''Into the Mist'' is a children's fantasy novel by American author

Patrick Carman Patrick Carman (born February 27, 1966, in Salem, Oregon) is an American writer and a graduate of Willamette University. Carman's first book, '' The Dark Hills Divide'', was published in 2005 The book, and the subsequent books in the same serie ...

. It is a

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to the first book in

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series, ''

The Dark Hills Divide ''The Dark Hills Divide'' is a (2005) children's fantasy and mystery novel by American author Patrick Carman. It is the first book in ''The Land of Elyon The Land of Elyon is a series of children's fantasy novels by American author Patrick ...

''. The audiobook is narrated by American actor

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Plot

Alexa Daley is sailing on the Warwick Beacon with two of her closest companions, Roland Warvold, and Yipes. As the story progresses Roland decides to tell Alexa and Yipes of his and his brother, Thomas Warvold's, past. Going into detail of how they escaped from the House on the Hill, how they crossed the Lake of Fire, how they climbed to the top of the Wakefield House, and lastly how they came to be travelers by Land and by Sea. He tells them of Sir Alistair Wakefield and of the knowledge and years they spent him, and he also tells them of a very close friend called

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a mountain lion. As the story ends Roland finally tells Alexa and Yipes of the Five Stone Pillars and the Lost Children who live on them. Roland tells them that

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is in the form of a sea monster and that he has followed them to the Five Stone Pillars to take control over them, thus ending the story and starting on '' Stargazer''.

Books in this series

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'' (Book 1) * '' Beyond the Valley of Thorns'' (Book 2) * '' The Tenth City'' (Book 3) * ''Into the Mist'' (Prequel) * '' Stargazer'' (Book 4)

References

2007 American novels 2007 children's books 2007 fantasy novels Children's fantasy novels American children's novels The Land of Elyon Prequel novels Scholastic Corporation books {{2000s-child-fantasy-novel-stub