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Tom Taylor is more than just the son of one of the world-s most popular authors and the namesake of his most beloved creation, the boy wizard Tommy Taylor. He-s a living weapon in a literal war of words, in which a shadowy cabal uses the power of storytelling itself to shape the world according to their own dark designs. And he was born and bred to close the book on them forever. But now his own story is headed for it-s most dangerous twist yet - a real whale of a tale. In order to harness his extraordinary powers, Tom must sail the seas of one of the greatest stories ever told, and hunt the white whale that has left countless stories of myth and madness in its wake. Meanwhile, his friends are hunted by a dangerous new enemy and facing identity crises of their own. Will Tom-s voyage lead them all to the answer they seek? Or will he drown in the depths of a thousand and one unhappy endings? In The Unwritten: Leviathan, acclaimed storytellers Mike Carey and Peter Gross delve deeper than eve r before into their frightening, fascinating world!
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Now I get it. The root of Tom's power is finally explained, and in a fashion that doesn't explain all the mysteries in the story.
Tommy Taylor learns about archetypes.
This one underwhelmed me; didn't feel as interesting or as expansive as the other books in the series.
Still, it got me interested in reading Moby Dick, something that no other pop culture reference to Moby Dick has ever managed. So there's that.
Now things are getting interesting! Any time you have characters going inside books (aka Thursday Next - one of my favourites), with multiple story characters overlapping into each others stories, then I'm on board -something about that incites my imagination.
Although I'm not quite sure all what's going here, the fact that Tom meets up with Ahab from Moby Dick, Baron Munchausen and Pinocchio on his travels, realizing the commonality in their stories links them together (and I won't say how, as it's a spoiler), really excites me.
It's probably more of a personal thing for me, but I love stories about stories and this looks to be an epic example of this and I'm very much looking forward the future adventures and hopefully answers to the many, many questions I have about what is going on.
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11 primary books12 released booksThe Unwritten is a 14-book series with 11 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Mike Carey and Peter Gross.