Editorial Review
Let the Games Begin....Quillan is a territory on the verge of destruction. The people have lost control of their own future and must struggle simply to survive. The only chance they have of finding a better life is by playing the Quillan Games. Hosted by a strange pair of game masters, Veego and LaBerge, the games are a mix of sport and combat. They use the people of Quillan as pawns for their amusement as they force them to enter competitions that range from physical battles, to impossible obstacle courses, to computer-driven tests of agility. To triumph in the games is to live the life of a king. To lose is to die.
This is the dangerous and deadly situation Bobby Pendragon finds on Quillan. He quickly realizes that the only way to save this troubled territory is to beat Veego and LaBerge at their own games and dismantle their horrible fun house. But there is more at stake for Bobby. The prize for winning the Quillan Games may be discovering the truth of what it really means a Traveler.
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Customer Reviews
Quillan, First Earth bring the adventure 
2007-07-07
First of all, Im not a kid, I'm just too lazy to sign up for amazon.
This book is easily the best in the series and if not, then the never war is.
I Love This Series, But This One Falls a Tiny Bit Short 
2007-06-18
Maybe we aren't supposed to read these books one right after the other.
I was reading "Zadaa" when I received the next two books as a gift, and I got very excited because Zadaa was so engrossing. As soon as I finished the last page I picked up "Quillan". Maybe that was my mistake. As I said, maybe we aren't supposed to read these books one right after the other.
The first 200 pages really dragged. I have never noticed that the author spent so much time describing every detail for us. Maybe it was excessive in this book. I thought at first it was maybe that there is so much backtracking in his books (why does he think that every book is being read by someone who has not read any of the other books of this series?) but it wasn't the backtracking. It was the endless descriptions of uninteresting aspects of Quillan. Saint Dane doesn't even begin to appear until mid-way through the book. Up till that point, I really didn't care what happened on Quillan.
From then on, "Quillan" begins to shine as the other books have done so before it. The battle of wills between Boddy and Saint Dane really are the high points of the novels: will Bobby let himself be drawn in? Will Saint Dane gain a point against him? What is the plan for this territory?
I found myself wishing that the journal pages would finally end so we could find out what was happening with Courtney or Mark. While I suspected some of the revelations that come later in the book, many others were surprises and made for a satisfying ending (well, not for the story - Bobby and others are in the thick of it like never before - but the story getting back on track).
I customarily give the books of this series 5 stars, and had I rated it before page 244, it would have had 2-3 stars, but the author grabbed me again! Overall 4 stars.
The next book is sitting on my desk, but I will wait a little while before jumping into that flume!
P.S. Okay, so I couldn't wait to start the next book, and I'm sure glad I didn't wait. "Pilgrims of Rayne" is awesome!!!
pendragon 2007-03-15
Have you ever wondered if there was more then one world out there? Well in my book Pendragon there are nine worlds.
My book is a science-fiction book. It is about a traveler named bobby Pendragon. He is 17 years old, and also the leader of the traveler. The book takes place on a world named Quilian. Bobby goes there because Saint Dane went there to try to take over the world.
I thought that this book was really good and I get it 4 out of 5. I do recommend this book because it is a good book and it has a lot of action and it leaves you hanging all the way till the end. I say this book is more for the 10+ age range because some of the humor in the book is for older people and it wouldn't make sense to little kids.
Book Seven scores a Seven on my scale 2007-03-10
I really didn't find the Quillian Games that bad. It was exciting, and, I guess well-written, but not anything compared to the other books in the series. Boby is on his seventh terriotry, Quillian, a world where games are life, and if you get GAME OVER, your life is over and you are taken away but robotic police officers called dados. But Bobby will soon find out, he is about to become a "Challenger" in the biggest, deadliest games he has ever participated in. Saint Dane is holding the playing cards, and you wil be amazingly surprised at the twist and turns this book holds, and the spectacular truth a the end... it sounds like an amazing book, maybe the best one yet. Here are a few things that did not float my boat.It lacked creativity, and it kind of changed my view of Bobby's personality, which I'm really starting to dislike. It seems like, in one case, that Bobby is trying to be humble, but is still being a total braggart, in more ways than one.
And is it just me, or is D.J. Machale killing off Traveler's a little to easily?! It seems like the Pendragon series is starting to become a darker type; like Harry Potter [I'm talker about the "darkness" level here, not the story] almost. This is a warning to the author: lighten up, get more imagination, retrieve the lost humor, give back Bobby's personality, or you'll lose loads of your fans, and future fans.
Hey, did you see the next Pendragon book!? Book eight, the pilgrims of rayne! Coming May 8, 2007!! Bobby Looks like he 20! Hope its better than the last two.
Its a book of redundancy..... 
2007-03-08
As much as I like all of the previous Pendragon books, It looks like the writer is at loss for words.
There is so much returning to the past at every turn, we are basically re-reading the last book.
It was noticable in the book prior to this one but not as much.
The Quillan Games (Pendragon) 2008-06-06
D. J. MacHalle do it again. A great book, with many twisting plots. Always bringing new hanging points to the series.
Very sad, very funny, and full of evil clowns with guns! Muhahaha! 2007-12-14
This book had me confused for white a long time. I thought at first that this was more of comedy than action/adventure. But then at the very end a traveler turns sour and it turns into another Reality Bug. Very sad and serious. I didn't know what to think at first but than I decided Bobby probably didn't either.
One of the best parts of the whole book is where Bobby is running in a forest getting chased by clowns. As you find out, Bobby hates clowns. he than prceeds to rant about how much he hates clowns and especially the ones who are trying to kill you.
I liked this book even though it wasn't my favorite it was still very good.
Pendragon: The Quillan Games 2007-12-12
Victory is the way out of the Quillan games. Would you rather be a brainwashed civilian or a Challenger fighting for life everyday? A Challenger by day and a Traveler by night Bobby Pendragon lives a double life. In this epic fantasy a teenage boy fights the evils of Saint Dane for his seventh time. In the past six books Bobby has flown through flooms to different territories and time periods. The Quillan Games describe what a currupt enterprise can do to a weak society. There are many things a teenage boy should not experience but Bobby does it all in this excellent book. D.J. MacHale uses strong language while Bobby is in the field of battle and delicate when it is needed. This fast-passed first person novel is perfect for any young adult that enjoys spreading their mind into uncharted waters. There are so many twists and turns in this book there are hardly any stopping points.
Very, very good 2007-11-30
This was a wonderful chapter in Bobby Pendragon's adventure. However, I found it rather long. I also found it had slow parts, but climaxed in a fantastic story line. Saint Dane's plan on the territory of Quillan is amazingly unique and sinister. I found this as a very very good book. A definite read.
Possibly the best in the series! 2007-09-20
The Quillan Games is possibly the best of the Pendragon series! On the territory of Quillan, Bobby finds a dark, grim future where people would literally kill themselves by betting on the deadly and twisted Quillan games, with very dire consequences for losers of the bet. Bobby delves deeper into the society and finds the gut-wrenching truths behind their seemingly crazy behavior. The level of misery and hopelessness that mired this territory wasn't an easy read, but provides a chilling portrait of where other territories could be headed, including ours, if evil had its way. Anyone who is interested in bringing about a better world must read this book and heed its lessons! Ignore them at your own peril!
The whole territory reaks of Saint Dane of course, but Bobby learns that it got that way long before Saint Dane had a hand in it. He was merely "helping it" along. Down the path of their own destruction, that is. Bobby also learns more about the nature of the travelers from the most unlikely of all sources - Saint Dane.
The twists and turns never stop! DJ McHale is the master of surprise, stomach-dropping suspense and of course, adventures that challenges the imagination. Pendragon is possibly the best adventure series ever written. For kids and adults!
