The Glass Gauntlet (The Blood Guard) - Softcover

Roy, Carter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477827153 ISBN 13: 9781477827154

Publisher: Two Lions, 2015

Synopsis

Ronan Truelove barely survived his first encounter with his father and the Bend Sinister. Now, he’s determined to become one of the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect thirty-six pure souls crucial to the world’s survival.

Eager to prove he’s got what it takes, Ronan is sent on his first mission with his friends Greta and Sammy to visit a weird-sounding school and take a series of tests called the Glass Gauntlet. Paper and pencils and nerdy scholarship—where’s the life-or-death challenge in that?

But the Glass Gauntlet is actually something much more dangerous: head-to-head competitions against ruthless opponents. Nothing and no one are what they seem. Who can he trust, and who will kill him? Ronan has to figure it out fast because his enemies are multiplying, and soon he will have to pass the ultimate test: facing his father again and standing up to those who threaten not only him and his friends but also the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Carter Roy has painted houses and worked on construction sites; waited tables and driven delivery trucks; been a stagehand for rock bands and a videographer on a cruise ship; and worked as a line cook in a kitchen, a projectionist in a movie theater, and a rhetoric teacher at a university. He has been a reference librarian and a bookseller, edited hundreds of books for major publishers, and written award-winning short stories that have appeared in a half-dozen journals and anthologies for adult readers. The Blood Guard was his first book, and this is his second. He lives in New York City and invites any and all questions about him or the Blood Guard itself at www.carterroybooks.com.

Review:

“With strong character development, edge-of-your-seat pacing, and fairly rich world-building, this is a strong sequel. Hand to readers of fantasy and adventure—and be prepared to purchase the subsequent sequels.” —School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Two Lions
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1477827153
• ISBN 13: 9781477827154
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 261