The Calling

ISBN-13: 9781479309252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 210 str.

John Peace

Opis

Is Valin Derojan's life going to count? Or is he just another young nomad? The man who saved his life has been kidnapped by callous raiders from space. To regain his lost honour, Valin must attempt a hopeless rescue.
His headstrong younger cousin is seeking to avenge the murder of her father, and follows him. So he must protect her too But wait a moment, now who's saving whom?
In the course of the rescue, they are enlisted by an elusive band of freedom fighters and catapulted towards a galaxy-wide war. They are trained to use powerful mind-controlled rings. But that means Valin must get his raging thoughts and emotions under control. Is he up to this challenge?
An action-packed science-fiction adventure for mid-grade (8-12 year-old) readers.
From a review by E.L.: "I thought the book was really good, and it reminded me a lot of star wars. ... I thought the creatures that you invented were really cool. I also thought the names were good. How did you name them, and where did you get the idea's? I thought it was really interesting, and it made me want to keep reading until I was done (I actually read it when I was supposed to be watching my brother's] soccer game. Don't tell him )... I am 13, I don't know what your targeted audience is, but I thought it was not too confusing. I thought it could have been even more intertwined and more confusing, because I personally like books super confusing."
'The Calling' is the first in a series of science-fiction novels. With a degree in electronic engineering and a lifelong interest in spaceflight and science, the author bases his writing on solid science wherever possible, and cultivates a fertile, pest-free field of imagination.
'Beyond The Elder Stars' is a series of connected novels telling an epic story: the clash of Life and Death, Good and Evil. The ancient Elder Worlds have long forgotten the realms beyond Sinx's Veil, abandoning their billions of inhabitants to a terrible fate. An invisible, malevolent power is interfering with the struggling worlds and civilisations, playing one against the other, as if brooding over a giant game board and delighting in the destruction of both sides.
But a few heroes choose to fight on, rallying to the name of one named Elha, determined to defend the innocent and defeat the darkness....
This is their story.

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