JOSHUA AND THE LIGHTNING ROAD

For PERCY JACKSON fans looking for a new series featuring the Greek Olympians -- here comes JOSHUA AND THE LIGHTNING ROAD: A young boy learns the hard way that lightning never strikes by chance when a bolt hits his house and whisks him off on an wild adventure to a dark world where stolen human kids are work slaves and ruled by the frustrated heirs of the Greek Olympians who come to see him as the hero prophesied to restore their lost powers.

Twelve-year-old Joshua Cooper’s grandpa has always warned him about the dangers of lightning. But Joshua never put much stock in his grandpa’s rumblings as anything more than the ravings of an old man with a vast imagination. Then one night, when Joshua and his best friend are home alone during a frightful storm, Joshua learns his grandpa was right. A bolt of lightning strikes his house and whisks away his best friend—possibly forever. To get him back, Joshua must travel the Lightning Road to the World to a dark place that steals children for energy. But getting back home and saving his friend won’t be easy, as Joshua must face the terrifying Child Collector and fend off ferocious and unnatural beasts intent on destroying him. In this world, Joshua possesses powers he never knew he had, and soon, Joshua’s mission becomes more than a search for his friend. He means to send all the stolen children home—and doing so becomes the battle of his life. Sequel due to be published Winter 2017.