The Night of the Scorpion

Pentagram Chronicles #2

by Anthony Horowitz

An English journalist, his thirteen-year-old ward, and an Incan boy battle the supernatural evil of the Old Ones, who plan to enter our world through a secret gate somewhere in Peru.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, 20th Century

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony 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 in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.

On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/anthon...

Reviews

[Mark Vernon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I tried to find this again after some years for to reread on my trip to Perú and ended up finding The Power of 5 series by Horowitz. I preferred this and am still glad to have found this in my local library as a kid. Lineas de Nazca were all the more special for me to see!

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this book. The story was very gripping and kept going pretty much right up until the end. It has some connections to the first book in the series, but they also bring in some new characters, and most of the book takes place in Peru rather than in England. This is definitely worth the read.

[Damiensbookcorner · Rating 4 out of 5]

-solid sequel- very enjoyable and gripping story- would have liked to see more of Pedro’s POV .

[Eben Vanwallgem · Rating 3 out of 5]

i like the book but i find the ficht on end to eesy becus the normely needed 6 persons the defeet him

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Nazca lines are very cool indeed.