The Pendragon Adventure
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The Pendragon Adventure is a young adult series of science fiction/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 prevent the destruction of the universe.
The series has ten 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, Raven Rise
, and The Soldiers of Halla
. Bobby Pendragon recounts the events of his adventure in journals sent to his loyal friends and a third-person narrative is used to tell the stories of other characters. Each book of the series repeatedly alternates between the two narrative techniques.
The first five books in the series, The Merchant of Death (2002), The Lost City of Faar (2003), The Never War (2003), The Reality Bug (2003), and Black Water (2004) were originally published in paperback by Aladdin Paperbacks
. The remaining five books, The Rivers of Zadaa (2005), The Quillian Games (2006), The Pilgrims of Rayne (2007), Raven Rise (2008), and The Soldiers of Halla (2009) were all originally published in hardback by Simon and Schuster. As of 2011, all books have been released in both formats.
On his official site, MacHale stated that he had finished the first draft of the last book, and said it would be a "killer finale." It was released on 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. This short series has since been released as a trilogy, written by other authors, called Pendragon: Before the War
.
." There is one Traveler from each territory and Bobby soon realizes that his role is to replace his uncle as the lead Traveler, pursuing Saint Dane across Halla, and helping to guide the territories back toward stability with the assistance of the other Travelers, their acolytes, and further allies. The turning points of the territories, in order, occur on Denduron, Cloral, First Earth, Veelox, Eelong, Zadaa, Quillan, Ibara, Second Earth, and Third Earth. Not only does Bobby cainst the forces of Saint Dane, but he also learns the skills of martial arts and how to respect the diverse peoples he encounters, which wildly differ in their social structures, technologies, philosophies, traditions, and other cultural aspects. He also has to adapt to each territory's environments to get to Saint Dane. As the saga progresses, Bobby begins to learn the nature of what it really means to be a Traveler, that Saint Dane's ultimate goal includes a mysterious event called "the Convergence," and how different he actually is from a normal American teenager. By the ninth book, Bobby successfully prevents the destruction of six territories, but on Second Earth, Veelox, and Quillan the Travelers fail, allowing Saint Dane to claim victory. Even worse, by taking over Second Earth, Saint Dane manages to reverse all previous Traveler victories, founding an elitist, genocidal cult
called Ravinia that marches its robot army of humanoid soldiers freely throughout the territories. In the last book, Bobby and the Travelers learn that they are not actually humans, but rather, spirits created by Solara, the source of all accumulated human knowledge. Reuniting one last time, they manage to defeat Saint Dane in a final battle on Third Earth, thus reviving Halla and beginning its process toward recovery.
Although all of the territories were considered "won" at the end of Soldiers of Halla, this is a list of the current status of the territories in the battle for Halla, as of Raven Rise. An * indicates a reversal of fortune in the last two novels (that is, that the territory in question experienced two turning points, the first of which was a Traveler victory and the second of which was a loss).
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novels by D. J. MacHale. They follow the chronicles of Bobby Pendragon
Bobby Pendragon
Robert "Bobby" Pendragon is the eponymous main character from D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series.-Description:Robert Pendragon is the main character of the The Pendragon Adventure. He is a fourteen year old boy in the first book and is a suburban basketball star living in the fictional suburb of...
, a teenager who discovers that he, as well as his two best friends, Mark Dimond
Mark Dimond
Mark Dimond is one of the major characters of D. J. MacHale's fictional series, The Pendragon Adventure.Mark Dimond is the life-long best friend of the protagonist of the series, Bobby Pendragon. In the first book of the series, The Merchant of Death, he is fourteen years old, but by book eight,...
and Courtney Chetwynde
Courtney Chetwynde
Courtney Chetwynde is a character from D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series.Courtney Chetwynde is a romantic interest for Bobby Pendragon, the Lead Traveler in the Pendragon series. In the first book in the series, The Merchant of Death, Courtney is fourteen years old, but by book seven, The Quillan...
, must prevent the destruction of the universe.
The series has ten books: The Merchant of Death
The Merchant of Death
The Merchant of Death is the first book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.-Plot introduction:The story takes place in a "territory" called Denduron...
, The Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar
The Lost City of Faar is the second book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.People live on immense, floating cities called habitats and grow food on the sea floor and in their habitats. Different habitats do different things such as producing food, making products, etc. It's an idyllic world...
, The Never War
The Never War
The Never War is a book in the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale. In this book, the main character, Robert "Bobby" Pendragon follows the antagonist, named Saint Dane, to a territory called First Earth, which is essentially Earth in the year 1937....
, The Reality Bug
The Reality Bug
The Reality Bug is the fourth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. The world is all about peoples' imaginations. People create their own fantasy worlds and live inside their dreams...
, Black Water
Black Water (novel)
Black Water is the fifth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. Four months after Mark and Courtney were faced with Saint Dane in the root cellar of the old house they find the 16th journal leading to Bobbys journey on Eelong...only the rules have been twisted around and changed.-Plot...
, The Rivers of Zadaa
The Rivers of Zadaa
The Rivers of Zadaa is the sixth novel in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale.-Plot introduction:This story takes place mainly on a territory called Zadaa. There will be two main tribes here: The Rokador and the Batu. The Rokador live in tunnels underground and are fair-skinned, while the Batu...
, The Quillan Games
The Quillan Games
The Quillan Games is the seventh book in D.J. Machale's Pendragon book series. The book takes place after The Rivers of Zadaa and was released on May 16, 2006 in Canada and the US...
, The Pilgrims of Rayne, Raven Rise
Raven Rise
Raven Rise is the title of the ninth book in The Pendragon Adventure by D.J. MacHale. It was released on May 20, 2008.-Synopsis:The book begins with separate narratives focusing on Patrick Mac and Alder, the Travelers of Third Earth and Denduron respectively. It follows the changes in their home...
, and The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla
The Soldiers of Halla is the tenth and final book in the Pendragon Adventure series by D. J. MacHale. It concludes the battle between the Travelers and Saint Dane. The title was revealed by D. J. MacHale on December 9, 2008, and was taken from a closing line in the preceding book, Raven Rise...
. Bobby Pendragon recounts the events of his adventure in journals sent to his loyal friends and a third-person narrative is used to tell the stories of other characters. Each book of the series repeatedly alternates between the two narrative techniques.
The first five books in the series, The Merchant of Death (2002), The Lost City of Faar (2003), The Never War (2003), The Reality Bug (2003), and Black Water (2004) were originally published in paperback by Aladdin Paperbacks
Aladdin Paperbacks
Aladdin Paperbacks is one of several children's-book imprints owned by Simon & Schuster.It was established by Jean E. Karl at Atheneum Books where she was the founding director of the children's department . Atheneum merged with or was acquired by Scribner's in 1978, then MacMillan in 1984, before...
. The remaining five books, The Rivers of Zadaa (2005), The Quillian Games (2006), The Pilgrims of Rayne (2007), Raven Rise (2008), and The Soldiers of Halla (2009) were all originally published in hardback by Simon and Schuster. As of 2011, all books have been released in both formats.
On his official site, MacHale stated that he had finished the first draft of the last book, and said it would be a "killer finale." It was released on 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. This short series has since been released as a trilogy, written by other authors, called Pendragon: Before the War
Pendragon: Before the War
Pendragon: Before the War is a set of three novels that expands upon the fictional universe of The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale. Although MacHale originated the primary series, the first novel of Before the War was written by Carla Jablonski, and the second and third were written by Walter...
.
Synopsis
Robert "Bobby" Pendragon, an everyday athletic junior high school student from Stony Brook, Connecticut discovers that he is a Traveler: someone who is able to use mystical flumes to journey among ten distinct spacetime realities, called "territories." His Uncle Press, the lead Traveler, tells him that they have a crucial mission: to stop the efforts of the shapeshifting demon Saint Dane, a supporter of the darker side of human nature who believes that everything there is or was, collectively called Halla, must be destroyed so that he may rebuild it, according to his own designs. As each territory reaches a critical turning point, Saint Dane arrives, hoping to lead its people toward self-destruction. Bobby travels to the ten territories to thwart Saint Dane's plans, sending journals to his home (Second Earth) to be received by his best friends Mark Dimond and Courtney Chetwynde, who become sometimes involved with the action and are deemed Bobby's "acolytesPendragon Adventure terminology
This article explains the terminology from The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale.*Acolyte: A native of some territory chosen by that territory's Traveler as their own personal aid and, specifically, the receiver and keeper of that Traveler's journals...
." There is one Traveler from each territory and Bobby soon realizes that his role is to replace his uncle as the lead Traveler, pursuing Saint Dane across Halla, and helping to guide the territories back toward stability with the assistance of the other Travelers, their acolytes, and further allies. The turning points of the territories, in order, occur on Denduron, Cloral, First Earth, Veelox, Eelong, Zadaa, Quillan, Ibara, Second Earth, and Third Earth. Not only does Bobby cainst the forces of Saint Dane, but he also learns the skills of martial arts and how to respect the diverse peoples he encounters, which wildly differ in their social structures, technologies, philosophies, traditions, and other cultural aspects. He also has to adapt to each territory's environments to get to Saint Dane. As the saga progresses, Bobby begins to learn the nature of what it really means to be a Traveler, that Saint Dane's ultimate goal includes a mysterious event called "the Convergence," and how different he actually is from a normal American teenager. By the ninth book, Bobby successfully prevents the destruction of six territories, but on Second Earth, Veelox, and Quillan the Travelers fail, allowing Saint Dane to claim victory. Even worse, by taking over Second Earth, Saint Dane manages to reverse all previous Traveler victories, founding an elitist, genocidal cult
Cult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
called Ravinia that marches its robot army of humanoid soldiers freely throughout the territories. In the last book, Bobby and the Travelers learn that they are not actually humans, but rather, spirits created by Solara, the source of all accumulated human knowledge. Reuniting one last time, they manage to defeat Saint Dane in a final battle on Third Earth, thus reviving Halla and beginning its process toward recovery.
List of Territories and their Travelers
This is a list of all ten of the territories where all of the books are set. Also listed is the names of the Travelers from each territory and their acolytes.Although all of the territories were considered "won" at the end of Soldiers of Halla, this is a list of the current status of the territories in the battle for Halla, as of Raven Rise. An * indicates a reversal of fortune in the last two novels (that is, that the territory in question experienced two turning points, the first of which was a Traveler victory and the second of which was a loss).
- Denduron - Traveler victory/loss*(They discover the tak again) - Traveler: Alder - Acolyte: Milago Widow (Name unknown)
- Cloral - Traveler victory - Traveler: Vo SpaderVo SpaderVo Spader is a fictional character in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. He is the traveler for Cloral, and is one of the last generation of travelers.-Appearance:In the books, Spader is described as a tall young man with tan skin and Asian features...
- Acolyte: Wu Yenza
- First Earth - Traveler victory - Traveler: Vincent "Gunny" Van Dyke - Acolyte: Douglas "Dodger" Curtis
- Second Earth - Traveler loss - Traveler: Bobby PendragonBobby PendragonRobert "Bobby" Pendragon is the eponymous main character from D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series.-Description:Robert Pendragon is the main character of the The Pendragon Adventure. He is a fourteen year old boy in the first book and is a suburban basketball star living in the fictional suburb of...
- Acolytes: Courtney ChetwyndeCourtney ChetwyndeCourtney Chetwynde is a character from D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series.Courtney Chetwynde is a romantic interest for Bobby Pendragon, the Lead Traveler in the Pendragon series. In the first book in the series, The Merchant of Death, Courtney is fourteen years old, but by book seven, The Quillan...
and Mark DimondMark DimondMark Dimond is one of the major characters of D. J. MacHale's fictional series, The Pendragon Adventure.Mark Dimond is the life-long best friend of the protagonist of the series, Bobby Pendragon. In the first book of the series, The Merchant of Death, he is fourteen years old, but by book eight,...
- Third Earth - Traveler victory - Traveler: Patrick Mac - Acolyte: Jay Oh (Patrick's student)
- Veelox - Traveler loss - Traveler: Aja Killian - Acolyte: Evangeline (Surname unknown)
- Eelong - Traveler victory/loss*(The flume gets destroyed/Eelong's traveler dies,rendering it cut off from the other territories) - Traveler: KashaKasha (Pendragon series)Kasha was a fictional character in The Pendragon Adventure book series by D. J. MacHale and also the Traveler from the jungle territory of Eelong. Kasha made her appearance in book 5 of the series, Black Water , although she has been mentioned in later books...
- Acolyte: Boon
- Zadaa - Traveler victory - Traveler: LoorLoorLoor is a warrior in D. J. MacHale's Pendragon series. She has appeared in seven novels so far , more than any other Traveler aside from the main characters: Bobby Pendragon, and Saint Dane.Loor is the Traveler from Zadaa, one of the ten territories...
- Acolyte: Saangi
- Quillan - Traveler loss - Traveler: Elli WinterMinor Characters in the Pendragon AdventureThis is a list of characters in the book series The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale.-Nevva Winter:Nevva Winter is a fictional character in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. She appears in The Quillan Games and in its sequels The Pilgrims of Rayne and Raven Rise. She then betrays all the...
(formerly Nevva Winter) - Acolyte: None
- Ibara - Traveler victory/loss*(Saint Dane attack again with more dados) - Traveler: Siry RemudiMinor Characters in the Pendragon AdventureThis is a list of characters in the book series The Pendragon Adventure by D. J. MacHale.-Nevva Winter:Nevva Winter is a fictional character in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. She appears in The Quillan Games and in its sequels The Pilgrims of Rayne and Raven Rise. She then betrays all the...
(formerly Jen Remudi) - Acolyte: Loque (Surname unknown)