Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're
eagerly anticipating.
Title: The Reluctant Assasin (W.A.R.P, #1)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Genre: Young
Adult, Science Fiction
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Release date: April 11th 2013 by Puffin
ISBN: 0141341750 (ISBN13: 9780141341750)
Synopsis:
Riley, a teen orphan boy
living in Victorian London, has had the misfortune of being apprenticed to
Albert Garrick, an illusionist who has fallen on difficult times and now uses
his unique conjuring skills to gain access to victims' dwellings. On one such escapade,
Garrick brings his reluctant apprentice along and urges him to commit his first
killing. Riley is saved from having to commit the grisly act when the intended
victim turns out to be a scientist from the future, part of the FBI's Witness
Anonymous Relocation Program (WARP) Riley is unwittingly transported via
wormhole to modern day London, followed closely by Garrick.
In modern London, Riley is helped by Chevron
Savano, a seventeen-year-old FBI agent sent to London as punishment after a
disastrous undercover, anti-terrorist operation in Los Angeles. Together Riley
and Chevie must evade Garrick, who has been fundamentally altered by his trip
through the wormhole. Garrick is now not only evil, but he also possesses all
of the scientist's knowledge. He is determined to track Riley down and use the
timekey in Chevie's possession to make his way back to Victorian London where
he can literally change the world.
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So looking forward to trying this one-I got a copy through Netgalley and should be starting soon!
ReplyDeleteMy first book by Eoin Colfer is Artemis Fowl. I've had it on my bookcase for years but haven't read the whole pages. I think he's smart but his books aren't suite me.
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