Invisible Sun

by David Macinnis Gill

Overview

You don't want to mess with Durango.
He left his crew behind.
His father is dead.
And he's going to prove himself to Vienne,
even if he dies trying.
As he races through flood
and fire and across a violent
and terrifying planet,
there's a 97% chance he's
going to die trying.
But who's counting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062073341
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/27/2012
Series:	Black Hole Sun , #2
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	15 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

David Macinnis Gill is the award-winning author of Soul Enchilada, Black Hole Sun, Invisible Sun, Shadow on the Sun, Rising Sun, Uncanny, and Zombie Train. His books have been named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Kirkus Best Book, a Bank Street College Best Books of the Year, and an NYPL Stuff for the Teen Age as well as nominated for a variety of state and regional lists and awards. His short stories have appeared in several magazines and anthologies. He holds a doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee and was the president of ALAN (the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents) and an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. David Macinnis Gill lives in North Carolina.

What People are Saying About This

Laurie Halse Anderson

“Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the last page. In the best tradition of Heinlein and Firefly, Black Hole Sun is for readers who like their books fast-paced, intense, and relentless. Buy it, read it, pass it on!”

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Black Hole Sun: School Library Journal Best Book “Rockets readers to new frontiers . . . action-packed.” — Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games

“Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the last page. In the best tradition of Heinlein and Firefly, Black Hole Sun is for readers who like their books fast-paced, intense, and relentless. Buy it, read it, pass it on!” — Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Chains

“Science-fiction fans will cheer Durango on in his exploits and enjoy the twists in the novel’s satisfying conclusion.” — School Library Journal (starred review)

“Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and outright funny.” — The Horn Book

“Action, adventure, sci-fi, and horror buffs will all find this an almost perfect mix of all of the genres.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

“In this stand-alone companion to Black Hole Sun (2010), Gill returns to his fascinating future world: a postapocalyptic Mars trashed by Earth emigrants. . . . Durango’s clever banter with his interior sidekick . . . is a highlight.” — ALA Booklist

From the Publisher

Praise for Black Hole Sun: School Library Journal Best Book “Rockets readers to new frontiers . . . action-packed.

Suzanne Collins

Black Hole Sun grabbed me by the throat and didn’t let go until the last page. In the best tradition of Heinlein and Firefly, Black Hole Sun is for readers who like their books fast-paced, intense, and relentless. Buy it, read it, pass it on!

Laurie Halse Anderson

Action, adventure, sci-fi, and horror buffs will all find this an almost perfect mix of all of the genres.

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and outright funny.

The Horn Book

In this stand-alone companion to Black Hole Sun (2010), Gill returns to his fascinating future world: a postapocalyptic Mars trashed by Earth emigrants. . . . Durango’s clever banter with his interior sidekick . . . is a highlight.

ALA Booklist

Action, adventure, sci-fi, and horror buffs will all find this an almost perfect mix of all of the genres.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

“Action, adventure, sci-fi, and horror buffs will all find this an almost perfect mix of all of the genres.

The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

Danger! Romance! Library ambushes! On the heels of their last adventure (Black Hole Sun, 2010), Martian freedom fighters Durango and Vienne infiltrate an evil government compound in search of missing data they hope will render the planet safe from future harm. This companion novel is packed with Gill's slick, snappy trademark dialogue; the two heroes and Durango's artificial intelligence advisor who's cloned in his brain speak mostly in well-wrought, Han Solo–like wisecracks. There's also plenty of action, including death-defying escapes, ambushes and hair-raising shootouts. Amazingly enough, the body count, however, is much lower than in the first novel. Where humans dropped liked flies (and were, on occasion, eaten) in the first installment, here romance replaces a considerable chunk of the action. Most notably, there is a long-winded, meandering visit to Vienne's monastery home, where bees are tended and tea leaves are read (and Vienne and Durango realize their romantic destiny). Not soon enough, the enemy attacks and Durango and Vienne are off to fight, again. The plot goes haywire from here, and Gill apparently throws in just about every plot device and twist he can think of to get to the end. A weirdly tepid, stop-and-start mess of a sci-fi thriller. (Science fiction. 13 & up)

Kirkus Reviews