Fortress of Gold
Magicians Gold Series, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Ray Greenley
About this listen
Enemy sorcerers destroyed the gold that powers white magic on Rados, leaving the Kingdom of Eldor defenseless. A prophecy said the only hope of restoring the gold was for 16-year-old Pran to travel to the mythical world called Earth with three companions: Jelal, a spy whose accident with an eternal youth spell at age 12 cursed him to remain that age forever; Pran’s classmate Samir, who nearly killed Pran last week (but that was before they discovered they’re cousins); and Vitina, the exotic enchantress Pran fell in love with at first sight.
They arrive on Earth in New Jersey, a foul-smelling place infested with millions of horseless carriages. The prophecy leads them to the family destined to be their native guides, but then their plans go awry. Although they brought diamonds to trade (knowing Earthlings consider those useless rocks valuable), they learn it's hard to trade diamonds the size of eggs for gold. The FBI believes they’re international jewel thieves or diamond smugglers, Samir is captured, and the others must rescue him.
Pran begins questioning whether his love for Vitina is real or, as she believes, a magical side effect. Adding to his confusion, Pran is torn between his feelings for Vitina and a new, totally unexpected love interest - another boy. The only way to get enough gold to save their kingdom is to pull off a daring daytime heist of the most heavily-guarded building on Earth!
And Jelal has secret orders to steal other items from Earth besides gold....
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Critic reviews
"David Harten Watson explores complex relationships and layered characters in this delightful second adventure. Watson has a humorous and charming flip on the idea of characters in a strange new world, only this time, the new world is our own. They encounter a new language, horseless carriages, and the strangest magic of all: technology. Watson has plenty of jokes poking fun at society and technology that are clever and charming. Their time on Earth also has a thriller element woven into it as the FBI [is]...determined to catch them.... Each part of the plot is coupled with humor, family, first love, and plenty of romantic complications. ...While dealing with heists and break outs, these teenagers are also dealing with matters of the heart rooted in Pran's feelings for Vitina and her insistence on those feelings being a side effect of her healing him. This leads him to explore his own feelings to figure out what's real, which is complicated when he figures out he has feelings for another boy. The romance is sweet and charming.... Fortress of Gold is a fun adventure with humor, action, romance, friendship, magic, and an unforgettable heist." (Liz Konkel, five stars, Readers' Favorite)
"Fortress of Gold has it all: romance, deceit, jealousy, a villain, pizza, ghosts, alien bodies, a cat, a wounded warrior, counterfeit money, pizza, the FBI, spine-tingling adventure, and, oh yes, pizza! The author has topped his previous effort in this series, producing great fun for the reader." (Thomas Wm. Hamilton, author of Time for Patriots, The Mountain of Long Eyes, and several astronomy books; retired astronomy professor who worked on the Apollo project)