Against Cosmic Odds: A Mike Stout Epic Adventure

ISBN-13: 9781944834012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 252 str.

Tm O'Leary

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Eleven years after the greatest explosion on Earth, Mike Stout is hunted by an alien assassin. Can another alien, a rebel, keep him alive to save the world? Or will saving his cat and three friends from a corrupt sheriff risk it all?Following a blast that killed his mother and brother, Mike wakes up as an orphan. Now having to fend for himself, he goes to work for his friend Charlie's dad. But Charlie's family have a secret and Mike's presence jeopardizes their future.When a rebel from the same planet as the assassin adopts him and takes him to her base under Fort Niagara, Mike discovers why his family was targeted and is introduced to alien technology and learns to symbiotize with birds and fly.But, when Mike and Charlie rescue Hannah, a runaway, things go from bad to worse. The three are suddenly alone with Hannah's friend Aurelia and on the run from a corrupt sheriff. Clinging to a sinking boat in an alligator river, with the body of Aurelia's dead uncle aboard, they are torn between the fear of alligators and the sheriff. Can Mike save his cat and his friends, as well as humanity?

Eleven year old Mike Stout never thought about tomorrow—until his family was killed. With an uncertain future and alone, he gets a job to avoid being sent away on the orphan trains of America, in 1920. But in a world where an ordinary boy is faced with an extraordinary challenge, a visit from a mysterious woman, with a cat, changes him forever. She tells him why his family was killed by an alien and why Mike is also on the killer’s list.Can she teach him alien technology in time to win this race for survival?In a spell-binding saga, that readers of Harry Potter and Starwars will enjoy, the story blends techno-wizardry and history with the magic of science-fiction and weaves an intricate tale of mystery and adventure for preteens, young adults and kids of all ages.