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    Happenstance Found
    Happenstance Found
    Happenstance Found
    Audiobook8 hours

    Happenstance Found

    Written by P. W. Catanese

    Narrated by Richard Poe

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    Acclaimed author P. W. Catanese presents Happen-stance Found, the first in the rollicking Books of Umber fantasy series. Happenstance, a boy with unusual green eyes, awakens with no memories. Falling in with the adventurer Lord Umber and his band of misfits, this boy with many uncanny gifts soon discovers that he may be the strangest one of all. "Catanese packs a lot into the book: rich characterizations . well-chore-ographed action sequences and genuinely surprising twists at the end." -Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateDec 11, 2009
    ISBN9781440723247
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    P. W. Catanese

    P. W. Catanese is the author of ten fantasy-adventure novels. His books have been received with critical acclaim and have been translated into five foreign languages. His Books of Umber trilogy has been nominated for six regional book awards, including the Texas Bluebonnet award, the Florida’s Sunshine State Young Readers award, and the Pacific Northwest Library Association’s Young Reader’s Choice awards. He lives in Connecticut. When he’s not writing books, Catanese draws cartoons, works for an advertising agency, and tries very hard to respond to every message from his readers. Meet him at PWCatanese.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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    • 3/5
      lots of adventure and magic to appeal to the page-turner crowd; not particularly well-crafted but a good enough story
    • 5/5
      P.W. Catanese has a brilliant plot and brilliant writing talents. Umber is positively brilliant, Hap himself is positively brilliant, and let's not forget the band of merry men (and women).And I'm all for surreal otherworldliness and green-eyed Meddlers.
    • 5/5
      Elly says: This first book in a new series hits the ground running and doesn't stop. Characters are introduced quickly but are developed just enough to peak interest. The two main characters have identity issues, the boy doesn't know who he is and the man has to hide who he is, all the while trying to protect the boy from death on all sides. It's court intrigue, derry-doing, monsterous whales, amphibious humanoids and a very determined assassin all rolled into 300+ pages. Great book for adventure lovers.
    • 3/5
      Twelve year-old Happenstance emerges “out of nothing”, with no memory of a previous existence, in the exciting opening chapter of The Books of Umber: Happenstance Found, the first installment in a new fantasy series by P.W. Catanese. Happenstance or “Hap” is befriended by a group of adventurers, led by Lord Umber from Kurahaven in the Kingdom of Celador. They have been led to Hap by way of a mysterious letter, the contents of which, dictates their movements for much of the story. The promising opening chapter which includes an exciting escape from a worm- like serpent with a thousand legs, is not always maintained in the subsequent chapters. Hap and Lord Umber return to Kurahaven pursued by a spectacularly evil villain on horse back. A great deal of the narrative is taken up with the back stories of Hal and his friends, so much so, that the finish of the story seems rushed, forcing the reader to wait for the next installment for the resolution of many of the mysteries, including Hap’s lost memory. The Book of Umber is well written with some great surprises for the patient reader. The novel would appeal to upper elementary fantasy fans.