“DEADLY SECRETS have been buried in the Cascade mountain wilderness for centuries. Hidden. Out of sight and out of mind.
Until today…
Warren Wilkes, age 13, doesn’t like what a greedy housing developer has done to his peaceful mountain community, so he vandalizes the developer’s property, flees into the wild, and stumbles upon an ancient human skeleton revealed by torrential rain. More than old bones have been exposed, however, and the curious artifact Warren finds makes him question his own identity, and his connection to an ancient terror. A terror destined to rise again and annihilate all that Warren loves. He must fight or see his whole world destroyed.”
For the first third of this book I would have asserted that The Gaia Wars would be suitable for anyone over the age of ten.
Once more of the plot began to be revealed it jumped rather quickly. (A few creepy deaths will do that to my ratings.) Thankfully they weren’t detailed; it was more just the fact that it happened. However mild it was it still makes it a 13+ rating in my books.
The story was well written and edited, I only noticed one minor typo.
It was certainly interesting and more thought out and unique than many sci-fi books geared for a younger audience. The novel was easy to read and expands on a few thought provoking scientific theories. If it focused on them a little more, and didn’t include the rather pointless deaths — I would give this story a much higher rating. I’m simply not a fan of people dying, especially in kids books; even more so when it doesn’t really do anything to advance the plot.
The story doesn’t end with The Gaia Wars, to truly form an opinion I need to read the second novel, Battle for Cascadia; which I will get to shortly.
Once I have read it I’ll be sure to post a review for it as well. In the meantime test out The Gaia Wars:
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