Stephanie and her family move into an old mansion rumored to have been put under a curse after a turn-of-the-20th-century rich boy meddled with an Egyptian mummy.Īfter her young sister complains about strange events, high school student Stephanie befriends Lucas, a geeky, good-looking boy, and meets the other members of SPOoKy, the Scientific Paranormal Organization of Kentucky: Charlotte, Wes, and Patrick.

Whom can they trust? What is the extent of Adam's power-and perhaps of Mia's? The post-apocalyptic setting has limited realism (with England's woods thick enough to support many surviving Londoners on a diet of venison), and Mia's little-girl babble tends toward the twee.Ī little violent, a little supernatural, a little mysterious, a lot sentimental fans of the trilogy won't be disappointed as this story edges toward magical thriller In alternating chapters, Sarah and Adam describe their experiences, first in the woods and then with their tormentors. When a paramilitary group kidnaps Mia, Adam has no choice but to put himself in their hands. Adam sees the potential death date of everyone he looks at, a curse that makes him valuable to dangerous people. But Adam is different from everyone else in this ravaged England, because he's the wild-eyed prophet who predicted the Chaos. Like so many other former Londoners, this young family lives in the woods, surviving by hunting after the devastating earthquake that destroyed their society.

A trilogy that began in the recognizable present concludes in a post-apocalyptic dystopic England, 17 years from now.Īdam-the child conceived in tragedy in Numbers (2010)-is a father now himself, caretaker to his girlfriend Sarah's daughter Mia.

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