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Nightrise (The Gatekeepers #3)

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A gate has been opened. The Old Ones have been released. And now the third and fourth of The Five -- twins with a mysterious psychic bond -- are joining the fight.

Hardcover, 368 pages

Published May 1st 2007 by Scholastic Press

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Nov 13, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Anthony Horowitz's THE GATEKEEPERS series continues with NIGHTRISE. The Old Ones are still a threat to the safety of the world, and the five young gatekeepers are the only ones equipped to help.

Previously, Matt and Pedro were in Peru attempting to close the second gate. Their attempt failed and Matt was seriously injured. The adventure continues in a new location - Reno, Nevada. A small, rundown theater is hosting a performance ca...more Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Anthony Horowitz's THE GATEKEEPERS series continues with NIGHTRISE. The Old Ones are still a threat to the safety of the world, and the five young gatekeepers are the only ones equipped to help.

Previously, Matt and Pedro were in Peru attempting to close the second gate. Their attempt failed and Matt was seriously injured. The adventure continues in a new location - Reno, Nevada. A small, rundown theater is hosting a performance called The Circus of the Mind. The featured act involves twins named Jamie and Scott. They amaze the audience by reading each others' minds. No one seems to know the secret of the trick. Actually, the secret is, there is no secret. They really do read minds and not just each others'.

Readers will soon guess that Jamie and Scott are the next two of the special "five." The problem is how will they learn about their responsibilities and how will they find out about the others. When the evil corporation, Nightrise, becomes involved, it is clear that the Old Ones' power still reaches around the world.

When Scott is kidnapped by Nightrise and taken to an isolated juvenile detention facility in the desert, Jamie begins his rescue attempt with the help of Alicia McGuire. She wants inside the prison as much as Jamie because she suspects her son has been kidnapped, as well. Nightrise seems to be making it a habit to kidnap teens with various "special" abilities. Could they be looking for the five young gatekeepers?

Horowitz thrills readers with kidnapping, adventures in the present day world, a world 10,000 years in the past, and the dream world Matt became familiar with in the first books. There are shape-changers, fire-riders, and mutilated humans to be battled. Some might find the story filled with twists and turns a bit confusing, but fans of the earlier books will be pleased with the surprises Horowitz has hidden in this new episode. The "to be continued..." ending promises even more surprises to come. (less)

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Jan 07, 2008 Chris Hill rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Anyone.

I've always enjoyed Anthony Horowitz's books, and this is no exception.
The power of five series I find to be, in my opinion, far greater than the Alex Rider series.
The 1st power of five books, Raven's Gate and Evil Star were brilliant, and this one is no exception.
Nightrise I found, starts off fairly slow, as it's the third installment I expected there to be more use of the five's 'powers', as they are no longer a mystery to the reader, but like before, the powers are rarely used.
However, the s...more

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Jan 03, 2008 Steven L. rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone

This is the third book in the Gatekeepers series. Scott and Jamie Tyler are identitcal twins, left on the side of the road in a box, with no parents and strange matching, thought to be, tattoos. They possess the power to read minds and control the actions of others.They learn later on that they are two of the Five Gatekeepers.
Scott is captured by Nightrise, who have been searching for the Gatekeepers, but Jamie manages to escape with the help of soon to be friend, Alicia, who is in search of h...more

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Apr 14, 2008 Paula rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-books

This is the third book in the gatekeepers series and I have to say my favorite thus far. Jamie and Scott are twins with the ability to read minds and make people do or see things. They try not to use their ability on other people because they have to delve into their minds and therefore only read each others minds. But when the Nightrise corporation, who are working to bring the Old Ones back, try to kidnap the boys, Jamie escapes. In his quest to find his brother he discovers he and his brother...more

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May 05, 2008 Christina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: actionadventure, fantasy

Bk 3 in the Gatekeepers series, this book introduces 2 new characters--14 y.o. psychic twins Jamie and Scott. They get caught up in a chase to stay alive after they escape the sleazy mindreading act they were forced to perform in--thugs from the evil Nightrise Corporation kidnap Scott, and Jamie is determined to find him, even if it means going to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Nonstop action. Eventually they meet up with Matt from books 1 and 2, as they travel to an alternate world in the m...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Betlehem Fekade rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Having delved through half of American Psycho I decided a new reading material in order to keep sane and Horowitz’s 3rd installment of the Power of Five was indeed very enjoyable even if it is not quite restful.

This book introduces the Tyler boys, Scott and Jamie. Two out of the chosen five, the boys are endowed with psychic powers. At first presented as just telepathy between the twins it soon becomes more apparent that these boys have more than just parlour tricks up their sleeves.

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Dec 08, 2012 Raymond C. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Nightrise
By Anthony Horowitz
Fantasy
368 pages
Finished December 8, 2012.

Nightrise is the story of two twins, and how one risks their life for another. Scott and Jamie are 14 year old twins who are part of a show in Reno, Nevada. After performing their act, Scott is kidnapped by Nightrise, a company trying to kidnap all of the Gatekeepers. Jamie is saved by Alicia Mcguire, a middle-aged woman who is trying to save her son Daniel, who was also kidnapped by Nightrise. Many bad things happen to Jamie,...more Nightrise
By Anthony Horowitz
Fantasy
368 pages
Finished December 8, 2012.

Nightrise is the story of two twins, and how one risks their life for another. Scott and Jamie are 14 year old twins who are part of a show in Reno, Nevada. After performing their act, Scott is kidnapped by Nightrise, a company trying to kidnap all of the Gatekeepers. Jamie is saved by Alicia Mcguire, a middle-aged woman who is trying to save her son Daniel, who was also kidnapped by Nightrise. Many bad things happen to Jamie, but all he can think about is saving Jamie. While trying to rescue Scott from a prison, he is shot in the back. He is transported back 10,000 years to when the Old Ones came to the world. There, he helps defeat the Old Ones and then is sent back to the normal world. Too late to save Scott, Jamie heads to Auburn to save John Trelawny, the candidate for president. Scott and Jamie are Gatekeepers and can read others mines, and force other people to do things they don't want to. Scott commands Warren Cornfield to kill John Trelawny, but Jamie stops Warren Cornfield. The book ends with Scarlett Adams, the fifth Gatekeeper, boarding a plane in London, and John Trelawny losing the presidential election because almost all the computers that counted the vote were all made by Nightrise.

Some parts of this book made no sense at first, like Jamie was suddenly teleported back 10,000 years when he died. Later, it is explained that Sapling, Jamie's 10,000 year back version, died and Jamie was forced to go there in his place. Another part I don't get, is why would people want to serve the Old Ones if they would be killed by them? Another part I don't like is when John Trelawny almost gets assassinated. The book says "The security man was staring into space, unable to stop himself. Nobody else had seen him. Everyone was watching Trelawny and the mayor.". In real life, if someone was sticking a gun out, lots of people would have seen it. I really like this book because the main characters don't use their magic to fight all the time. For example, in the final battle 10,000 years ago, they use swords and shields to fight the Old Ones instead of using magic until the very end. This makes it less of a book where the main character thinks the enemy is dead and they are dead like Daniel X. Overall, this book was very good, but some details were over-exaggerated to make the story sound better.(less)

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Jan 12, 2013 Hannah Gulvin rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Mar 18, 2009 Mariah rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Young Adult Fantasy Fans, Boys

Recommended to Mariah by: Myself! :D

I didn't expect to like the 3rd book in the Gatekeepers saga. Departing from the character focus from the past too books - Matthew Freeman - and onto two telepathic twins, Jamie and Scott. Not only can they read eachothers mind, but they can control the will of others. And that draws the attention of the company Nightrise...

It's equally exciting as Horowitz's "Alex Rider" series. It has the same predictable formula that's so typical of his books. But despite that, you want to read on to see jus...more

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Jul 16, 2009 Janine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jamie and Scott Tyler are twins with a special connection. They can read each other's minds. When the Nightrise Corporation takes an interest in them, their lives are plunged into a world of violence and death. In an attempted kidnapped, Jamie escapes while Scott does not. Is Nightrise interested in their mind reading abilities or their darker abilities that Jamie and Scott don't talk about. Or is ir more than their abilities that have caused them to become targets. As Jamie tries to find his br...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Arjun rated it 4 of 5 stars

At first I thought Nightrise would be boring because it focuses on Jamie and Scott who have the same powers and have known each other forever, and it was at the beginning but after the first five chapters it started to really pick up and it was great!Nightrise is about Jamie and his brother Scott who live in a town called Reno and perform the same act every day at a circus. Everyone at the circus isn't good at all and has no talent except Jamie and Scott they both can really read each others min...more

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May 05, 2011 Leo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jul 25, 2011 Tamara Epps rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have never read any Anthony Horowitz books before but now I am hooked. Even though this is the third in 'The Power of 5' series, I didn't feel confused about what was happening or worried that I hadn't read the previous books. Though I will definitely be checking them out the moment I get a chance.

Jamie and Scott are telepathic twins. Ever since they were found, they have been able to read other people's minds, though they refuse to use this power except with each other. But when Scott is kidn...more

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May 11, 2010 Connie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: middle-school

I'm reading this series for our local elementary school, K-5th.

The characters are starting to grow on me. I guess that's the way it's suppose to be. This book mainly takes place in Nevada, a few weeks prior to when the second book ends in Peru. (A lot can happen in a few weeks.) Two more gatekeepers are found and this book focuses on one of them. Jamie finds out who he is and the evil things he is up against by traveling back in time - very cool. That helped explain some things about these 5 sp...more

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Nov 02, 2009 D.W. rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book; "Nightrise", written by Anthony Horowitz tells the continuation of the story about the cycle of the world's new beginning. This commencement comes after the world's end and after the fight of five gatekeepers to keep the Old away from controlling this world. In this part of the series, after the failed attempt to close the second gates, begins the story of the twin brothers: Scott and Jamie Tyler. When one of the brothers is captured by powerful corporation, named Nightrise, the other,...more

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Jan 16, 2013 Kyle.b Barta rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nightrise. Anthony howoits
Fantasy

This is the third book in the Gatekeepers series. Scott and Jamie Tyler are identical twins, left on the side of the road in a box, with no parents and strange matching, thought to be, tattoos. Then they both find out that They are gatekeepers protecting the world from the Old Ones. Scott is captured by Nightrise, who have been searching for the Gatekeepers, but Jamie manages to escape with the help of soon to be friend, Alicia, who is in search of her son Dani...more

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Sep 03, 2009 Andrea rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy

Original review at The Little Bookworm

Scott and Jamie are telepathic twins in a magic show. One night, in a kidnapping attempt gone wrong, Scott is taken and Jamie sets out to find him. But with the evil corporation, Nightrise, standing in his way it's going to take a lot for Jamie to rescue Scott. Luckily, he finds some help in a mother who has lost her son and in his dreams.

The third in the Gatekeepers series, Nightrise raises the adventure up way more than a notch. This book focuses on twins,...more

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Sep 17, 2011 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, the-great-escape

Third of a series that takes the basic kids-fighting-evil idea and twists it into something new and fantastic. This is my favorite so far. The main character is Jamie Tyler, and to a lesser extent his brother Scott. They're twins, and though they don't know it, they're also Gatekeepers.
Scott and Jamie are circus performers in a very subpar circus until the Nightrise Corporation comes to take them away. Scott is captured while ensuring Jamie's escape. Jamie finds himself suddenly alone, wanted fo...more

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Jan 26, 2009 Nain rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was a little cautious when starting to read this book, as some of my friends that have read this prior to me have mentioned that it bored them and didn't live up to their expectations.
I, however, disagree with their views.
I thought this book was amazing! Really well written, interesting twists and lots of mystery. I enjoyed the hints and links to previous books, events and characters, as they made me feel more involved with the story.
I also liked the time shift in the middle-end section of the...more

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Nov 22, 2010 Sally rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: charity-buys, favourite-books-of-2010

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Ok the third in the Gatekeeper series. Anthony Horowitz is just a super writer. He creates the sort of atmosphere that keep you on the edge of you seat and hungry for more. I like the suspence in this series and the characters are really well written because you actually think about them when you are not reading the book.

So now I have 100 odd pages left to read (I have a diff copy then the ones on GR)and just love where the story is taking the reader. I just simply cannot put it down at night.
Th...more Ok the third in the Gatekeeper series. Anthony Horowitz is just a super writer. He creates the sort of atmosphere that keep you on the edge of you seat and hungry for more. I like the suspence in this series and the characters are really well written because you actually think about them when you are not reading the book.

So now I have 100 odd pages left to read (I have a diff copy then the ones on GR)and just love where the story is taking the reader. I just simply cannot put it down at night.
This one so far is my favourite in the GateKeeper series.

The main outline of the story is that thier are 5 children all over the world that have special powers and togther they can fight the Old Ones and keep the world alive by being together. But in BK3 Nightrise a secret corporation are trying to find the 5 children and kill them so that the old ones can conquer the world. This bk takes place along side the previous one but in America.

Twins Jamie and Scott have psychic powers (they can read each others minds.) They were abandoned at birth and adopted a few times. But their foster families died or left them. Then they got adopted by this circus family and do shows around America.
One night Jamie and Scott do a show where some people watch and kidnap Scott. (they r known as NightRise corporation.) Jamie escapes and is looked after by a mother of another child who has been taken by Nightrise.(She is looking for the her son) Together they get into the Nightrise building and find out that they r being held by them someplace else in an isolated juvenile detention facility in the desert.
Jamie gets blamed for the murders of his foster parents and ends up looking for Scott in this prison. He finally finds out that S has been in the other prison next to the one 1 that J gets taken to along with Daniel the other boy (the pple held at this prison are children with special powers)
People who run this prison see that they r trying to escape and J get hurt and eventually dies. Or so we think, he actually gets transported to the place of death where some of the Special 5 children r waiting for him. No Im not going to tell you the end you will have to read it to find out for yourselves!

I highly recomend this series to anyone that loves a good novel as it gets better with each book.(less)

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Dec 21, 2012 Adam Smith rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The 3rd book in the power of 5 series.

Scott and Jamie are working as magicians in a rundown Reno casino; startling people with their mysterious telepathy act. What the customers don't know is that it's not an act. The twins can really read each other's mind. Things continue as normal until the day men from the Nightrise corporation break in to the casino to kidnap them. Lost and on the run, Jamie has to find a way to get his brother back before it's too late.

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Sep 07, 2011 Declan Quinn rated it 5 of 5 stars

The third of the Power of Five series, takes us on a journey with the third and fourth gatekeepers, telepathic twins, Jamie and Scott Tyler. The story gets seriously complicated, and it is up to the reader to keep up, with three worlds to read about within this book, nothing will seem ovbious at first, but slowly the jigsaw puzzle starts fitting together, and only then does the reader become entranced, and know that the series is far from over. That we are possibly in for, two or three great mor...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Susan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

This is the third in the Gatekeepers series. As with the first two, it was very exciting and suspenseful and it looked like the bad guys were going to win.

Scott and Jamie are 14-year old twins who can read each others minds and also other people's minds. Nightrise, a corporation that is part of the Old Ones, kidnaps Scott and Jamie has to find him. Of course, insurmountable obstacles are put in his way, but, in the end, they do find each other and then find Matt and Pedro. Scott has been brain...more

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May 09, 2013 Mara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: male-author-challenge, tbr-2013-challenge, a-z-challenge, 2013-reads, books-to-buy, fantasy, horror, thriller

Cover Blurb: Yes or No? No; there's a very distinct character impersonator who won't stop staring, and the rest of the cover just doesn't do anything for me at all.

Characters: Scott wasn't in the story enough for me to really form much of an opinion of him either way. And I didn't care about Jamie enough to sympathize with his feelings over losing his twin brother. I didn't dislike Jamie, but I definitely didn't like him as much as Matt. Jamie was too dependent on other people making the decisio...more

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Dec 21, 2012 FantasyWereld rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kinderboeken

Nightrise gaat over Jamie en Scott Tyler, een tweeling met een bijzonder talent. Ze kunnen namelijk elkaars gedachten lezen en mensen beinvloeden. Hiermee geven ze optredens in Reno, een stadje dat bekend staat om zijn vele casino's en ander vermaak. Op een dag komen er twee geheimzinnige mannen van de 'Nightrise' organisatie naar de show kijken. Na de show vermoorden de mannen Jamie en Scotts baas, en kidnappen ze Scott. Jamie weet op het nippertje te ontsnappen, maar krijgt de schuld van de mo...more Nightrise gaat over Jamie en Scott Tyler, een tweeling met een bijzonder talent. Ze kunnen namelijk elkaars gedachten lezen en mensen beinvloeden. Hiermee geven ze optredens in Reno, een stadje dat bekend staat om zijn vele casino's en ander vermaak. Op een dag komen er twee geheimzinnige mannen van de 'Nightrise' organisatie naar de show kijken. Na de show vermoorden de mannen Jamie en Scotts baas, en kidnappen ze Scott. Jamie weet op het nippertje te ontsnappen, maar krijgt de schuld van de moord. Radeloos gaat Jamie op zoek naar zijn broer, met wie hij inmiddels het telepatische contact is verloren. Hij krijgt via de droomwereld hulp van de overige poortwachters en hij komt te weten waar Scott gevangen wordt gehouden. Maar kan hij hem wel bevrijden? Heeft hij wel de kracht en voldoende vrienden om 'Nightrise' te slim af te zijn? En wat wil 'Nightrise' eigenlijk van ze?

Verhaal
Nightrise is het derde boek in de De kracht van vijf-reeks. Ook in dit boek bevat de eerste bladzijde een korte samenvatting van wat er in de voorgaande boeken is gebeurd. Hierdoor kunnen lezers die de voorgaande boeken niet hebben gelezen Nightrise beter begrijpen, maar het blijft een aanrader om de boeken gelezen te hebben. Het verhaal zelf begint vrijwel direct met de moord, dus de lezer moet meteen in het verhaal zitten om het goed te kunnen volgen. De spanning blijft vanaf het begin tot aan het einde om te snijden. Het lijkt qua snelheid soms op een achtbaan waarbij je je aan het karretje moet vasthouden om niet uit de bocht te vliegen. Dit maakt het leuk en realistisch. Jamie wordt door Nightrise en door de politie gezocht, dus hij heeft geen tijd om even rustig te gaan zitten en na te denken waar Scott toch gevangen zou kunnen zitten. Hij moet in beweging blijven en snel zijn broer vinden, want wie weet wat ze met hem van plan zijn? Het verhaal eindigt in een climax die zeker naar meer smaakt.

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Oct 12, 2011 Coltenf rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-q1

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes books that are fiction and dramatic. For one reason because it is a very good and it hangs like a mystery. I think that it was a good book. I rated this book as a four because it had more potential then what it showed.
In the beginning Scott and Jamie are in the process of trying to not be abducted. Scott is taken but Jamie gets help from a lady and gets away. Jamie looks for his brother and ends up going to jail under a false name to find him. Al...more

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Sep 24, 2011 Erika rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, ya, horror, supernatural, series

So, this is the third book of one of my favorite series, The Gatekeepers!. When I finished reading Evil Star I was a bit dissapointed, not with the story, but with some mistakes I found there. I started to think that maybe this book had an extraordinary plot like the others, but maybe it would contain some errors that would make me start disliking it, but fortunately i'm glad to say that it didn't this was super amazing!!! I was starting to compare this with Necropolis which is like the most inc...more

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May 29, 2010 Papa Tandoh rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'm a stickler for series. I love Darren Shan and the like and when I first opened Raven's Gate I was immediately drawn in, it was a good book. Evil Star was alright and with this: book three in the Gatekeepers saga dubbed Nightrise I wasn't too immersed. It's a young adult's fiction novel of two orphans abandoned in a tunnel near a Washoe native American reservation. Scott, the apparent protector of the two, and Jamie Tyler, the doubting protagonist, performing in a rundown play house in Reno,...more I'm a stickler for series. I love Darren Shan and the like and when I first opened Raven's Gate I was immediately drawn in, it was a good book. Evil Star was alright and with this: book three in the Gatekeepers saga dubbed Nightrise I wasn't too immersed. It's a young adult's fiction novel of two orphans abandoned in a tunnel near a Washoe native American reservation. Scott, the apparent protector of the two, and Jamie Tyler, the doubting protagonist, performing in a rundown play house in Reno, Nevada called... the Reno Playhouse. Why are they in this book, could they be two of the five? Well, yes. As members of the five it is there sworn duty to return the world to order when the Old Ones, the first ever evil, returned. The admittance by the main character of feeling inferior to his twin brother despite not knowing who was born first can only lead one to assume that this is going to be a coming of age novel meant to inspire our youth to "come into their own".

It starts fairly slow with the characters; Jamie and Scott have the uncanny ability of reading each others thoughts. An assumed parlor trick they pull as part of their "Circus of the Mind" act. When two men arrive and abduct, or at least try to abduct, the boys from the play house. They succeed in taking Scott but Jamie is rescued by an Alicia McGuire. The subsequent storyline revolves around Jamie's quest to not only return to the side of his brother but rescue Daniel the abducted son of Alicia. Throughout the story it's revealed that Nightrise the multibillion dollar corporation is behind the abductions as they are working towards the rebirth of the old ones.

Jamie is shot,you know how and why, and in his trauma induced stupor he is transported 10000 years into the past to take the place of his deceased ancestor in the first battle between the five and the old ones and it is truly an oasis of action to break up the tedium.

The climax comes when after Jamie's return to the present he is rejoined with his brother who has been severely mentally altered in his time under Nightrise supervision. Scott has been tasked with assassinating the president to be and that is the setting of the brother's reunion. Jamie saves the day and the good guys win another battle...

It's a "to be continued" sort of affair and if you didn't pay attention to the hero's plight you might not notice how he ends up being his brother's keeper. You wouldn't notice how completely incapacitated Scott was and how Jamie went threw all the trials of: getting shot, participating in a battle to decide the world's fate, scrounging for his own survival as well as his brother's. And how all these have made him along with his powers that much stronger. I like subtlety, a proud book is an easy book, but the lack of thrilling pace, and the detached writing really hurt this book. It was saddening and I really hoped it would bring back memories of Raven's Gate but sadly it came up just short.(less)

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Teacherhuman 1. Suppose you have the kinds of telepathic powers of the characters in the book. How would you use them--for good? For self gain? Why?
2. Sometimes fi...more
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Papa Tandoh 1. For familiarity's sake Scott and Jamie have the ability to psychicly influence people, read peoples minds, and understand and converse in any langu...more 1. For familiarity's sake Scott and Jamie have the ability to psychicly influence people, read peoples minds, and understand and converse in any language. I would use those powers to talk to animals make them do my bidding, maybe roam the lands with an extemely mild mannered bear and go on adventures. Use my powers to see if people are lying, become a high paid police negotiator and simply tell people to "just put the gun down." If the powers were long term i would go to jails and ask the people to behave in a socially acceptable manner. On a less righteous path i would probably use them to impress girls with my multilingual skills. Walk into restaurants and stores and merely ask the manager for my groceries. Have a back room coversation with him so as not to raise the suspicions of passersby. Based just on maleficensein my activities would center around "asking" for all the money in banks, evasion of taxes, cars, mostly petty theft, perhaps a romp through Presidential Manor for a little Chaney-esque political advise.

2. There aren't any concealed messages in the text related to specific events, but the note on the influence of money affluent companies is a theme played throughout the whole story. This book was published in July of 2007 but i doubt the impending failure of major banks and car companies was a factor in this production. But who knows, maybe in real life the government is really under the influence of premier fortune 500 companies and ,like in the story, these companies do get what they want, like bailouts and tax cuts.

3.Our faults and flaws. The mistakes we make and how we react to them. The moments when we look back on a situation and realise we should have reconsidered our actions.

4. Because the conflict between the two is apparent even in nature. When we associate ourselves with the the weaker of a conflict we make that person the hero,good, and the antagonist, evil. Just like how we root for the baby elephant facing the enchroaching jackals. Not to mention how integral conflict is to plot, evil versus good keeps plot flowing. The protagonist constantly trying to rise up above the obstacles set before him by his tormentor is imperative in the advancement of plot.(less)
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Mar 30, 2010 Aaron Vincent rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror-dark-fantasy

It's the first time I read a sequel in a series on which events are in parallel to the previous book. Anthony Horowitz took a lot of risks in this book. One is the possibility that he might dissapoint his fans by the no-appearance-at-all of Matt, Pedro, Richard Cole and the rest and having the book in a completely new perspective. But I must say that I am glad he took those risks.

This is my favorite book in the series so far. It didn't have the creepy factor I really liked in Raven's Gate and I...more

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Mar 10, 2011 Quentin CORUBLE rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book's point of view is interesting because it shows that jamie and his brother scott have the ability to read in others mind and scott is taken away and transformed in a living zombie meanwhile jamie meet the secretarie of the future president and help him escape but in exchange he needs to help her find her son that has been kidnapped by the same people that took his brother away. he finds out about his purpose and got propelled into a reallity where he can control others... but at a cert...more

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Anthony Horowitz is perhaps the busiest writer in England. He has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder...more

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