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Title: Black Water (Pendragon Book 5)
Author: D. J. MacHale
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Year: 2004
Genre: young adult, fantasy & science fiction
429 pages
I continue to be heartened by the overall improvements in this series over time. The plotting and characterization, while still not terrifically complex, have increasing internal consistency. In the present volume, Saint Dane's cleverness is more evident; the characters face wheels-within-wheels situations in which it is very difficult to know how to act with certainty and rectitude. Mark and Courtney play a much larger role, with larger consequences. Finishing this fifth book was the first time I was enthusiastic about picking up the next one. I hope that MacHale sustains this jump start and continues to improve through the remaining five books.
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