Poet Anderson ...Of Nightmares
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5.0 • 22 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Teen Fiction and from the critically acclaimed transmedia project Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker, comes what is hailed as a "teen Blade Runner, this book has nonstop action with dramatic, heart-pounding escapes" by the School Library Journal. Poet Anderson...Of Nightmares is a thrilling, edge of your seat story written by award-winning musician, producer and director Tom DeLonge and New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young.
Poet Anderson...Of Nightmares follows the epic journey of two orphan brothers Jonas and his older brother Alan who are Lucid Dreamers. After a car accident lands Alan in a coma, Jonas sets out into the Dream World in an attempt to find his brother and wake him up. What he discovers instead is an entire shared consciousness where fear comes to life as a snarling beast called a Night Terror, and a creature named REM is bent on destruction and misery, devouring the souls of the strongest dreamers. With the help of a Dream Walker—a guardian of the dreamscape, Jonas must face his fears, save his brother, and become who he was always meant to be: Poet Anderson.
Also keep an eye out for …Of Nightmares, the original soundtrack EP by Angels & Airwaves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former Blink-182 lead vocalist DeLonge teams up with Young (The Remedy) for a trilogy opener in which factions battle for control of the Dream and Waking worlds. In his everyday life, Jonas Anderson is dealing with the aftermath of a car accident that left his brother in a coma; in another world, he's Poet Anderson, a "Lucid Dreamer" capable of controlling the dream state around him and caught in a struggle between the Dream Walkers, who act as guardians, and the Night Stalkers, soulless tools of the malevolent REM. As this first book unfolds, Poet works to master his abilities, understand the scope of the brewing war, and attempt to save his brother's life. The ambitious story is filled with well-worn tropes, and the core romance happens with the speed of dream logic. The stylistic visuals, which work well in a tie-in animated short film, Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker, lack the same impact on the page. The storytelling is solid, and the setting is intriguing, but the novel suffers from thin character development and overfamiliar elements. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
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Awesome book beginning to end.
What A Ride!
It takes a lot for a book to hold my attention but this book was truly amazing! I couldn't put it down. Every chapter had me on the edge of my seat...especially the way it ended. Wow!
The story and all of the characters really held my attention. As I read, I wanted to know what was going to happen next with each person. That's when you know a book is good, when the author has the reader caring about the well being of each character.
All in all, it was a great read. Tom DeLonge and Suzanne Young have created something so amazing. This book is definitely something different from anything I've read before. I'm excited to read more about the exciting world of Poet Anderson.
Dreamers!
There is a war between the dream world and the waking world, and there's only a select few that have the ability to stop it.
Cue Jonas Anderson, a lucid dreamer on a mission to find his brother in the dream world. What he finds is much more than he imagined- a war, life lessons, and most importantly, his destiny.
From cover to cover, DeLonge and Young have made it difficult to put this book down. For fans of sci-fi, action, romance and comedy, Poet Anderson Of Nightmares... Is the perfect novel. With detailed characters you can relate to to a dream world that drags you in so deep you physically feel you're watching these things happen, it's an obvious 5/5 stars.