Anthony Horowitz is the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers series, Raven's Gate, Evil Star, Nightrise, and Necropolis, as well as the Alex Rider series, which includes Stormbreaker, Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, Arc Angel, and Snakehead. He lives in London.
Kliatt
This sequel to Raven's Gate (a 2006 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant
Readers) won't disappoint fans to this exciting new supernatural
series from the popular author of the Alex Rider books.
Fourteen-year-old Matt's adventures mainly take place in Peru this
time as he tries to thwart the plans of an evil businessman to open
a gate to let the manacing Old Ones into the world and unleash a
new world war. The discovery of a 16th-century diary by a Spanish
monk gives clues to the location of this gate, while Matt's dreams
lead him to recognize another young gatekeeper, Pedro. Descendants
of the Incas help the two in their daring escapes from the bad
guys, and the mysterious real-life Nazca Lines in the Peruvian
desert play an important role. Lots of action, horror and suspense
will keep readers turning the pages and eager for the next volume
in this thrilling series.
Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Fourteen-year-old Matt Freeman, who forestalled the evil
Old Ones in the riveting Raven's Gate (2005), finds himself on yet
another precipitous adventure. This time Matt and Richard, the
journalist with whom Matt has been staying, travel to Peru, where
Nexus believes a second gate to the underworld is poised to open.
The when and how of the event are left to Matt to discover, which
he eventually does, but not without some lugubrious descriptions,
an abundance of dramatic escapes, and the help of a Peruvian teen,
Pedro, with whose destiny Matt's is linked. Although this is
neither as tightly constructed nor as compelling as the lead title
in the Gatekeepers Series (which was equal parts horror and
adventure), this book still has its moments, especially at the end,
when the secret of the second gate is revealed, and Pedro finally
settles into his place as the second of the children prophesied to
save the world. --Stephanie Zvirin
Kliatt
This sequel to Raven's Gate (a 2006 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant
Readers) won't disappoint fans to this exciting new supernatural
series from the popular author of the Alex Rider books.
Fourteen-year-old Matt's adventures mainly take place in Peru this
time as he tries to thwart the plans of an evil businessman to open
a gate to let the manacing Old Ones into the world and unleash a
new world war. The discovery of a 16th-century diary by a Spanish
monk gives clues to the location of this gate, while Matt's dreams
lead him to recognize another young gatekeeper, Pedro. Descendants
of the Incas help the two in their daring escapes from the bad
guys, and the mysterious real-life Nazca Lines in the Peruvian
desert play an important role. Lots of action, horror and suspense
will keep readers turning the pages and eager for the next volume
in this thrilling series.
Booklist
Gr. 5-8. Fourteen-year-old Matt Freeman, who forestalled the evil
Old Ones in the riveting Raven's Gate (2005), finds himself on yet
another precipitous adventure. This time Matt and Richard, the
journalist with whom Matt has been staying, travel to Peru, where
Nexus believes a second gate to the underworld is poised to open.
The when and how of the event are left to Matt to discover, which
he eventually does, but not without some lugubrious descriptions,
an abundance of dramatic escapes, and the help of a Peruvian teen,
Pedro, with whose destiny Matt's is linked. Although this is
neither as tightly constructed nor as compelling as the lead title
in the Gatekeepers Series (which was equal parts horror and
adventure), this book still has its moments, especially at the end,
when the secret of the second gate is revealed, and Pedro finally
settles into his place as the second of the children prophesied to
save the world. --Stephanie Zvirin
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