I found Young Dillon in The Halls of Shamballah (by Derrick Ferguson) hard to follow due to the constant description of minor details of the story. Various characters and locations that have little or no significance to the story were constantly described in detail and I found myself trying to find the end of the description to continue with the story. The descriptions were wonderful and detailed but would have been better if the intricate descriptions were left only for the important locations such as the temple where the Phoenix Council meet, The Andarran Tower where the Sunn Room where the Warmasters meet, Kerenos’ home, Shamballah, and the main characters of the book, except for a few eccentric characters where you would want the imagination to really take you away, introductions and descriptions would have been better off short and sweet because of everything that is going on in the book. With the constant descriptive words, I found my imagination going into overdrive and it was almost impossible to stay connected to the story.
However, I did enjoy how the characters were connected and loyal to each other and their society. Even though some of the characters in the book were skeptical of Dillon, others had faith in him because of who his mother was and the respect they had for his mother. As I read on, I found it heartwarming that so many people wanted to keep Dillon in Shamballah, even though he was an outsider because his mother left Shamballah, he was not born in Shamballah, and his father was not from Shamballah, they wanted to keep him close because his mother meant something to the Warmasters and people of Shamballah. Kerenos’ blind faith and the faith of others in Dillon ultimately paid off as Dillon followed in his mother’s footsteps and became a part of Shamballah.