Force Majeure - Softcover

Christopher Golden is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, Of Saints and Shadows, and the Body of Evidence thriller series. He has cowritten a number of novels and comic books set in the worlds of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. There are more than eight million copies of his books in print. He lives in Massachusetts with his family.

Originally a comics writer, Tom Sniegoski grew a large fan base with his work on titles including Jeff Smith's bestselling BONE, Mike Mignola's HELLBOY, and the currently wildly popular GOON series.

His YA book series THE FALLEN for S&S was turned into a series of TV movies that have aired to strong ratings on the ABC Family Network. SLEEPER CODE AND SLEEPER AGENDA, a YA two-part story for Razorbill/Penguin, was an ALA *Top Ten* Quick Pick in 2006.

Tom lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts with his wife and their dog, Mulder.

Grade 9 Up-Shane Monroe, a young physics genius with a strong moral code, finds himself caught between a covert government agency dubbed the Black Box Department (BBD) and the Truth Seekers, a privately funded organization dedicated to undermining government projects that they deem immoral and dangerous. The 20-year-old's unintentional involvement begins when he harnesses the power to create tornadoes and he learns that the government wants to use his discovery to create weapons of mass destruction. When he refuses to cooperate, BBD agents capture him and murder his best friends. Several rescue scenes later, Shane falls into the hands of the Truth Seekers and learns that his dead father also refused to work with the BBD. He earns the trust of the Truth Seekers and unleashes an artificially created tornado inside his enemy's headquarters. Other than Shane, the characters are flat and static. The Truth Seekers are ostensibly the good guys, but they appear and disappear so quickly that it's difficult to root for them. The involved plot is melodramatic at times, violent scenes abound, and the body count is high. Still, older science-fiction fans will enjoy reading about bizarre government projects as well as the technology and physics used to control the weather artificially.
Julie Webb, Shelby County High School, Shelbyville, KY
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