H.W. Wells seems a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter's salary is in fact a deeply sinister organisation with a mighty peculiar agenda. Since he graduated from office junior to clerk, he has wrestled with goblins, travelled hundreds of miles in the blink of an eye and spent hours doing dangerous office admin. Now, just when he thought he might be getting the hang of it he is transferred to the pest control department. This is otherwise known as slaying dragons, werewolves and other such monstrous creatures which Paul had, until recently, fondly believed didn't exist. This isn't the best time to discover that his company is involved in a long and bitter war against the Fey. However, there is a bright side. Sophie might have dumped him then left for Hollywood, but junior school sweetheart Melze is a wonderful compensation ...
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H.W. Wells seems a respectable establishment, but the company now paying Paul Carpenter's salary is in fact a deeply sinister organisation with a mighty peculiar agenda. Since he graduated from office junior to clerk, he has wrestled with goblins, travelled hundreds of miles in the blink of an eye and spent hours doing dangerous office admin. Now, just when he thought he might be getting the hang of it he is transferred to the pest control department. This is otherwise known as slaying dragons, werewolves and other such monstrous creatures which Paul had, until recently, fondly believed didn't exist. This isn't the best time to discover that his company is involved in a long and bitter war against the Fey. However, there is a bright side. Sophie might have dumped him then left for Hollywood, but junior school sweetheart Melze is a wonderful compensation ...
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Nachdem ich den ersten Teil - The Portable door, gelesen hatte, war ich gespannt auf den 2. Teil. Ich wurde nicht enttäuscht... Wem der 1. Teil gefallen hat, der sollte hier weiter machen.
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In diesem Roman werden die Abenteuer von Paul und Sophie aus “The Portable Door” weitererzählt. Die beiden Jungverliebten sind nun immer noch Angestellte von JWW und Paul fühlt sich zunehmend unwohl in seiner Stellung. Dieses Unbehagen steigt noch, als er für einige Wochen Richard Wurmtoter und dessen Abteilung zur Bekämpfung von Monstern zugeordnet wird. Ein Job, für den Paul sich – seiner eigenen Meinung nach – denkbar schlecht eignet. Kaum hat er in dieser Abteilung Posten bezogen, als Wurmtoter auch schon aufbricht und jemand anderen Pauls weitere Ausbildung überlässt. Was diesem nicht sonderlich behagt, zum Einen, weil Richard die tragbare Tür mitnimmt, zum Anderen, weil Sophie ihn ziemlich sang- und klanglos verlässt.
Und so lernt Paul nun die hohe Kunst des Heldentums. Diese Art des Heldentums liegt ihm ganz gut, anders als die, bei der er außer Haus gehen muss um einen kleinen Drachen zu töten, der in einem Bankautomaten nistet. Oder die Besuche bei der Bank der Toten mit seinem Ausbilder Benny Shumway, der als Zwerg einige Dinge anders sieht als Paul.
Nach einem kurzen Ausflug ins Reich der Toten, bei dem er auch noch erfährt, dass er in Wirklichkeit das Ergebnis eines Zuchtexperiments seines Onkels ist, nähert sich die Geschichte Pauls den Kernideen von „Harry Potter“ und „Matrix 1 – 3“ immer mehr an. Dies alles in Tom Holts gewohnt witzigem mehrschichtigen Stil geschrieben, setzt die Geschichte um die tragbare Tür fabelhaft fort.
Und so lernt Paul nun die hohe Kunst des Heldentums. Diese Art des Heldentums liegt ihm ganz gut, anders als die, bei der er außer Haus gehen muss um einen kleinen Drachen zu töten, der in einem Bankautomaten nistet. Oder die Besuche bei der Bank der Toten mit seinem Ausbilder Benny Shumway, der als Zwerg einige Dinge anders sieht als Paul.
Nach einem kurzen Ausflug ins Reich der Toten, bei dem er auch noch erfährt, dass er in Wirklichkeit das Ergebnis eines Zuchtexperiments seines Onkels ist, nähert sich die Geschichte Pauls den Kernideen von „Harry Potter“ und „Matrix 1 – 3“ immer mehr an. Dies alles in Tom Holts gewohnt witzigem mehrschichtigen Stil geschrieben, setzt die Geschichte um die tragbare Tür fabelhaft fort.
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Great Fun For Youngies and Oldies Alike
19. Mai 2005
Von Steve S
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A superior entry by Tom Holt which moves at a fast pace from beginning to end. This book is a sequel to "The Portable Door", but it can be easily read as a standalone. Son of the world's worst parents may have something to do with Paul's lack of confidence. His coworkers at J W Wells are an odd assortment of wizards, goblins, dwarves, and even the Queen of the Fey. Paul is still a trainee and has recently been assigned to pest control, but these pests include fire breathing dragons, wyverns,etc. His duties also include assisting in the companies banking at the Bank of the Dead, which is a bit tricky and also a "bit of a tax fiddle". "In Your Dreams" answers the following important questions:
1. Can you take it with you? Yes, merely setup an account at the Bank of the Dead and deposit, making sure you burn cash and deposit slips thoroughly.
2. Is your company car really the bosses sister? Yes.
3. Does life ever produce happy endings? Nah.
1. Can you take it with you? Yes, merely setup an account at the Bank of the Dead and deposit, making sure you burn cash and deposit slips thoroughly.
2. Is your company car really the bosses sister? Yes.
3. Does life ever produce happy endings? Nah.
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I LOVED this book
28. September 2004
Von James B. Kelty
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This book, the sequel to The Portable Door, is absolutely one of the BEST books I have ever read. I said the same thing about The Portable Door, but that is now my second favorite book of all time.
Tom Holt is an excellent author. If I could choose to be an author of great caliber, I would choose to be Tom Holt. I know that Mr. Holt has been in the game for a while, and I have read several of his Omnibus edition novels (All of which I loved), but this latest foray into the wonderful world he has created was excellent.
I could not put this book down. Finished it in three days. My wife complained that I was ignoring my family, but, when she finished the book, she completely understood.
There are so many issues left open for a third book, that I find myself hoping time will fly by, and I can get the 'next' book.
Please! Please! Please! Keep up the amazing work, Mr. Holt.
Tom Holt is an excellent author. If I could choose to be an author of great caliber, I would choose to be Tom Holt. I know that Mr. Holt has been in the game for a while, and I have read several of his Omnibus edition novels (All of which I loved), but this latest foray into the wonderful world he has created was excellent.
I could not put this book down. Finished it in three days. My wife complained that I was ignoring my family, but, when she finished the book, she completely understood.
There are so many issues left open for a third book, that I find myself hoping time will fly by, and I can get the 'next' book.
Please! Please! Please! Keep up the amazing work, Mr. Holt.
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"His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity..."
16. Januar 2006
Von Akethan
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This was my first Tom Holt (by way of a Christmas present).
I have mixed feelings about this one - it started off clever and sharp and had some great twists - think office/corporation meets Harry Potter [think Roberty Lynn Asprin's Myth Adventures]. It plays nicely with ideas of myth and fairytale and magic - but most of the last chapters involve characters just re-hashing to other characters what has just taken place in the previous chapter in which the other characters weren't involved.
Typically books just gloss over this rather than have the reader sit all the way through the re-enactment again. And again.
It could have been a few hundred pages shorter and cleaner sparing the above - and then it would have been 5 Stars. I'll try another in the series and see how it goes.
I have mixed feelings about this one - it started off clever and sharp and had some great twists - think office/corporation meets Harry Potter [think Roberty Lynn Asprin's Myth Adventures]. It plays nicely with ideas of myth and fairytale and magic - but most of the last chapters involve characters just re-hashing to other characters what has just taken place in the previous chapter in which the other characters weren't involved.
Typically books just gloss over this rather than have the reader sit all the way through the re-enactment again. And again.
It could have been a few hundred pages shorter and cleaner sparing the above - and then it would have been 5 Stars. I'll try another in the series and see how it goes.
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