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Old 25th June 2008, 05:12 PM   #106 (permalink)
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That's not good, Mark's books are much better.
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lol it was saying they were just as good! I meant the comparison was good, not the Alex Rider books (though they are awesome!)
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Old 15th July 2008, 01:22 PM   #107 (permalink)
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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?
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Old 15th July 2008, 02:04 PM   #108 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 16th July 2008, 09:35 PM   #109 (permalink)
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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!!
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Old 13th March 2012, 09:00 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Hi! I came across your book in my school library and I decided to read it. (The blurb + cover illustrations are great!) I've got to say it's a great book!
I like how you weren't afraid to kill of one of the main characters where as some other author would be in case people didn't enjoy it. Of course I was sad when Danar died but it made the story even better.
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