There wasn’t that much backstory in the initial book between the sisters, and emphasized the hole that had been in little sister’s Oona’s life since Jessa left mysteriously. The Cobalt Prince‘s story continues immediately after Oona lights the first beacon. The Sand Warrior ended on a cliffhanger of sorts, with Oona’s realization that the other sand dancer was her long missing sister Jessa. Surprisingly, there the storytelling and art style doesn’t suffer from this big cast, and there’s no obvious delineation of where one artist obviously started and another finished. There are a number of collaborators on this book, including the two brothers Mark and Alexis Siegel and the three artists Xanthe Bouma, Matt Rockefeller, and Boya Sun. The authors do a great job of world building in The Sand Warrior, fleshing out the world of Oona and her friends Jax Amboy and An Tzu. Right away, he breezed through it and had a million questions about the beacon and the relationships between all the characters. I immediately thought this would be something by 7 year old son would enjoy. When I received the first installment in the series, 5 Worlds: Book 1 The Sand Warrior, in the mail, I was immediately impressed by a quick browsing of the art and the whole design for the book. 5 Worlds: Book 2 The Cobalt Prince was heavily anticipated in my house.
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