
Nightrise
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Series: Gatekeepers (Horowitz) #3
Narrator: Simon Prebble
Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/14/2009
Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories

Author: Anthony Horowitz
Series: Gatekeepers (Horowitz) #3
Narrator: Simon Prebble
Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/14/2009
Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories
English born author, Anthony Horowitz, is a novelist and screenwriter specializing in mystery and suspense genres. He was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, and his family was of the Jewish faith. He was a rather unhappy child, being overweight, and spent much of his youth reading many books from his father's library. It is no surprise that he started writing at the age of 8 or nine years old. He used books to escape the reality of being pretty sedentary, with no talent or physique for participating in sports. He was an author in the making.
Horowitz juggles his interests among writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. His works include over 40 books, including a teen spy thriller, the Alex Rider series. He is estimated to have sold 19 million copies worldwide. A few of his other works include: Power of Five series (including the conclusion novel, Oblivion), two Sherlock Holmes novels.......The House of Silk and Moriarty, and a new James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis.
Horowirz also created and wrote some of the most popular television series in the UK. Among the series are: Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Collision, Injustice, and New Blood.
Horowitz joined the Home Start group, in Suffolk, to support those working with families across the county who are facing challenges such as mental health issues, terminal illness, isolation, domestic abuse, poverty and many other problems. He has been quoted as saying.......Charity begins at Home Start.
Horowitz lives in Central London with his wife, Jill Green, (who produced his film Foyle's War), and their two sons. He considers himself a Conservative, and has specific ideas about today's political climate. He has been very critical of the social phenomenon of cancel culture and "mobbing" of figures for expressing their personal opinions. He says that people are so quick to want to cause total loss for anyone who disagrees with them. Total loss to the point of death threats, and hoping they lose their entire means to survive and care for their families. The political discourses are sadly used as reasons to hate. Horowitz is opposed to hatred of any sort.
The third in Horowitz's Power of Five series sees the action move to Nevada where Scott and Jamie Tyler perform a mind-reading act to bored casino audiences. Only their act is real and one night they are ambushed by two mysterious men who kidnap Scott and frame Jamie for murder. Jamie escapes with t......more
Overall Rating : B Good but I'm hoping for greater in the next book.......more
I'm a stickler for series. I love Darren Shan and the like and when I first opened Raven's Gate I was immediately drawn in, it was a good book. Evil Star was alright and with this: book three in the Gatekeepers saga dubbed Nightrise I wasn't too immersed. It's a young adult's fiction novel of two or......more
This book took a different turn to the last one, focusing on two new main characters. Was a good read...onto the next one!......more
This was a great addition to this series I liked diving deeper into the characters as well as the villains of the story. The characters were interesting I really liked Jamie I liked the story starting on a different character than Matt he starts as someone who relies on his brother for everything an......more