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THE FIRE SEEKERS
A gripping YA thriller about the origin of civilization, the meaning of life, and who's trying to wipe us out, among other things.
16 year-old Daniel Calder has never been the special one in his family: his father is world-famous linguist William Calder; his mother is a retired engineer worth hundreds of millions, and his “sister” Morag is a brilliant polyglot jokingly referred to as a walking Wikipedia.
But when Daniel’s mother is killed in a suspicious climbing accident, and when his father goes missing in the midst of his ground- breaking discovery of the original Ur-language from the time of Babel, it is Daniel who must play the role of hero as he races across the globe to uncover, with his two best friends, the shocking truth: the language his father has decoded was once used by The Architects to enslave humanity - and it’s an immensely powerful weapon they have returned to use again.
From Seattle to Rome to Ankara, pitting the bravery and wits of a few teens against mankind’s ancient overlords, The Fire-Seekers is a page- turning, pulsating pop science YA thriller with a touch of the supernatural about the power - and danger - of language.
Born in England and now based in Seattle, Richard Farr is also the author of the narrative nonfiction work Emperors of the Ice (Farrar Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers).
Richard Farr is the author of the award-winning Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910–13. He lives in Seattle with his wife and children, where he is currently working on the sequel to The Fire Seekers. Find him online at www.richardfarr.net.
But when Daniel’s mother is killed in a suspicious climbing accident, and when his father goes missing in the midst of his ground- breaking discovery of the original Ur-language from the time of Babel, it is Daniel who must play the role of hero as he races across the globe to uncover, with his two best friends, the shocking truth: the language his father has decoded was once used by The Architects to enslave humanity - and it’s an immensely powerful weapon they have returned to use again.
From Seattle to Rome to Ankara, pitting the bravery and wits of a few teens against mankind’s ancient overlords, The Fire-Seekers is a page- turning, pulsating pop science YA thriller with a touch of the supernatural about the power - and danger - of language.
Born in England and now based in Seattle, Richard Farr is also the author of the narrative nonfiction work Emperors of the Ice (Farrar Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers).
Richard Farr is the author of the award-winning Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910–13. He lives in Seattle with his wife and children, where he is currently working on the sequel to The Fire Seekers. Find him online at www.richardfarr.net.
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Published 2014-11-01 by Skyscape |
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Published 2014-11-01 by Skyscape |