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The Boys Are Back!
Sir Michael Sevenson and his squire, Fisk, can't seem to keep out of hot water. After five long years, Fisk has been called home to Ruesport to investigate who framed his sister Anna's husband, Max, as a blackmailer. Anna figures that Fisk, with his criminal past, is uniquely qualified to find out who set Max up. Of course Michael feels he has to come along to help his friend; but now he wears the tattoos of the unredeemed and fears he might be more hindrance than help.
As in The Last Knight, Hilari Bell's first Knight and Rogue novel, Rogue's Home combines the banter of a buddy story with elements of classic fantasy, medieval derring-do, and mystery. Michael and Fisk are likable guys who just seem to he magnets for trouble. You never know what is going to happen to these would-be heroes next.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7-10-When readers last saw the unlikely duo of starry-eyed Sir Michael and his reluctant squire (and former thief) Fisk in The Last Knight (HarperCollins, 2007), the teens were headed toward Michael's home to face the music. Despite his father's instructions, the young man has refused to bring back a woman falsely accused of murder, and the punishment for this failure is harsh. Michael is declared "unredeemed" and tattooed with marks that will declare his newly despised status to any that see his wrists. What's worse, Fisk has been called back home by his sisters to help them clear the name of a man he dislikes. Michael comes along but somebody has it in for the two, and it will take all of their wits to keep them out of either jail or a hangman's noose. In a story that's part buddy comedy, part Don Quixote, and part mystery novel, Bell outdoes herself with this intrepid pair. Michael's insistence that he is a knight, an occupation that is "two centuries out of date," has waned and now it is Fisk taking center stage. The story line moves swiftly and without a stumble. Count on this book's humor, suspense, and plot twists to keep readers coming back for future installments.-Elizabeth Bird, New York Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
(Intermediate) Fisk the former thief and Michael, now a former would-be knight, continue their bantering partnership and solve a mystery involving Fisk's staid brother-in-law Maxwell, a maligned judicar, in this, their second adventure (see The Last Knight, rev. 9/07). Having left home in some disgrace, Fisk is called back to help his respectable mercantile family out of trouble. It doesn't help his reputation when Michael, now tattooed as "unredeemed" and therefore dead to family and invisible to law, shows up in a well-meaning effort to help. It takes careful sleuthing, bungled leads, and midnight escapes for the two of them to finally expose the affable merchant who framed Maxwell. Bell writes with a buoyant, easygoing style, creating character and setting (a bit like late-medieval Europe, but with magic) with economy and giving her readers a lighthearted, but also warmhearted, tale. She explores the twin themes of shame and public discreditation from two vantage points, using Maxwell's predicament to underscore the more subtle dynamic of shame and honor with which Michael must contend. Good-humored and thoughtful, this has the appeal of a dashing mystery-adventure, but the deeper elements of friendship and family loyalty give it substance.From HORN BOOK, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
A winter's tale--with lots of snow and ice--told by two older teens, this buddy novel tells the further adventures of the anachronistic knight Sir Michael and his trusty (and crusty) rogue squire, Fisk. In this installment, Michael has been judged, condemned and marked as an outcast while Fisk has been summoned home by his family to clear his brother-in-law's name and rescue the family fortunes. Told by Michael and Fisk in turn--the two are wonderful foils for each other--the use of alternating voices gives readers access to details about and perspective on secondary characters and events. The writing is great: lots of humor, likable people, mystery and suspense aplenty. The setting is not so dusty either--a kind of 18th-century England fantasy realm with mysterious magical elements. Bell wraps things up nicely, but not so tightly that readers won't hope for more stories of this entertaining duo. Although this is volume two, readers who missed the first book will have no difficulty diving right in and following the story. (Fantasy. 12 & up) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Centuries after knight errantry became an unrealistic career choice, in a land lit by two moons and enriched by Magica, Sir Michael (aka Mike) and his reluctant sometime squire Fisk ride out for the second adventure in the Knight and Rogue series. After receiving an urgent, maddeningly vague cry for help, Fisk returns to his hometown to find his sisters in peril of losing their home now that his brother-in-law has lost his job and reputation. Who is the conniving villain who has schemed to bring the family low and committed murder and arson to cover his tracks? Though the many characters are well drawn and often diverting, their proliferation crowds the field of suspects to the point of confusion. The mystery may be the central focus of the novel, but the appeal of the series lies in the two strong protagonists, Mike and Fisk, and the fundamental tension as well as growing bond between them.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2008 Booklist