Lost Souls: Burning Sky
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
In this first book in a new trilogy created by new media genius Jordan Weisman, Nathan Richards is your typical teen, one of the smartest at his school and the son of two famous archeologists, but he fails at everything because he refuses to apply himself. Never knowing his mother, who died on an archeological dig in a Mayan tomb while giving birth to him, Nathan is shocked, when on his thirteenth birthday he receives his birthright from the Mayan god Kukulkan. He is granted the ability to travel the frequencies and interact with the dead -- including his mother! Now the fate of the human race rests with Nathan, who must play a game for the world's survival -- all culminating with the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, 2012. Now it is time for Nathan to use his newfound gifts, fulfill his potential, and save the world!
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Fantasy/SF writer Odom pens the first book in an interactive, board game based series, created by Jordan Weisman (the Cathy's Book series), which revolves around the portentous year 2012. On his 13th birthday, Nathan finds that he has the ability to switch frequencies and see "lost souls," ghosts who need help including his dead mother. As if that isn't enough, he encounters the Mayan god Kukulkan, who reveals that Nathan is part of a cosmic game, the rules of which Nathan doesn't know. Despite Nathan's discovery that he has fabulous abilities (like flying) while in different frequencies, the book feels slow until he decides to help a police officer who was framed and murdered. There's little new in the plot, and the Mayan thread is subtle and nonintrusive perhaps too much so. Readers with a genuine interest in Mayan myth may be disappointed: it's more of a hook than an integral part of the story. The strongest moment is the finale, which hints at more interesting and possibly darker stories to come. Board game (with rules) included, not seen by PW. Ages 8 12.
