![]() All bets are off in Strike with twists so big readers will never see them comingwhile the action and pulse-pounding suspense remain as high as ever. Once again, Tucker Pierce and friends must fight for their lives against the better-equipped SYLO. His other written works include The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Monster Princess, and the Morpheus Road series. MacHale is back with the third book in the SYLO Chronicles. He co-created, produced, wrote and directed the Discovery Kids/NBC television series Flight 29 Down, which earned him the Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Children's Script. He co-created Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? series, wrote several ABC After-School Specials, directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney, and co-created, wrote and produced the Showtime series Chris Cross, which won the CableAce award for Best Youth Series. Before writing his best selling Pendragon series, he worked as a freelance writer and director for television and movies. He received a BFA in film production from New York University. Look to the sky because Pemberwick Island is only the first stop."-Dust jacket.ĭ. Only Tucker holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery. He tasted the Ruby-and experienced the powers it gave him-for himself. He saw the bizarre midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that travel like shadows through the night sky. He was on the sidelines when the high school running back dropped dead with no warning. Tucker believes there's more to SYLO's story. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world. SYLO's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. The reveal of SYLO and its enemy arrives with a bang at the last minute, leaving readers stranded with the teens in Portland, Maine and primed for the next title."They came from the sky parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce's idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. Taking the time in his ample page count to establish islander relationships and the state of normal on Pemberwick pays off when the action kicks in, and readers are not only entertained by the pyrotechnics but emotionally invested in the characters and their quirky piece of home turf. MacHale is off to a powerhouse start in this well-paced thriller. ![]() ![]() After a group of rebel islanders, including Tori's father, are killed by SYLO, the teens stage a daring escape by boat to try to summon help from the mainland, but, as the cliffhanger ending demonstrates, the East Coast has plenty of problems of its own. Many of the islanders, including Tucker and his buddies Quinn and Tori, aren't falling for this explanation, mostly due to the suspicious combination of severed mainland communication, the incarceration of seemingly blameless citizens, the dearth of actual quarantine procedures, and the eerie black spacecraft that zoom over Pemberwick. military organization called SYLO, ostensibly there to quarantine the islanders while the CDC isolates an unnamed contagion. In this first installment of a trilogy, Pemberwick's peace is shattered by several mysterious deaths of otherwise healthy residents, the appearance of a dealer in performance-enhancing crystals, and the sudden occupation of the island by a U.S. The laid-back life style on Pemberwick Island, off the coast of Maine, suits fourteen-year-old Tucker just fine: he's got a few friends, an undemanding spot on the football team, and some extra cash helping out his dad and the local lobstermen.
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