The Pendragon Adventure

Infobox Novel series
name = The Pendragon Adventure
books = "The Merchant of Death", "The Lost City of Faar", "The Never War", "The Reality Bug ", "Black Water", "The Rivers of Zadaa", "The Quillan Games", "The Pilgrims of Rayne", and "Raven Rise"
author = D.J. MacHale


image_caption = First, second, and third installments along with the box set casing.
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country = United States
language = English
genre = Young Adult, Fantasy, Science fiction novels
publisher = Aladdin Paperbacks
pub_date = 2002-2009 (Planned)
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
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"The Pendragon Adventure" is a young adult series of fantasy novels by D. J. MacHale. They follow the chronicles of Bobby Pendragon, a teenager who discovers that he, as well as his two best friends, Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde, must try to save the universe. Each book switches between the first-person perspective of Bobby's journals and third-person narratives of other prominent characters.

The first book, "The Merchant of Death", was originally published in 2002 by Aladdin Paperbacks. The series has nine books thus far: "The Merchant of Death", "The Lost City of Faar", "The Never War", "The Reality Bug ", "Black Water", "The Rivers of Zadaa", "The Quillan Games", "The Pilgrims of Rayne", and "Raven Rise".

On his official site, MacHale stated that he had finished the first draft of the last book, and said it would have a "killer ending." He plans for it to come out May 12, 2009. He also announced that the first graphic novel based on the Pendragon series would be released around the time of the ninth book, and that a short series of books meant to be companions to the series will be released, with the release of the first companion book scheduled for before the release of book ten.

Plot overview

In the first book of the series, "The Merchant of Death", Bobby Pendragon is leading a normal life in Stony Brook, Connecticut, where he is the star of Stony Brook Middle School's basketball team. When he is fourteen, his uncle Press Tilton takes him to an abandoned train station where he and Bobby travel through a portal through space and time called a flume. Bobby soon finds himself in a different territory — possibly a different version of history or a different world entirely — called Denduron, where two important tribes are on the brink of a civil war because one tribe is forcing the other to work in mines. There Bobby discovers he was chosen to be a 'Traveler' between territories in order to defeat Saint Dane, an evil figure who wishes to tip all of Halla (the entirety of everything that exists, has existed, or will exist, including persons, time, and space) into chaos so that he can remake it according to his desire. To save it, Bobby must rescue ten territories from destruction.

Each territory has its own "turning point", which is a critical point in a territory's history in which the people must make an important decision. Saint Dane is trying to manipulate the people into making poor decisions, which would create chaos, while the Travelers are trying to help people make the right decision, which would create peace.

In the ninth book, Saint Dane appears to have succeeded in his objective; however, Bobby and his fellow Travelers, including Press, are preparing to reconquer Halla.

Courtney Chetwynde and Mark Dimond were Bobby's best friends while on Second Earth. The Earth territories are the only known territories that exist in three distinct times.

Travelers

In context, a Traveler is an individual originating from one territory who is chosen to try to save his or her territory when something goes wrong. They are the only ones who know of the existence of flumes, other than their aides, who are called "acolytes". Only a Traveler may use a flume, or else the flume will deteriorate and eventually collapse. It is unknown who chooses whom to become a Traveler, and so far it has only been determined that they are born and raised for the purpose thereof. The Traveler before the individual who is chosen to be the next Traveler trains and introduces the successor to his or her new life. When a person is told that they are a Traveler, all traces of that person's existence disappear, including families, except in the memories of those who knew that family or person. It is unknown as of yet where the families of travelers go, but the Travelers are reassured by their trainers that they remain alive.

There is one Traveler from each territory; at the time when there are two Travelers, the previous traveler will soon die. The previous Traveler, however, is allowed a certain amount of time in which to train the new Traveler in ways of judgment and responsibility.The purpose of the Travelers is to save Halla, a depiction of the universe, by pushing all "turning points", or historical moments that determine the territory's future, toward prosperity.

Every Traveler has special abilities. Many of the Travelers have demonstrated some of the following abilities at some time in the novels:

* Influence people's thinking through simple persuasion;
* Hear all speech (and see all writing) as their own tongue, although words that describe things individual to one territory do not change (Omnilinguality);
* Recover from injuries that would kill any normal person;
* Heal another Traveler or bring them back to life through sheer force of will.

Travelers are also able to shapeshift into animals or other humans, though only Saint Dane and Nevva Winter are shown to be able to do so. In "Raven Rise", Alexander Naymeer has the ability to activate the flume at any place and allow ordinary people to travel between territories. He can also project images of Halla from his ring. It is also revealed that the flumes are made of dark matter.

In "The Quillan Games", Saint Dane claims that all travelers are illusions, explaining how they are able to use their "powers", how Saint Dane and Nevva Winter are able to change form, and how the travelers are able to use the flumes.

tatus of the Territories

This is the current status of the territories in the battle for Halla.

*Denduron - Saint Dane Victory
*Cloral - Traveler Victory
*First Earth - Traveler Victory
*Veelox - Saint Dane Victory
*Eelong - Traveler Victory
**Flume destroyed in process
*Zadaa - Traveler Victory
*Quillan - Saint Dane Victory
*Ibara - Saint Dane Victory
**Flume destroyed in process
*Second Earth - Saint Dane Victory
*Third Earth - Saint Dane Victory

External links

* [http://www.thependragonadventure.com Official website]
* [http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/oct04/machale.htm An interview with D.J. MacHale]
* [http://www.serviceelevator.com/music/djpodcast.mp3 A more up-to-date interview with D.J.]
* [http://hallawiki.wiki-site.com/index.php/Main_Page HallaWiki, a Pendragon wiki]