He also lays inventive twists on magical gear and workings and crafts such oddball monsters and settings that even a native-born character complains at one point, “I keep waiting for this to get less weird, and it keeps not happening.” From the evidence, readers may consider that a promise from the author.” Ĭarrie R. Cole convinces him to switch sides in Book 3, Crystal Keepers.Ī writer at Kirkus Reviews states, “Mull gives his protagonist opportunities aplenty to demonstrate courage, quick wit and a talent for teasing. The High King is the ruler of the Outskirts, he took his daughter's powers away, and flushed 4 of the 5 Grand Shapers into hiding.Ī Enforcer who is feared among the Unseen, and is the older brother of Cole Randolph. Twitch's mission is to save his village, Kasori from the Swamp People. There he found a magical ring which allows him to be in his Grindali form whenever he wears it. When he left his home he was taken by a slaver and sold to the Sky Raiders. Rueben, who goes by Twitch due to the fact that he twitches a lot, is a Grindali that lived in Elloweer. She Cole, Jace and Twitch set off to defeat Carnag and overthrow her father, the High King. Goes by Mira but is secretly one of the five princesses presumed to be dead. She was among the kids taken to the Outskirts to be sold as slaves. He also has a crush on Mira that Cole constantly teases him about.Ĭole’s crush. He uses both the Jumping Sword and Raw Shaping.Ĭole's best friend who was taken into slavery on Halloween with him.Ī Sky Raider that was born into slavery. He is the primary protagonist of the Five Kingdoms Series. He goes to the Outskirts in an attempt to save his friends but ends up as a Sky Raider. He has a reputation as one of the meanest slavers and he hates Cole.Ĭole lives in Mesa, Arizona with his parents and sister. The slaver who took Cole’s friends to the Outskirts. It is the first novel in the Five Kingdoms series. Print (Hardcover And Paperback), audiobook, ebookįive Kingdoms: Sky Raiders is a 2014 fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Mull.

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