Imperial Spy

[M@.Price]

Originally Posted by Threddy

That's not good, Mark's books are much better.
Ed - Threddy

lol it was saying they were just as good! I meant the comparison was good, not the Alex Rider books (though they are awesome!)

[Lilly]

ok so im really late at posting my opinions about Imperial Spy, but i dont often get a chance to increase my collection of Mark Robsons books.. its pain stakingly slow!!
but i just finished the book and loved it!!
kinda makes me want to become a spy really!!!
ive read some of the comments about danar, and i must just say that femke and i are similar ages and i loved the fact that she goes through real girl situaions (perhaps you hafd some help from a lady there?) danar was the prince charming most girls of my age are totally infactuated with, and are so amazingly thrilled when they show intrest.. but like femke we all realise that there is more to them then charm...
malo was fantasic, and even though i thought a couple of times he was a weak and poor king, he prove dto be quite he opposite!!
by the by, i love the names of the charectors.. where did they come from?

[Threddy]

Originally Posted by M@.Price

lol it was saying they were just as good! I meant the comparison was good, not the Alex Rider books (though they are awesome!)

True the Alex Rider books are good, but not as good as Mark's.

[Mark Robson]

Originally Posted by Lilly

i love the names of the charectors.. where did they come from?

Glad you enjoyed Imperial Spy, Lilly. The names came from all over the place. Femke is actually Dutch. I heard the name first in Cheltenham when I signed a book for a girl called Femke. I liked the name so much that I asked her if she would mind me using it for a character.

Many of the names are made up, or combinations of names in common use. Some were left overs from my previous series. I'm afraid I didn't really think through the names that well beforehand, as I ended up with far too many characters and places whose names started with the letter 'S'. This was partially due to my ill-conceived idea that people from Shandar did this to honour their god - Shand. I won't make that mistake again. Some of the sentences ended up a bit like: She sells sea shells on the sea shore!!