Titans of Chaos
Titans of Chaos
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ISBN# 076531648X
Published April 2007 as a hardback
by Tor books.
Wright follows in the footsteps of Neil Gaiman and Tim Powers with his own distinctive style...A highly enjoyable ride.
Five orphans attending a British boarding school gradually realize that they are something other than human. Each one possesses special powers (some are science-based, while others are paranormal and magical in nature) that should not coexist in the same universe. Who they are and why they have come together is the mystery the orphans must solve in order to find their true homes. Wright has written a modern-day fantasy that borrows from many traditions and mythologies and has the feel of an epic. A solid selection for most libraries.
Sci-fantasy gets a masterful reworking
Science fantasy is a blend that requires enormous skill to bring off. The author must mix the improbable with the probable, the fanciful with the hard-nosed, the rational with the supernatural. Luckily, John Wright is just the man for the job [...] This kind of homage-laden, deep-lineage fiction can get over-intellectual and stultifying in the wrong hands. But Wright keeps it fresh and sprightly, mainly thanks to never losing sight of the teenage high spirits of his protagonists, especially his perfect narrator, Amelia.
Definitely one of the best fantasy trilogies I've read in quite some time. Wright may have followed in the footsteps of Neil Gaiman with his approach to mythology,but his accomplishment here is no less for it.
Wright skillfully evokes Zelazny in this trilogy, creating a complex but internally consistent set of realities with overlapping powers and a mythological structure. It's a tremendous feat of writing […] Strongly recommended.
Titans of Chaos completes John Wrights The Chronicles of Chaos. Launched in Orphans of Chaos (a Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel in 2006, and a Locus Years Best Novel pick for 2005) and continued in Fugitives of Chaos, the trilogy is about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who discovered that they are not human. The five have made incredible discoveries about themselves. Amelia is apparently a fourth-dimensional being; Victor is a synthetic man who can control the molecular arrangement of matter; Vanity can find secret passageways through solid walls; Colin is a psychic; Quentin is a warlock. Each power comes from a different paradigm or view of the universe. They have learned to control their strange abilities and have escaped into our world; now their true battle for survival begins. The Chronicles of Chaos is situated in the literary territory of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books and Neil Gaiman's American Gods, with some of the flash and dazzle of super-hero comics