- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Puffin Books (5 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141310529
- ISBN-13: 978-0141310527
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,336,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Kai lives on his wits in the slums of Portobello, under the rule of Nebula, the modern city on the peninsula. The Nebulan scientists are experimenting with genetically modified humans, but twins Phoebe and Phoenix escape from the lab and disappear into Portobello. Kai has been hired to find them.
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A Spooky prophecy,
By A Reader "Reader" (Nottingham UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: As Good as Dead in Downtown (Paperback)
This book is such a gripping page-turner ,that I couldn't put it down, and read it from cover to cover in one sitting.It was painfully agonising reading it to start with, as I realised that I was actually reading what could have been sheer prophecy, about the Tusanmi disaster. The book is set in places the author imagined to be in the Thailand, Indonesia area. The book's setting and imagery is so atmospheric, it is a spooky description of both the underwater earthquake and tidal wave, written two years before the disaster took place. It made me feel very uncomfortable about being able to watch the events of the disaster unfold in my living room, without doing anything to help the victims. I was left feeling that I was still living the experience with the characters in this powerful tale, two hours after I had finished reading Neil's fantastic book. This is a memorable story which stays with you long after you have finished reading It is exceptionally well-written, with a fast-moving, imaginative storyline, making this book a pleasure to read. I have no hesistation in highly recommending this book as one of the best books I have read over the last year . Fiona Whelpton BA Author of The Cycle Path Chipmunka publishing consultant.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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An amazingly spooky prophecy,
By Josephine Barry - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: As Good as Dead in Downtown (Paperback)
Neil posted me a copy of his book yesterday, which I started reading immediately after the postman arrived this morning,and I had already finished reading it by lunchtime. It was such a gripping page-turner, that I couldn't put it down and read it from cover to cover in one sitting. It was painfully agonising reading it to start with , as I realised that what I was actually reading could have been sheer prophecy about the Asian Tusanmi disaster. The book's setting and imagery is so atmospheric it is a spooky description of both the earthquake and Tidal wave written two years before the Asian disaster, set in completely imaginary places, I was tempted to stop reading, because it was too upsetting . It was much too close to the recent disaster for comfort, It made me feel very uncomfortable about being able to watch the events of the disaster unfold in my living room without doing anything to help the victims. I was left feeling that I am still living the experience with the characters in this powerful tale two hours after finishing reading Neil's fantastic book. This is a memorable story which stays with you long after you have finished reading. It's exceptionally well-written, with a fast-moving,imaginative storyline, and a pleasure to read . I have no hesitation in highly recommending this book as one of the best books I have read this year. Fiona Whelpton BA Author of The Cycle Path published by Chipmunka |
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