Will West is careful to live life under the radar. At his parents' insistence, he's made sure to get mediocre grades and to stay in the middle of the pack on his cross-country team. Then Will slips up, accidentally scoring off the charts on a nationwide exam, and he is recruited by an exclusive and mysterious prep school - the best school no one's ever heard of, with technology the likes of which no one's ever seen. At the same time, coincidentally - or not so - Will realizes he's being followed by men in dark hats, driving black sedans who pose a terrifying threat to his family. What follows is a series of events and revelations that places Will smack in the middle of a millennia old struggle between titanic forces . . .

 

 

This book is part of a book series called The Paladin Prophecy .

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 560 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Mark Frost studied directing and playwriting at university. He then partnered David Lynch in creating and producing the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks. He also wrote the screenplays to the major motion pictures Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and also wrote and produced the critically acclaimed film The Greatest Game Ever Played. Mark is also the New York Times bestselling author of eight adult titles.