Pendragon: The Merchant Of Death

Pendragon: The Merchant of Death by D. J . MacHale is about 14 year old Bobby Pendragon who is going to save the world. It all starts when his uncle, Uncle Press, visits his house before he goes to a basketball game. He tells Bobby that there are some people who need their help and asks him to come with him. After putting an ample amount of thought, Bobby agrees to go with Press. Press takes Bobby to an abandoned subway station in Bronx. Bobby is flabbergasted by the place where his uncle took him, but Press reassures him to trust in him. As they head into the abandoned subway station, Bobby and Press come upon Saint Dane, who will be the main part of the conflict later on in the story. Since Bobby has no clue who Saint Dane is, Saint Dane controls a homeless man to
They manage to get past the quigs, but their sled crashes. Press is captured by Bedwoodan knights and Bobby passes out. Bobby is rescued by Osa, a traveler warrior woman, and her daughter Loor, also a traveler and dislikes Bobby throughout most of the story. They are joined by Alder, a Bedwoodan knight who's actually a traveler from Denduron in disguise. All three of them explain the conflict that Denduron is in. There are two tribes, the Milago and Bedwoodan. The Milago receive vile and cruel treatment from the Bedwoodan. The Milago live very poor in little huts without running water or even outhouses, and have to mine for glaze( a valuable stone) every single hour of the day in order to meet the needs of Queen Kagan, the ruler of the Bedwoodans. If the need is not met, one of the miners is selected at random and executed by being pushed into an abandoned mineshaft. The Bedwoodans, on the other hand, live in luxury and have more advanced tools and technology. Bobby also learns that Press will be executed. Bobby teams up with Loor and Alder to develop a plan to help save Press. During this time, Bobby realizes how luxurious the Bedwoodans live compared to the