Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale

The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale is the first in the Pendragon series. There are now 10 books in this series. I am the first to admit that I am not a huge fantasy reading, but I have a library aide this trimester who is and she is a great authority on most fantasy series. Emily generously agreed to write a book review for the first book in this series which has been very popular in the past couple of years.

Bobby Pendragon may look like a normal fourteen year old, but what he doesn’t know is that he is going to save the world. In The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale, Bobby’s Uncle Press shows up one and night and tells him that there are some people who need their help. What Bobby didn’t realize was that the people in need of help weren’t on Earth.

Press and Bobby travel across space and time, using flumes, to the medieval territory of Denduron, which is on the edge of a dangerous revolution. Only one small push is needed to send the territory into disaster. The evil Saint Dane is there to provide that push, and Bobby and his new friends are the only things standing in Saint Dane’s way. All the while Bobby can only think about how to get back home. But soon Bobby comes to realize that Denduron is only the beginning.