Sky Raiders Volume 1

By: Brandon Mull

Narrated by: Keith Nobbs

A boy stumbles upon a portal that transports him to a magical realm between reality and imagination in this first “fanciful, action-packed adventure” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in the Five Kingdoms series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders books.


Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level.

After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them—and ends up in The Outskirts. The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. It’s an in-between place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from other worlds.

And once you come to the Outskirts, it’s very hard to leave.

With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it’s up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home…before his existence is forgotten.

great story (no foul language)

I liked the hole story. and recommend it to anyone. Thank you for sharing it.

Conflicted

I have very conflicting feelings about this story. There were parts that were definitely hard to stomach and then other major moments that just felt truly predictable. Some of the side characters were just down right obnoxious. There are many plot holes but they might be expanded upon in later books since this is a series. And parts of the story I just wanted to fast forward. However the world is very intriguing and Cole and Mira are interesting characters. I found Fablehaven to be such an amazing story and I do wonder if I would have been less biased if I had read this story first.

Great book

This is a great book the story is great and the bow that cole gets is the bow of plenty from dragon watch

Engaging story for our entire family

This was a great book for a long road trip. Everyone aged 8-50 enjoyed it.

very intriguing and enjoyable!

What an imagination! Iove Brandon's works! keep it up! Can't wait for the next one!