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Herbie Brennan

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Faerie Wars Chronicles, Herbie Brennan, comes this heart-pounding middle-grade adventure—think The Da Vinci Code for tweens. Reminiscent of the Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl series, this edge-of-your-seat thriller involves an ancient curse, a murder, and a conspiracy by a secret society.

When Edward Michael “Em” Goverton uncovers the key to a five-hundred-year-old deadly prediction by the prophet Nostradamus, personal tragedy morphs into international crisis. Soon Em finds himself enmeshed in a sinister web of shocking events where nothing is quite as it seems. But the ominous forces behind the plot are not about to sit back and let their plans be ruined, and soon their net begins to close in on Em.

It’s a race against the clock for Em and his friends to prevent a catastrophe that threatens the lives of an entire generation.

From School Library Journal

Gr 7-10-When Edward Michael (Em for short) loses his professor father unexpectedly and suspiciously, the teen is left reeling. After the funeral, his dad's home office is burglarized yet nothing appears to be missing. Em is whisked off to France by a family friend and his daughter, lovely and intimidating Charlotte, and the teens spot a stranger with a gun stalking them through the streets of Paris. Finally, when Em returns home, he is shocked to learn that his mother has been committed to a psychiatric facility and when he goes to visit her, she slurs a warning in her drugged state: run. Now Em cannot seem to find a safe place to hide from an omniscient group of pursuers. He connects with Victor, an oddly helpful vagrant who turns out to be a government secret service officer. Victor, Charlotte, and Em plot, scheme, and uncover clues left by the deceased professor, which leads them down a path of intrigue complete with international travel, deadly epidemics, and large-scale conspiracies. Brennan serves up a fun read with guy appeal, a Dan Brown-like thriller about Nostradamus, meandering into an international environmental statement, with betrayals and lies so pervasive that it's hard to decipher the actual truth. Recommended for those who love an adventurous tale and are willing to suspend disbelief.-Tara Kehoe, Plainsboro Public Library, NJα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

From Booklist

Edward Michael (“Em”) Goverton is shocked when his father dies. He seemed to be recovering from the flu. But at the funeral, Em spots a man with a gun, and then his father’s home office is ransacked. What could be in the office of a professor that someone would want? True, his dad was an expert on Nostradamus, and Professor Goverton had told Em that he had perhaps discovered a new prophecy. By the time Em’s mother is locked up in a mental institution, heads are spinning and events are out of control. Brennan follows The Da Vinci Code model—hanging the intrigue on a historic figure and his secret knowledge and then surrounding the mystery with lots of running around and shooting. Actually, there’s not enough Nostradamus here and too much running about. The plot can’t bear too much scrutiny, nor can the characters for that matter. But there are some decent twists, and Em is a likable enough Everyteen caught in a web of deception. Grades 6-9. --Ilene Cooper

Idioma Inglés
Publicación 2012
Editorial HarperCollins
Categoría Misterio y Suspense


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