The Sunday Six this week is heroes. Any hero. Someday, maybe, we’ll do just romance heroes which would change some of my list. But for tonight, I’m glad it’s all heroes. My six will probably include some not on anyone else’s lists. However, everyone’s reading lists are different. Well, this is a bit of insight into me – 2 kids, a detective, a warrior king, and 2 romance heroes.
1. Harry Potter. As Alyson indicated, I’m not original in this. J.K. Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. We all love Harry. He is a wounded, self-sacrificing hero. Brave. Loyal. True. What’s not to love?
2. Ender Wiggin. Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game tells the story of Ender Wiggin, the childhood prodigy who defeats the buggers, an alien race planning to destroy the human race. It is his great intelligence and empathy that makes him the ultimate commander. However, his empathy is so great that he writes the bugger queen's story. His eloquent book changes the world's view of the buggers so that Ender is seen as the monster rather than the aliens. Throughout Card’s novels, Ender grows into an equally empathetic man. You can’t help but love him.
3. Alex Cross. James Patterson has written twelve novels starring Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. detective who gets the most heinous crimes to solve. His life, loves, and investigative prowess make for some great, fast-paced reading. If you haven’t read any Alex Cross, pick up one of Patterson’s novels. You won’t be disappointed.
4. Aragorn. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a multitude of fabulous characters into his Lord of the Rings books. My favorite. Aragorn. He is fated to one day take the throne and rule, but a great evil must be defeated first. He establishes himself over and over again as a virile warrior and leader. Of course, the books are great but Viggo Mortenson is oh so yummy as Aragon in the movie version. (See the picture above if you don't agree.)
1. Harry Potter. As Alyson indicated, I’m not original in this. J.K. Rowling is one of the richest women in the world. We all love Harry. He is a wounded, self-sacrificing hero. Brave. Loyal. True. What’s not to love?
2. Ender Wiggin. Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game tells the story of Ender Wiggin, the childhood prodigy who defeats the buggers, an alien race planning to destroy the human race. It is his great intelligence and empathy that makes him the ultimate commander. However, his empathy is so great that he writes the bugger queen's story. His eloquent book changes the world's view of the buggers so that Ender is seen as the monster rather than the aliens. Throughout Card’s novels, Ender grows into an equally empathetic man. You can’t help but love him.
3. Alex Cross. James Patterson has written twelve novels starring Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. detective who gets the most heinous crimes to solve. His life, loves, and investigative prowess make for some great, fast-paced reading. If you haven’t read any Alex Cross, pick up one of Patterson’s novels. You won’t be disappointed.
4. Aragorn. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a multitude of fabulous characters into his Lord of the Rings books. My favorite. Aragorn. He is fated to one day take the throne and rule, but a great evil must be defeated first. He establishes himself over and over again as a virile warrior and leader. Of course, the books are great but Viggo Mortenson is oh so yummy as Aragon in the movie version. (See the picture above if you don't agree.)
5. Adam Black. Adam makes many appearances in Karen Marie Moning’s sexy highlander books. All of his initial appearances paint him as quite the villain and womanizer. He raises hell and reeks havoc on the lives of heroines and heroes in her early books. However, in The Immortal Highlander, The fairy queen has stripped Adam of his powers and rendered him invisible except to sidhe seers. In trying to manipulate the heroine into helping him regain the favor of his queen, he slips and falls in love, and it’s beautiful.
6. Zsadist. J.R. Ward writes fascinating vampire novels – not your typical vampire novels. These take on a whole new twist by introducing a brotherhood of vampire warriors charged with protecting their race. The most tragic of all her heroes in Zsadist. His scars are too deep, too painful to be healed. They make him dangerous to everyone, including himself. However, this dark hero’s journey finally reveals the real man, er, vampire, beneath the scars.
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