The Fire Seekers The Babel Trilogy Book 1 by Richard Farr

338 Pages
Publisher: Amazon Children’s Publishing, Skyscape
Release Date: November 1, 2014

Fiction, Teens, Young Adult, Action, Adventure, Religious Beliefs, Cults

Ten-year-old Daniel and his father, Bill, are in Crete looking into the origins of a mysterious disk. It is old but how old. Bill is a professor of linguistics, and this is in no language he recognizes. This begins a seven-year dark descent to solve the mystery where people will do anything to reveal and/or hide the disks’ secrets. In the meantime, Daniel’s mother, Iona, is researching the mysterious disappearances of people around the world.

The story has a fast pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view from different perspectives. I thought the story was believable and the cultish leaders were charismatic as most are. The author describes the different locations as if he has been to them which made the story feel more realistic. If you liked the DaVinci Code and other books along this line, you may enjoy reading this book.

This book was just okay... it took a while to get going and I was a bit confused throughout. The prose is a bit overdone and the characters lacked the depth I wanted. Despite that, I found the story itself intriguing and compelling when it finally got going. Even though the ending wasn't particularly satisfying, I don't think I'm going to keep going with this series.

I didn't enjoy this title in the slightest. The beginning made me feel as though the author were holding me at arms length, and therefore I felt no obligation to care about the story or to continue reading it.