In this thrilling sequel to "Hollow Earth, " twins Matt and Emily CalderNwho are AnimareNmust stop someone from unleashing an army of mankind's worst nightmares.
Possessing extraordinary powers, including the ability to bring artwork to life, twelve-year-old twins Matt and Emily are sought by villains trying to access the terrors of Hollow Earth, a place where demons and mythological beasts lie trapped for eternity.
In this thrilling sequel to Hollow Earth, Matt and Emily must stop someone from unleashing an army of mankind’s worst nightmares. In the Middle Ages, an old monk used his powers and a bone quill to ink a magical manuscript, The Book of Beasts. Over the centuries the Book, and the quill, were lost. Twins Matt and Emily Calder are Animare—just like their ancestor, the monk. The things they draw can be brought to life, sometimes with disastrous consequences. Now Matt and Em are being watched—hunted—because only they can use The Book of Beasts and the bone quill to release the terrible demons and monsters their ancestor illustrated. And someone is tracking down the lost Book of Beasts, page by page, and reassembling it. Matt and Emily have no choice: They must get to the bone quill first…before somebody gets to them.
Held prisoner by the Burner forces in Philadelphia, Jess and his friends struggle to stay alive in the face of threats from both sides ... but a stunning escape guarantees worse is coming. The Library now means to stop them by any means necessary, and they'll have to make dangerous allies and difficult choices to stay alive.They have only two choices: face the might of the Great Library head on, or be erased from life, and the history of the world, for ever.Win or die.
Matt and Emily Calder’s travels through time come to a thrilling conclusion in the third book of the Hollow Earth trilogy as the siblings struggle to close Hollow Earth—and keep the monsters inside. Twins Matt and Emily Calder may be divided by time, but they are united in their mission to close Hollow Earth before the monsters inside can destroy the world. The key to success lies with their Animare talents: they can draw things into life and travel in time through art. But there are monsters outside Hollow Earth as well. Monsters intent on taking control of the beasts for themselves. And the worst monster of all is their own father…
A seafaring story of an abused runaway young orphan boy who goes to sea and finds more adventure than his mind could ever have envisioned. In 1691, piracy was in full blossom and he would discover it first hand. On board a ship, in the company or men, he soon becomes accepted as a member of the crew and the Captain's cabin boy. He is quick to make friends among the crew, who in turn teach him how to be an apprentice seaman. Every moment aboard the ship is a new discovery about himself and those around him. The Captain with his makeshift crew has stolen a pirate ship and is on a voyage of high adventure as he seeks revenge for his lost ship and savaged crew. Before the ship returns to Port Royal, the adventures he has shared with all onboard changes him from a boy to a young man. He knows many things that few youngsters his age will ever experience. Through it all, he has never complained, but bonded with the Captain and the crew. At last he has found a home and family, a place where he be-longs.