![]() ![]() We meet the teenage hero, Gilberec Parzival Moth, whose chivalric name, silver-white hair, and ability to talk to animals suggest that he has more to him than meets the eye.īut our hero remains something of a mystery, even to himself. ![]() Set in present-day North Carolina, Wright’s book is the first installment of a fantasy series for young adults. ![]() Wright tells us this universal Christian story in his novel Swan Knight’s Son. ![]() Earthly life is our epic adventure, a spiritual battle against powers and principalities, and a heroic quest for Heaven. And like these heroes, we desperately want to know who our Father is-our Origin and our Destiny. Like Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, we have powers greater than we know: God-given powers over ourselves, and over sin and darkness. As Pope Benedict XVI wrote in Spe Salvi, “man was created for greatness-for God himself.” There is a real sense in which, like these protagonists, baptized Christians have an epic calling. To Christians, this story rings especially true. In this recurrent narrative, a teenager of uncertain parentage discovers he has supernatural powers, and the search for his identity leads him to find his destiny. Rowling’s Harry Potter series to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books. In recent decades, successful Young Adult novels captured this truth in a variety of forms, from J.K. Deep down, human beings know we’re made for something epic. ![]()
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