Review of Beyond the Gloesmur
Book Review By Barbara M. Sutryn*
Lovers
of fantasy, adventure and knightly derring-do will find in Beyond the Gloesmur a
delightful story without any of the graphic content that makes some modern day
books unsuitable for teens. Kathleen E. Deisher's book deserves a place
beside C. S. Lewis' Narnia series and J. R. R. Tolkien's imaginative tales.
This account of Princess Jondalyn's adventure is one to be read in the early
teens and re-read as an adult.
Confined to her room as punishment for acting disrespectfully
to the King, she is rescued by a flying horse who breaks through the Gloesmur
(wall of glass) to take her into Nifelah, a land of beauty and strange
loyalties. There she is befriended by a king, a stable boy, and others who are
not impressed by her royal title, but include her as a partner in carrying out
what seems to her a mysterious mission.
Flying--even talking--horses, gallant men, and a clever,
friendly fox participate in Jondalyn's adventure, and leave the reader eager to
begin Book Two of The Gloesmur Scrolls, The Princess of Kafar, due to be
released in the near future.
*Barbara M. Sutryn is the author of inspirational articles,
poems, The Sign Painter (Tyndale House), and
Heartstrings, A Biography of Wilmos Csehy.
Beyond the Gloesmur, a juvenile fantasy adventure book
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Cover Illustration copyright ©2002 Kathleen E. Deisher. All rights
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