I was sick from the flu and ended up reading books 1-4 consecutively (with aching eyes and all)- it's THAT good!

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  • Posted December 27, 2010

    The kingdoms of men are in danger

    I love this entire series and the movie is supposed to be coming out next year so I figured I would give it another read. This book is a lot of fun - definitely my favorite series of books - but probably not the best of all the books. I also felt especially in this novel that Stanek holds up very well in giving us female characters as strong (perhaps even stronger?) than the boys. Many other fantasy authors don't do quite as well with female characters or who are as balanced between the sexes as Stanek manages with Vilmos, Adrina, Seth, and Myrial. The girls are as bright, brave, and capable as the boys.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 21, 2003

    A WONDERFUL book!!!

    This book was such a surprise! It's great for EVERYONE! Even my older brother, who's quite the jock, enjoyed it. It's so original, and trust me, even though the first book is spectactular, each one gets better! Get started on this book, and you will be on your way to many more GREAT adventures!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 5, 2003

    The best books!!!

    This by far the best book. It takes you on unexpected twists, especially concerning Emel and Adrina (not going to say what!). It was wonderful how Vilmos found xith. I can't wait till the 5th one comes out!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 21, 2003

    kingdoms and elves

    Robert Stanek captivates and stimulates the imagination. He's a great author. I started reading his Ruin Mist series last year. It's great! The books are intense and full of human themes, and are a good read for anyone. The main characters are Adrina, Vilmos, Emel, Galan and Seth. They are all different and unique. A MUST READ!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 9, 2003

    Outstanding!!!

    I absolutely loved this book! It is very creative and so, so, so brillant! I read it very quickly because it was so hard to put down. This is my all time favorite book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 9, 2003

    Simply the BEST!!!!

    I loved every word of The Kingdoms and the Elves. The characters were all magnificent, down to the very core. And the plot twists are PHENOMENAL!! I suggest it to anyone who's ever dreamed.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 21, 2002

    Fantastic!

    I loved this book so much! It's one of those book you don't want to put down until you're finished! I recommend this book to any old or new fans of Ruin Mist. Get this book, it will make you want read the rest of the series. Right now I'm on Chapter 8 of Kingdoms book #2

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2002

    Great!

    I loved this! You will too... Great story, great characters, great new world.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 21, 2002

    Ruin Mist fan!!!

    This book shocked me! I had heard of Robert Stanek but never emagined this. It was like a key to another world. It is really wonderful! Robert Stanek has a great mind!

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