Catch the Zolt
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4.1 • 7 Ratings
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
It's a beautiful day in paradise. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. And Dom Silvagni, eldest brother, indifferent student and elite middle distance runner, is turning fifteen.
But instead of cake and candles, Dom receives the most unlikely gift. An ancient family debt from an organisation so secretive and powerful, they are only known as The Debt. And The Debt have made it clear -- Dom must perform six Herculean tasks or lose a pound of flesh.
The Debt has ways of making Dom believe and before long he has his first instalment. He must catch The Zolt -- the 17-year-old Facebook Bandit who has stolen light planes, boats and cars from 'deserving' homes on nearby Reverie Island. But getting close to the Zolt means persuading his neighbour, the smug self-obsessed Tristan, to invite him to his sumptuous holiday home. And it seems Tristan has an angle too ... and it involves Imogen, the only girl close to Dom's heart.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, Dom has to honour his family. But the more he discovers about his father, the less he seems to know. Meanwhile The Debt wants its payment ... now!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Australian author Gwynne launches the six-book Debt series (all releasing simultaneously) with a hurried and overstuffed thriller. Dom Silvagni, a talented distance runner living in Australia's Gold Coast, has had an easy life, but on his 15th birthday, he learns that unless he completes six virtually impossible tasks, he'll lose a pound of flesh, as his grandfather Gus did. Dom's family is linked to a Mafialike gang from Italy called the Ndrangheta, and his grandfather dodged a debt that the family must pay back when every male turns 15. With the help of his sheltered longtime crush Imogen and smirking acquaintance Tristan, Dom pursues his mission of catching the Zolt, a 16-year-old punk who has been stealing from the affluent population of Reverie Island and making donations to worthy causes like "a modern-day Robin Hood." While there's plenty of running, bullet-dodging, and code-cracking, Dom's hokey, hard-to-swallow narration ("As I looked into his face, into his old-man eyes, I realized that I trusted Gus more than I trusted anyone in the world") and an overall lack of depth will leave readers underwhelmed. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
An Amazing Book
If you haven't heard of or seen this book before, go read it right now. It is fantastic and my favourite book series of all time. Read it!
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