The Power of Five: Nightrise
Binding: Paperback
Imprint: Walker Books
The third episode in the epic fantasy series by Anthony Horowitz.
Nevada, USA. Fourteen-year-old twins Jamie and Scott Tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatre. But when a sinister multinational corporation, Nightrise, kidnaps Scott, Jamie is left alone – and wanted for murder. He becomes embroiled in a corrupt presidential campaign and breaks into the American prison system before being propelled ten thousand years into the past, where he encounters the other Gatekeepers and witnesses the creation of Raven's Gate – and the first fateful battle against the Old Ones.
Creators
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most popular contemporary children's writers, and his Alex Rider series is enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide. He is also the author of the highly acclaimed Diamond Brothers detective stories, as well as the bestselling The Power of Five books. Anthony has won many major awards, including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award, the Children's Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards and the Red House Children's Book Award. He also writes extensively for TV, with programmes including Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders and most recently Collision. Anthony lives in London.
Reviews
Nightrise is the thriller kids of 12+ have been waiting for…
The Times
Even longer, twistier and more hair-raising than before
The Times
Nightrise is a magnificent book that leaves brilliant suspense throughout each chapter
Anorak
With such authentic experience coursing between its lines, it is no surprise that this third instalment of The Power of Five series is amongst the best work the author has produced to date: vivid, exciting and intelligent.
INIS
