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Guardians of Time Trilogy

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The Guardians of Time Trilogy is a series of books written by Marianne Curley. They show a group of people, the Guardians of Time (the Guard), trying to protect the past, present and future by traveling into the past to thwart their enemies, the Order of Chaos (the Order), who are trying to change past events to give themselves more power.

The books in this trilogy are The Named, The Dark, and The Key.

About the Books

Narration

In all the books, the prologue is written in third person, while all the chapters are written in first person with two narrators switching off telling the story. While the narrators are together, their telling of the story is not redundant.

In the first novel, The Named, Ethan and Isabel narrate. In the second novel, The Dark, Isabel and Arkarian narrate. In the third novel, The Key, Rochelle and Matt narrate.

Setting

The story is set in Angel Falls (fictional, not the real Angel Falls) which is directly above the ancient city of Veridian. The town is set in Australia, somewhere near the bush or a national park, not far from Sydney, according to the coordinates given in the Dark. The town is secluded and borders the Australian bush. Waterfalls, forests and streams encase the town, making the training for the characters easier. The town people do not know that their town is located directly above the ancient lost city of Veridian, which is where an ancient prophecy exists. It is revealed in The Dark the National Park is '36 degrees south of the equator, 148 degrees east of the prime meridian'. From context, the town appears to be small and spread out, the high school having a small population.

The story appears to be set in the present or just a few years in the past.

Main Characters

  • The Named:

    • Ethan
    • Isabel
    • Matt
    • Arkarian
    • Rochelle
    • Shaun
    • Jimmy
    • Mr. Carter
    • Neriah
    • Later Dillon is given the status of named by Lorian.
  • Other:

    • Lorian
    • Lathenia
    • Marduke

The Series

  1. The Named

    • Written in:
    • Released: 2002
    • ISBN: 0-7475-7539-8
  2. The Dark

    • Written in:
    • Released: 2003
    • ISBN: 0-7475-7433-2
  3. The Key

    • Written in:
    • Released: 2005
    • ISBN: 0-7475-7334-4

External links

Official sites

  • Marianne Curley's website: http://www.mariannecurley.com/
  • Bloomsbury: Guardians of Time website http://www.bloomsbury.com/GuardiansOfTime/ - contains the prologue to all three books
  • Behindthebook.org: http://www.behindthebook.org/kids_bookswelove.html#Curley

Fansites

  • Old Magic fansite and forums: http://www.artisticchardon.com/om
  • LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/community/arkarian/
  • Shrine to Marianne Curley: http://kate66620.tripod.com/
  • Role Play Game: http://timetrilogy.proboards42.com/index.cgi



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