Review: Sky High Adventure
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2011
Nicole Sheldrake has created a wonderful world full of magic and adventure.  Her ability to create a world that is so realistic that the reader feels as if they are traveling along with the characters is one that can only come about through pure talent.  Benjamin is one of two humans lining on Pingala with no magic.  He is looked upon as a freak.  This character reminded me of Mira in Jason Lett's  series Powerless.  In that book the characters all have a type of superhero talent except Mira.  Benjamin has a high position.  He is keeper of the Retrograph Vault.  Every minute a snapshot of a human's life is taken with the equivalent of their third eye.  They are able to create a whorl, which I equated to a mirror to look at those snapshots.  No one can see anyone else's retrograph, except for Benjamin.  He can see everyone's.  When he is not working in the vault, which is seldom, he is on a quest to find relics to sell to collectors.  He does this hoping to find the ultimate relic, a glove that will hopefully give magic like everyone else.  Someone powerful has broken into the vault and altered the king's retrographs.  Now Benjamin has a new quest.  I loved the characters.  There were six species on Pingala and the author did a wonderful job of fleshing them out.  They aren't described to you, you learn about them in their natural settings through the actions and interaction with Benjamin and Higgins.  This is the first book in her series and I like many others will be looking forward to the next.