What if you woke up and the whole world had suddenly changed, leaving no adults around to guide you?
The last memory Logan and Mindy Oakes had was staying up late for a neighborhood cookout. Now, they find themselves waking up in a world that is not their own, where strange, metal creatures roam and computers offer gateways to yet more worlds. Logan and Mindy just want to find their parents and go home... but the strange creatures they face may not be their most dangerous enemies. Can the human children trapped on this odd world learn to work together when dark forces are aligning against them at every turn?
SKY SHIFTER is the first book in the Quests of Shadowind series and is just sheer fun! Mindy and Logan have a very typical brother-sister relationship. They fuss and bicker with one another, but ultimately, they love each other and are determined to find their parents--no matter what trials they must face. The other characters they encounter are less developed, although I couldn't help but love the hapless Detective Danby.
The pacing and adventures of SKY SHIFTER are structured somewhat like a video game. The characters have a quest to tackle, there are riddles, and they have to travel from place to place talking to various other characters to unravel the mystery. I suspect that teenage boys in particular will fully appreciate L.A. Miller's combination of the science fiction and video game genres.
SKY SHIFTER is a fast paced adventure tale that quickly draws the reader into the quest. L.A. Miller crafts a new world that is both credible and fascinating. SKY SHIFTER is pure entertainment and sure to appeal to fans of adventure/quest-style video games.
Abducted...to an Alien World! Logan and Mindy Oakes wake up
to discover everything has changed. Wrong beds, wrong
clothes, wrong house. And, worst of all, their parents are
missing. When they go outside, they run into a friend whose
parents are also gone. In fact, all the grownups in town
have inexplicably vanished. Then along comes a spider a
giant, monstrous, mechanical horror.
And that s the least of
the nightmares that will befall the brother and sister in
Shadowind, a dangerous, otherworldly dimension inhabited by
ghostly creatures, cyborg animals and virtual humans a land
where anything is possible, including being downloaded into
a cryptic, evil role-playing game. In order to survive,
Logan and Mindy band together with other kids determined to
find a way back to the life they knew and loved. Ultimately
they must battle the sinister cyber-lord for the Staff of
the Sky Shifter, a powerful weapon that could destroy the
universe...but might also be the key to getting back home.
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