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The Navigator (Hardcover)

by Eoin McNamee (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books (6 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007209762
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007209767
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 13.6 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,572,815 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This work talks about a rebel uprising, a sinister enemy and a race against time...Owen's world as he knows it is turned upside down the day he joins the Resisters in their ancient feud against the evil Harsh. With their icy blasts and constant onslaught, the Harsh have one aim- eliminate all life. Unless they are defeated, everything Owen knows will vanish. But the rebels are in a precarious state and trust among one another is at a low. Although, Own has befriended Cati, Wesley, and the eccentric Doctor Diamond, others are suspicious of his every move. Is there a traitor among their ranks? Where and what is the mysterious Mortmain? And what was Owen's father's role in all this many years before? As he journeys to the frozen North on a mission of destruction, Owen comes to understand his own history and to face his destiny.

About the Author
Eoin McNamee was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. He is critically acclaimed as an adult novelist, the best known title being RESURRECTION MAN ("one of the most outstanding pieces of Irish fiction to come along in years" Irish Times) which was also made into a film. " He was awarded the Macauley Fellowship for Irish Literature in 1990. " In addition to his literary novels, Eoin has written two thrillers under the pseudonym John Creed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too, 3 Jul 2008
By TeensReadToo "Eat. Drink. Read. Be Merrier." (All Over the US & Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Navigator (Paperback)
Owen is ostracized by the other children around him for his father's death long ago, a presumed suicide that resulted in his mother being thrown into a haze of depression from which she cannot escape. By his young teens, he's quietly self-reliant, managing the house on his own and taking care of his mother who is forgetful and not always lucid. He spends his time wandering around the terrain outside of his house, by a river and an abandoned old building that was once a workhouse.

One day, Owen meets a strange man near the river right before witnessing a strange flash of darkness. The man, who introduces himself as the Sub-Commandant, explains to Owen that the mysterious flash signifies that a group of creatures known as the Harsh have succeeded in turning back time to before human habitation, so that they can live alone in solitude and turn the Earth to a barren, ice-encrusted waste. Owen does not believe the Sub-Commandant at first, but when he runs away to find his home, he is faced with nothing but ruins.

The Sub-Commandant brings Owen back to the Workhouse, which Owen learns is situated on an "island in time" that the Harsh cannot touch, and home to the Resisters, a rag-tag fighting force whose purpose it is to defeat the Harsh and prevent them from tampering with Earth's timeflow. Owen quickly becomes swept up in the affairs of the Resisters, who do not understand why he did not disappear along with all of the other people and signs of human life in the world. Some even suspect that he is a Harsh spy, and mistrust him. Along the way he meets with several compelling characters, including Cati, the Sub-Commandant's daughter, and Dr. Diamond, an expert in the science of time. While with the Resisters, Owen learns things about time that he can barely believe, and begins to delve into the secrets of his past and his father's connection to the strange object known as the Mortmain that will allow the Resisters to defeat the Harsh once and for all.

The concept for this book was quite inventive, and I enjoyed the author's concept of a world in which time itself is in danger from antagonistic forces. The action moved along at a good pace, and although some of the scenarios were initially confusing, the reader learns more about the situation as Owen does, and things start to fall into place, leading up to a conclusion that closes up enough loose ends to be satisfying but leaves enough new possibilities open to be interesting.

Reviewed by: Candace Cunard
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Navigator: A Copycat Book, 30 Jul 2006
By Dogz4 (Aberdeen) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Navigator (Hardcover)
This book is basically another adventure story in which a young boy on whom life has turneds its nose up at finds that there are evil beings out to destroy life forever. Whilst being mistrusted by the Resistors (those sworn to protect the world) because of his father (who died when he was just a baby), he finds out that he is a special person who may be able to save the world. He sets out to do just that, whilst finding out more about his father, etc, etc.

A good read if you like this type of book. Good enemies and there are some good ideas in it (the middle of the book is the best bit) but the confrontation with the afore mentioned enemies and the ending is very very weak.

Well, it's up to you!
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