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An audio CD of the first extraordinary novel in a new trilogy, combining nail-biting suspense, gripping mystery and archaeological adventure with a paranormal twist.
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Rachel and Adam are sent to stay with their grandmother, following their parents' divorce. But the quiet English village is a sinister, unsettling place. Is there a dark heart beating beneath the thatched roofs of Triskellion? It is a place protected by an ancient, three-bladed artefact; a village where crops never fail and where the war memorial is blank; a community with much to protect. With the help of the mysterious Gabriel, Rachel and Adam begin to unearth centuries-old secrets and make a shocking revelation about their family’s past – and their own future...
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In the midst of their parents' ugly divorce, fourteen-year-old twins Adam and Rachel Newman are sent to their mother's home village in Great Britain to stay with their grandmother - but Triskellion proves to be no safe harbor amidst the storm.
From the moment of their arrival, the twins are treated with suspicion and hostility, with every building in town marked by a strange "symbol of three intersecting crescents forming a continuous pointed clover leaf, bound by a large circle." It is from this symbol (a triskellion) that the village takes its name.
Essentially cut off from civilization with no telephone, Internet, and hardly any television, the boys' suspicions deepen further after the pair meets Gabriel - a boy their age who seems to vanish at will. When a communiqué of the local beekeeper thrusts the isolated hamlet into the spotlight, Adam and Rachel discover there's more than a town's secret at stake as their entire world is rocked to its foundation.
Will Peterson makes his young adult debut with a page-turning, nail-biting, two-for-one special. Part paranormal, part mystery, TRISKELLION is unlike any other book in its genre. Peterson explores legends of the past, the psychic connection between twins, archaeology, and prophecy in one fell swoop.
While I still don't understand the significance of the bees, or how they're tied to certain characters' psychic abilities, and I was somewhat disappointed to find more questions than answers at the end, TRISKELLION kept me up for three nights straight, desperate to find out what happened. Good thing there's a sequel.
Reviewed by: Cat
From the moment of their arrival, the twins are treated with suspicion and hostility, with every building in town marked by a strange "symbol of three intersecting crescents forming a continuous pointed clover leaf, bound by a large circle." It is from this symbol (a triskellion) that the village takes its name.
Essentially cut off from civilization with no telephone, Internet, and hardly any television, the boys' suspicions deepen further after the pair meets Gabriel - a boy their age who seems to vanish at will. When a communiqué of the local beekeeper thrusts the isolated hamlet into the spotlight, Adam and Rachel discover there's more than a town's secret at stake as their entire world is rocked to its foundation.
Will Peterson makes his young adult debut with a page-turning, nail-biting, two-for-one special. Part paranormal, part mystery, TRISKELLION is unlike any other book in its genre. Peterson explores legends of the past, the psychic connection between twins, archaeology, and prophecy in one fell swoop.
While I still don't understand the significance of the bees, or how they're tied to certain characters' psychic abilities, and I was somewhat disappointed to find more questions than answers at the end, TRISKELLION kept me up for three nights straight, desperate to find out what happened. Good thing there's a sequel.
Reviewed by: Cat
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was an ok book. It reminded me a bit of a Kate Mosse book for younger readers. Twins Rachel and Adam from America are sent to live with their grandmother in a small village in England for the summer but they feel that the whole village is hiding a secret and is trying to stop them from uncovering it. There's also some supernatural stuff in this book and even though I quite enjoy that kind of stuff, it was a bit too far-fetched at the end and, as another reader pointed out, you were left with questions and it's quite obvious that you would have to read the next book to get them (hopefully).
Format:Kindle Edition
This is one of the few books I have never finished and only the second of those few that I haven't actually gone and lost somewhere.
The prologue was OK but by the time I had gotten a quarter of the way through the book and nothing much had happened I was more than willing to put it down. The characters, for example, seemed more like paper dolls than real people. I just couldn't engage with them.
I hate being so critical of books because I know from personal experience how hard they are to write but I don't want people to spend their time and effort reading something that isn't really worth it.
The prologue was OK but by the time I had gotten a quarter of the way through the book and nothing much had happened I was more than willing to put it down. The characters, for example, seemed more like paper dolls than real people. I just couldn't engage with them.
I hate being so critical of books because I know from personal experience how hard they are to write but I don't want people to spend their time and effort reading something that isn't really worth it.
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Too many questions unanswered
My 12 year old son read this book first and then told me to read it! We have just had a big discussion on what the book actually was talking about!! Read more
Published 13 months ago by nic
Tries to do too much which leaves it a bit meh
Rachel and Adam are American twins who go to live in the sleepy English village of Triskellion with their grandmother while their parents go through a bitter divorce. Read more
Published on 30 May 2009 by quippe
Amazingly Complex
NOTE: I already made a long one of these, but I think it got deleted or I did not send it. I am so stupid lol! Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2009 by M. J. SAMS-BARNES
Great start - bad ending
I loved this book up until he last couple of chapters. It had a mysterious symbol, secrative characters, a tight-knit community with dark secrets still clinging to their ancient... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2008 by Lirael
Loved it!
Thoroughly enjoyed this story with it's mix of old English village folk law and magic. It kept me turning the page and looking forward to the next one. Read more
Published on 5 July 2008 by Pottypetal
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