Publisher's Synopsis
From the team that brought you The 39 Clues and Spirit Animals comes book 3 in an epic adventure filled with the magic of ancient Egypt! The adventure continues in Book 3! If Alex and Ren are going to stop the Death Walkers, they know they have to find the powerful Lost Spells. So they head to the Valley of Kings, deep in the Egyptian desert-where they discover that Egypt is in the grips of madness. Voices in the air whisper dark secrets and flashes of light burn across the night sky. But their hunt for the Spells keeps getting sabotaged. Every step they take, The Order is hot on their trail. There's no dodging, no hiding. Is someone leaking their secrets? Is there anyone they can trust? In the tradition of The 39 Clues and Spirit Animals, the TombQuest adventure continues online, with an epic game! Build an Egyptian tomb of your own, hide treasure and protect it with traps, then challenge your friends to play through!;Praise for TombQuest Book 1: Book of the Dead: Like a preteen Indiana Jones and Lara Croft, Alex and Ren make a compelling duo, and Northrop balances pathos and action effectively to engage readers. Funny and smart, Alex and Ren are excellent companions for this fast-paced and scorpion-filled ride.-- Kirkus Reviews The plot moves quickly and will appeal to reluctant readers looking for adventure [and] danger. -- School Library Journal A thrilling adventure rich in Egyptian mythology and magic. . . . Sure to be a blockbuster. -- BooklistPraise for Michael Northrop: Praise for Plunked: NPR Backseat Book Club Pick (October 2013) Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Well-developed characters and a strong narrative voice make this novel about much more than baseball. . . . Pitch perfect. -- School Library Journal Praise for Rotten: Junior Library Guild Selection Northrop has a keen eye for the way teens move through the world. -- Publishers Weekly Praise for Trapped: . . . The pages turn like wildfire. -- Booklist Northrop gets at the core of human nature through masterful pacing. -- Kirkus Reviews;Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of TombQuest, an epic book and game adventure series featuring the magic of ancient Egypt. He is also the author of Trapped, an Indie Next List selection, and Plunked, a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing selection and an NPR Backseat Book Club pick. An editor at Sports Illustrated Kids for many years, he now writes full-time from his home in New York City. Learn more at michaelnorthrop.net.
