A review by turrean
The Dark Island by Scott Chantler

5.0

This is the book that shows how carefully plotted the earlier novels were. The Captain’s backstory, Greyfalcon’s plot to kidnap Paladin, and the origins of a trio of royal children are all intertwined. Chantler uses flashbacks beautifully, illustrating the past in sepia tones and the present-day storyline in full color. Sometimes just one panel out of an entire two-page spread is in grey, showing a character’s (and by extension, the reader’s) sudden realization about the significance of an event in the past.

Young fans of Amulet and Bone will eat this up.