M. G. Harris

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Four more stories in which the Ninth Doctor appears briefly in the first and the Second Doctor plays a larger role in the last. (There is a confusing misprint on page 220: “The Doctor was already lowering herself into the elevator” which from context should clearly be “himself”.) It’s Harris’s first contribution to Who, and as with some of the other Doom’s Day components I found it a bit rushed. Still, interesting use of shape-changing aliens – the Kraals and Slitheen do have that in common.… (más)

This review first appeared on
The Book Zone(For Boys) blog

I'm going to start this review with a long overdue apology to M.G. Harris. Just over a year ago M.G. very kindly sent me a signed proof of the fourth Joshua Files Book, Dark Parallel. I read it, loved it, but never posted a review of it on The Book Zone. Believe me, I wanted to, and I lost count of the number of times I started to write something and then gave up. Dark Parallel really messed with my head - if you haven't read it then it sees Josh and Ixchel travelling through time, finding themselves in various parallel timelines. Not only did it mess with my head, but it also answers a number of the questions created in the earlier three Joshua Files books, and leaves many more for the final instalment, and I just could not come up with a review that did not contain a long list of spoilers.

I did however make a promise to myself that I would review Apocalypse Moon, come what may. However, having finished it yesterday afternoon I am still in something of a quandry. This is the final book in the series. It is the book that ties off all the loose ends and answers all the questions readers have been pondering for the past four years. So yet again I am left with the unenviable task of writing a spoiler-free review. With this in mind I have decided to make this brief, and bullet point the key aspects, as they come to me, in no particular order:

•I loved it. It is the perfect ending to a series that I was enjoying long before I started The Book Zone.
•The black gel sleeve is gorgeous. I have to admit, I initially had my doubts, but I take them all back. It is perfect!
•Every question is answered (at least every question I had was answered).
•We finally find out the identity of Arcadio.
•Josh travels into the future and we find out what happens to the world after the Electro-Magnetic Pulse hits. And it's scary!
•We finally find out the mystery surrounding the disapperance of Blanco Vigores.
•We discover the secret behind the Bakab gene and what that means for Josh, his friends, and the future of the planet Earth.
•We are treated to even more twists and turns, and shock revelations about secondary characters and the part they may have to play in the 2012 plan.

I would be absolutely amazed if there is a single Joshua Files fan out there who ends up feeling disappointed on finishing this book. I am a little sad that we have come to the end of Josh's story, but also elated that it ends with such a great final instalment.

Having started with an apology, I'm going to end this review with a note of thanks to M.G. for mentioning me in her acknowledgements at the end of Apocalypse Moon. I started reading the series long before I started The Book Zone, and when I first picked up that stunning orange day-go gel covered book in Bracknell Waterstones I never dreamed that four years later my name would be printed inside the last book in the series. I am very flattered, and rather humbled by this kind gesture by M.G.

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In Book 1, Josh discovered that he ( and only he or his descendants) can open a mysterious book called the Ix Codex which predicts the end of the world. If anyone else touches it, they die a horrible death. Josh is still frustrated by what happened to cause the death of his father and vows to discover what is really going on. After discovering something very disturbing about the Ix Codex, Josh is back on an adventure that sees him following the girl he has been "promised" to into a secret maze deep in the jungle , meeting an old woman in a village who swears she's met him before and climbing a snow capped mountain. There are also the mysterious postcards addressed to him and his mother, and lots of other twists and turns. My suspicions regarding one of his closest allies is confirmed as PLOT SPOILER ALERT: she turns out to be the girlfriend of his mortal enemy Simon Martin.… (más)

Reviewed by Kira M for TeensReadToo.com

Last Joshua had heard from his father, he was in Mexico searching for an ancient codex believed to contain key information regarding the 2012 Mayan Prophecy foretelling the end of the world.

Now, his father has been reported dead in a mysterious plane crash. Believing his father's death was probably not an accident, Joshua flies across the Atlantic to investigate. There he runs into unknown relatives, shady American intelligence agents, a secret society, and a living Mayan city.

Who can Josh trust? What really happened to his father? Will he get home alive?

INVISIBLE CITY is a great action-packed adventure. The background information for the book is presented well. The characters are well-developed., and the plot is superbly spun by the author. The mystery is intense and keeps readers on their toes.

Those who like fantasy, adventure, science fiction, history, and mystery will all enjoy reading this book.… (más)