The Blood Guard, Carter Roy
The Blood Guard, Carter Roy
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The Blood Guard

Author: Carter Roy

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/04/2014

Synopsis

When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove’s seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too?His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact, she’s a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect the Pure—thirty-six noble souls whose safety is crucial if the world as we know it is to survive.Now all those after-school activities—gymnastics, judo, survival training—she made him take, make sense. For suddenly Ronan is swept up in a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always thrilling adventure—dashing from one danger to the next, using his wits to escape the Bend Sinister, a posse of evil doers with strange powers. Falling in with two unlikely companions, Greta, a scrappy, strong-willed girl he’s never much liked and Jack, a devil-may-care teenage pickpocket, Ronan is left with only his wits and his mom’s last words of advice: Trust no one.That’s a lot for an ordinary kid to deal with. But then again, maybe Ronan’s not ordinary at all.

About Carter Roy

Carter Roy has painted houses and worked on construction sites; waited tables and driven delivery trucks; been a stage hand for rock bands and a videographer on a cruise ship; 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 for adult readers that have appeared in a half-dozen journals and anthologies. But this is the first time he’s written a novel. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mango

I really enjoyed The Blood Guard! This book reminded me a bit of Percy Jackson, and I would highly recommend it to PJO lovers! Plot: I really loved the plot! Ronan, a boy who is treating as an outcast in his school, is always wondering why his mom makes him take so many extra-curriculars. I mean......more

Goodreads review by Bailey

"When something matters enough to you," he promised, "you'll reach a make-or-break point where HEART comes in. THAT'S what pushes you to do the impossible." -Mr. Entwhistle Immediately after picking this book up from the library shelf, I fell in love with the idea of the Blood Guard. Evelyn Ronan Tru......more

Goodreads review by E.A.

(I received this book free from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review) Wow. I've been looking for a book to fill the hole left behind by finishing the Percy Jackson series, and boy oh boy did I find it. Full of action, nail biting adventure and witty banter, I couldn't put this down once I st......more

Goodreads review by Alex

The Blood Guard Carter Roy Amazon Children's Publishing Two Lions I don’t often pay attention to the buzz around a book because usually I’m disappointed. This was not the case with the Blood Guard. Evelyn Trueblood, known as Ronan to his friends spends all his free time in an odd assortment of after sch......more

Quotes

“Roy’s first novel is the humorous and exciting start of a new trilogy.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Roy’s first book hits the ground running and doesn’t let up until the end, and his writing is up to the job.” —Booklist

“Breathless action, witty dialogue, and unabashed fun…” —Publishers Weekly

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