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*sigh* I'm going to have to with the cliche and say Time Trap (though it's a cliche with good reason). I would also say Island of Doom and Dark Destiny are high up on the list.

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Definitely Time Trap, I think the fact that it had fewer characters compared to the rest helped a lot. And plus it was Makuta at his very best. I liked Legacy of Evil's backstory, but Downfall played out beautifully. I'll throw in The Final Battle too, for the ending. The rest seemed kind of run-of-the-mill Toa vs. Bad Guys that had been going on for a while, but once the energy storms started and Greg offed half the characters at once, it really became awesome.

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I'll do it by series: Chronicles: Tale of the Toa (Heavy Kopaka focus, took a definite interest in the emotions and character of the Toa). Adventures: Time Trap (Very dramatic, rather philosophical; involved screwing with time). Legends: Dark Destiny (I really liked the darker tone the book took; it made Power Play rather disappointing, actually).

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My two favorites are Time Trap and Web of Shadows. Time Trap because it had only a single protagonist and so it allowed Greg to develope that one character more, as opposed to having to develope six and one time. Web of Shadows mainly due to Vakama's treachery. For the first time, the good guys weren't always good, and that enhanced the story. -don't touch my pocket protector

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Very hard to choose. Maze of Shadows (so much back story for the island of Mata Nui), Time Trap (Makuta, Dark Hunters and Order of Mata Nui reference. Genius. Also Vakama's best character development), Downfall (Matoro dies and doesn't come back ;-;) or Swamp of Secrets (Toa Mata history is just win). Also the books where Greg had more freedom were the best.

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Inferno is probably my favorite, although I haven't read many Bionicle books. Nonetheless, it's the most enjoyable one for me.

On the day the wall came down / They threw the locks onto the ground

And with glasses high / We raised a cry / For freedom had arrived

 

On the day the wall came down / The ship of fools had finally run aground

Promises lit up the night / Like paper doves in flight

 

I dreamed you had left my side / No warmth, not even pride remained

And even though you needed me / It was clear that I could not do a thing for you

 

Now life devalues day by day / As friends and neighbors turn away

And there's a change that even with regret / Cannot be undone

 

Now frontiers shift like desert sands / While nations wash their bloodied hands

Of loyalty, of history / In shades of grey

 

I woke to the sound of drums / The music played, the morning sun streamed in

I turned and I looked at you / And all but the bitter residues slipped away

 

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I never got too into the books, but one of my brothers read them to me a couple of times (because I was too lazy too, and I needed them to pronounce things and explain other stuff early-on). I don't remember specific books, but I enjoyed the first four of the first series a lot!

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I liked Time Trap because it showed us what Greg could REALLY do when he wans't too constrained, and also Tales of the Masks because it had a bunch of pretty cool stories, but most of all, I enjoyed LLegends #11: The Final Battle. It was just so...epic.The graphic novels weren't bad either :)

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Time trap for sure. My favorite series was all of the legends but, time trap was so unique and introduced concepts that were quite awesome in my opinion, and finally gave us a book with a story not based off of sets released at the time, it gave us a story based on Dark Hunters and makuta and all of those such things.

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Time Trap was simply pure, pure genius; an undisputed home run for Greg F. It was practicaly a Bionicle Twilight Zone episode, and I can't think of any other Bionicle book that can receive that distinction. Then I would probably put Tales of the Masks in second, and then maybe that story about Nidhiki that was in the first Bionicle Encyclopedia.

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Because resistance is futile; Time Trap. It made up for the rest of 2005. Aside from that, maybe the 2006 novels. The Matoran finally get fed up with the Turaga, and then Jaller leads five other Matoran on a rescue plan to save the Toa Nuva. I know that Matoran were useful in prior years, 2001-2003 were major examples of heroic Matoran, but this made me think that becoming a Toa might actually be a step down from Matoran.

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