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Snowbound Kindle Edition

by Olivier Lafont (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
Christmas is dying.

The last Santa Claus had triplets who each inherited a portion of his father’s power, and that split is now tearing apart the soul of Christmas.

Niccolo Vecchio, the eldest, has fortified the North Pole into a citadel of ice and metal.

Santini, the middle brother, is in hiding somewhere in the Mediterranean.

The youngest brother, Niccolo Piccolo, is raising legions to reclaim his inheritance.

Two of the triplets will have to renounce their claim in the next forty-eight hours, or this Christmas will be the last one ever.

And it’s up to Adam, underachieving teenager sub-ordinaire, and his brand new jock bully Zach to make that happen…
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B072BZD5RJ
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 18, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.6 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 339 pages
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
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Olivier Lafont

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Olivier Lafont is a French author, actor and screenplay writer living in Paris.

His latest novel 'Oop and Lila Lost in the Scarabean' was recently released by Hachette.

His last novel 'The Rise of the Midnight King', published by Talking Cub, was recently nominated for the Neev Book Award.

His novel ‘Warrior’ was published by Penguin Random House, and was nominated for the Tibor Jones South Asia Prize.

His other works include a young adult fantasy adventure 'Snowbound', a contemporary romance novel 'Sweet Revenge', and a fantasy novelette 'Purgatory: The Gun of God' published in South Africa.

As an actor Lafont has acted in French, Hollywood and Indian films, in TV serials, and in over 80 television commercials. He was most recently seen in the critically-acclaimed French thriller 'Le Bureau des légendes' season 5. He acted in ‘3 Idiots’, one of India's all-time blockbuster hits, the critically-acclaimed ‘Guzaarish’, and the Lifetime film ‘Baby Sellers’, amongst other films.

Lafont has written a number of feature film scripts. The first film he wrote opened at the Toronto Film Festival and went on to win seven awards at film festivals worldwide.

Lafont graduated from Colgate University, USA, with academic distinction.

https://www.olivierlafont.com/author

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  • Reshma Ranjan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbound by Snowbound
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2017
    I have always thought myself as a completely nonfantasy book lover. And I must confess, I have been surprised a couple of times by some books with their fantastical elements. I went into this book keeping in mind that this book is about Santa and elves and kids. Not very enthused. But I have wanted to try one book of author Lafont. And oh my, oh my, did this book take me completely by surprise. I was completely hooked the moment Adam and Zach tumbled through the out of order photometronic booth.
    The journey was at times nail-biting, at times wonderous, at times so picturesque, but at all the time it was a great ride! Through absolutely marvelous places with some marvelous characters.
    I loved almost everything about it... The blooming teenage love, the blossoming friendship, the sudden insight into oneself. It is a complete package. With Christmas coming in, readers are in for a Christmas treat.
    The sons of Santa fighting for the position and some serious treachery and war, the book sinks its hook right into you.
    Pick the book and let it take you on a roller coaster ride from the north pole to the Mediterranean to the Africa. An absolute fun read. Grab it, Santa is sure to be happy.
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  • Indywrites
    4.0 out of 5 stars Adventure Christmas
    Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2017
    Three brothers and all of them unfit so who will be Santa Claus? #Snowbound has a thought-provoking premise and is an adventurous read. #SNOWBOUND is about Santa Claus, and Christmas and how all of it could disappear. Oliver has woven Christmas and myths and magic, merging them to bring to life a delightful story of two boys, Adam and Zach who are trying to save Christmas.

    The boys are magically transported to the realm of Santa and are surprised to find reindeers who talk, elves that are super ninjas and a Santa Claus who is missing. Adam and Zach are not really friends but thrown together into an unknown world and they start helping each other. Mysterious characters find them, guiding them to search for the ‘real Santa’ in #Snowbound.

    Niccolo, the elder brother sends them to ask the other two to relinquish their claim for being Santa as time is running out. Learning on the run, making new friends, finding unbelievable adventures and facing their fears and faults. Challenges, mysteries, a sword and a mask add to their quest, sometimes helping sometimes not so much. The boys are quick learners and make a friend of the witch, Tatyana who helps them.

    Values, honesty, friendship, morals and doing the right thing, listening to your heart blend with the fiction of Snowbound to make a reality that is quite possible if we forget the magic of Christmas. Not a bit preachy but still very interesting, the book kept me hooked as I was eager to learn who would the new Santa be. A translation of the other language spoken would have been better but I could guess what was being talked about.

    Olivier has filled this book with not just escapades and magic but valuable lessons as well. It is a good book to be read around this season when Christmas is almost here. Reiterating the values and ideals, we hold dear.

    A flying jeep that turns into a chicken, magical powers that make the boys almost invincible and plain old faith make Adam’s mission a success. It is not as easy as you think but you will need to read the book to know how. You will be forgiven if like me you think that it could be Adam – I know! How silly is that!

     I have read Warrior and Sweet Revenge by Olivier Lafont and he is a maverick with words, making page-turners for his fans.
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  • Sunita Saldhana
    4.0 out of 5 stars It kept me spellbound!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2017
    “Christmas is dying.

    The last Santa Claus had triplets who each inherited a portion of his father’s power, and that split is now tearing apart the soul of Christmas.”

    That’s how the blurb of the book starts. I was intrigued. Three possible Santa Clauses? It certainly looked interesting. And the book absolutely lives up to the promise.

    Olivier Lafont’s book is fast paced, yet I had to read it slowly, because I did not want to miss any of the action packed adventures of Adam and Zach as they try to save Christmas.

    Lafont has an amazing way of telling a story and instead of Snowbound the title should have been Spell bound. His way of describing things and people made the writer in me bow down in awe.

    Can you imagine a creature like this?

    “The constantly flowing face, forty feet high, swelled and dipped like a shifting waterfall, and a harmonious cacophony of sounds emerged from within it. It had the muted roar of the deep ocean trenches, interlaced with the longing calls of whales, the playful squeals of darling dolphins, the focussed silence of sharks, the percussion of a million million clam shells opening and closing in rhythm. It was the music of the Mediterranean sea condensed into the singular voice of this blue-gray monster.”

    The book is also laced with pearls of wisdom as the boys find themselves as they figure out what needs to be done.

    Things like this will resonate with every reader I am sure:

    “He didn’t explore it further, because he feared he would find the logical loopholes and convince himself that bravery was really only a fancy synonym for socially admired insanity.”

    “What happens happens. If we make mistakes, we try to correct them. That’s all there is to it. Don’t beat yourself up for mistakes you may or may not make, yes?”

    The timing of the book couldn’t be better. With Christmas a few months away, it will make a great gift for pre and young teenagers.
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