The Paladin Prophecy
Book 1
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4.5 • 228 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From the co-creator of the groundbreaking television show Twin Peaks comes an exciting adventure series with a unique combination of mystery, heart-pounding action, and the supernatural. Meet your new action-adventure addiction!
Will West is careful to live life under the radar. At his parents' insistence, he's made sure to get mediocre grades and to stay in the middle of the pack on his cross-country team. Then Will slips up, accidentally scoring off the charts on a nationwide exam.
Now Will is being courted by an exclusive prep school . . . and followed by men driving black sedans. When Will suddenly loses his parents, he must flee to the school. There he begins to explore all that he's capable of--physical and mental feats that should be impossible--and learns that his abilities are connected to a struggle between titanic forces that has lasted for millennia.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Frost, adult author and Twin Peaks co-creator, makes his YA debut with this densely plotted thriller, first in a trilogy. After a lifetime of keeping a low profile, 15-year-old Will West is forced to live up to his true potential when strange forces take over his parents' minds and he seeks refuge at the elite Center for Integrated Learning, a prep school for the gifted. There, he's confronted by a demanding academic schedule, but encouraged to embrace his abilities as a superhumanly fast runner and a scholastic genius. He befriends his roommates, investigates his parents' odd behavior, is targeted by a malevolent secret society, and discovers the extent of his superhuman abilities. Disparate elements super-science, evil conspiracies, genetic engineering, an extensive cosmology featuring a war between good and evil give this adventure something of a split identity. Despite the feeling that Frost threw in everything but the kitchen sink, his story has serious entertainment value and pulls together satisfyingly by book's end, while laying the groundwork for the sequels. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Fun
A fun read full of excitement and mystery, two things that go great together. Now on to the sequel!
A pleasant surprise.
Great read! Well paced, great character development, and just awesome all around. Already waiting on the second book!!!
Page turner
A very engrossing book. Fun to read