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Aboard the Disney Cruise Line's inaugural passage through the new Panama Canal, the Keepers and their holograms uncover a puzzle hidden within the pages of a stolen journal. The point of that puzzle will reveal itself in the caves of Aruba, the zip lines of Costa Rica, and the jungles of Mexico. A destructive force, dormant for decades, is about to be unleashed. The five Kingdom Keepers are to be its first victims.
The Kingdom Keepers have found a secret message concealed within the pages of a stolen journal, but it reveals not an enticing roadmap to treasure, but a path to great danger. Ridley Pearson's latest Kingdom Keepers novel takes its five titular heroes to Aruba, Costa Rica, and Mexico. An engaging young reader Disney thriller.
Pearson is renowned for fast-paced, thrill-a-minute suspense novels that include "a rare humanism and attention to detail" (Publishers Weekly). In a Greenwich Magazine interview he called his work "aerobic fiction, because I hope to get your heart pounding and get you turning pages." Entertainment Weekly dubbed him "the thinking person's Robert Ludlum."
As his fans know, Pearson works hard at nailing the details of forensic investigation and police procedure. In Undercurrents (the first novel in his Seattle-based Lou Boldt mystery series) his research was so thorough—he consulted an expert in oceanography—that the book helped convict an actual murderer. A Washington state prosecuting attorney happened to be reading it while working on a case similar to Pearson's fictional one: A woman's body had been found in a bay, and at first it appeared that she had committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. The oceanographer mentioned in Pearson's acknowledgments was called in as an expert witness to help prove that, based on tidal currents, the woman must have been dead before the time her husband claimed to have last seen her. Due largely to the expert testimony, the victim's husband was convicted of second-degree murder.
Of course, there's more to a Pearson novel than research. "Just what is it about Ridley Pearson that makes him the best damn thriller writer on the planet?" mused Bill Ott in BookList. "We've celebrated the forensic detail, the taut plotting, the multidimensional characters, and the screw-tightening suspense, but lots of fiction writers do all that. Here's a theory: Pearson is a master at manipulating opposites. His stories are forever jumping from high concept to small scale, from positive to negative charges, manipulating our emotions and minds with their polar hip-hopping."
When he's not writing, Pearson still makes music—he's the bass guitarist for the Rock Bottom Remainders, an amateur rock band made up of professional writers including Stephen King, Dave Barry, Amy Tan, and Mitch Albom (the group's motto, coined by Barry: "We play music as well as Metallica writes novels").
It was while Pearson was in Miami to play with the Rock Bottom Remainders that he told Barry about his idea (actually, daughter Paige's idea) for a prequel to Peter Pan. The two authors had such a good time hashing out possibilities over breakfast that Pearson asked Barry to write the book with him. Published in 2004, their clever collaboration Peter and the Starcatchers became a huge bestseller, spawning two sequels (Peter and the Shadow Thieves in 2006 and Peter and the Secret of Rundoon in 2007) and a series of spin-off children's chapter books.
Even though Pearson thoroughly enjoys crafting juvenile fiction, his adult fans need not worry that he's abandoned his high-voltage crime novels. Indeed, he has said that writing gives him the same "adrenaline rush," no matter which audience he is targeting: Readers of all ages appreciate the imagination, suspense, and an impeccable eye for detail he brings to all his fiction.
Pearson loves to travel, especially to southern France, with wife Marcelle and second child Storey, who is adopted from China. We're certain to do a good deal of international travel in the years to come. He also attends local symphony and theater. But his "favorite avocation is to spend an evening around our dining table with two or three other couples. This, I feel, is where many of the world's ills are solved, and many souls restored. Mine, especially."
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Posted Mon Mar 11 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Honestly, I haven't connected to a great book series in a while and kingdom keepers gave me the hope I needed not to give up on books
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Posted Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I can't wait for kingdom keepers 6 to come out!!! My favorite book series!!!
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Posted Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I am sooooo glad it is out!!! I have been waiting for, like forever! I have never attached to a book series so well. Now Kingdom Keepeers is my totally favorite series now. Go Kingdom Keepers!!!
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Posted Wed Apr 03 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Best book series ever they need to make a movie and more books past the 7th this is better then percy jackson just not known to people we have to recomened these books to every body we know and make them read them then start a petition to make a movie it must be done
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Posted Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013
So much better than the last one!!! Amazingly good, the story may start slow but it picks up as it goes on and is just great. It is not as much as an easy read as the previous one and does become slightly confusing in some places. I recomend this book to everybody.
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Posted Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I cannot wait until I get KK6!!!! I saw the actual cover and it looks EPIC!!!!!!! Fimanda forever!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3
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Posted Wed Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I know it will be 5 star.I love Percy Jackson 1-5 and have the read the new 3.Read Harry Potter 1-7.Have freind bringing it over look forward to it.Agree with everyone that there should movies out of books .Long live Dhi!
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Posted Sun Apr 07 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I have been waiting for this one since the week after 5 came out! I loved this book! There should be a petition for a movie and the future books to come out sooner!! I finished this one yesturday and now i have to wait another year. :(
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Posted Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This book really paints a picture in you mind. It is awesome, hands down. A must read! If you like disney with a twist, you will love this!
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Posted Sat Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Can not wait to get and read this book! Love all the other Kingdom Keepers. Bet this one will be as good as all the others.
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Posted Mon Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2013
This book is awesome! The Disney Parks should totally install dhis. There should be movies on these books. This series is the best and ive been hooked on Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson ,and The Hunger Games
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Posted Mon Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Do you mean me? If yes, no
Also this book is awesome
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Posted Thu Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Ok this is an awesome book and im with the last guy who made a comment we should make a petition
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Posted Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Besr book in the world
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Posted Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
The last book is the seventh going to miss finn willa charlene maybeck philby amanda jess and wayne best series ever ridley please go past the seventh!!!!!!
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Posted Tue Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I have been waiting for this book since november love it
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Posted Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Is it good enough for ten dollars.
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Posted Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Such and awesome series needs too go past book 7 .
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Posted Sat Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2013
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Posted Thu Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I have been witing fir this
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Overview
Aboard the Disney Cruise Line's inaugural passage through the new Panama Canal, the Keepers and their holograms uncover a puzzle hidden within the pages of a stolen journal. The point of that puzzle will reveal itself in the caves of Aruba, the zip lines of...