The Blazing Bridge (Blood Guard Series #3)

by Carter Roy

Overview

Ronan Truelove’s best friend, scrappy smart aleck Greta Sustermann, has no idea that she is one of the thirty-six Pure souls crucial to the safety of the world. But Ronan’s evil father has figured it out—and he’s leading the Bend Sinister straight to Greta. If they capture her, she’ll suffer a fate far worse than mere death. But to get to Greta, they’re going to have to go through Ronan first.

Standing with Ronan are plucky hacker Sammy; witty, unkillable Jack Dawkins; and a sharp-tongued woman named Diz, who drives a dangerously souped-up taxi. One breathless close call after another leads to an ugly showdown: Ronan alone against his father, with the fate of Greta, his friends, and the entire world hanging in the balance. Will Ronan be able to rise up and prove once and for all that he has what it takes to join the Blood Guard?

By turns heart-stopping and hilarious, The Blazing Bridge brings the Blood Guard trilogy to a surprising, clever, and altogether thrilling conclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781477827062
Publisher:	Amazon Publishing
Publication date:	02/21/2017
Series:	Blood Guard Series , #3
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Carter Roy has painted houses and worked on construction sites, waited tables and driven delivery trucks, been a stagehand for rock bands and a videographer on a cruise ship, and 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 that have appeared in a half-dozen journals and anthologies. His first two books were The Blood Guard and The Glass Gauntlet. He lives in New York City and can be found at www.carterroybooks.com.

Editorial Reviews

"A strong and satisfying conclusion to a wild and hilarious ride." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2016-12-06
The final book in the Blood Guard trilogy finds Blood Guard-in-training Ronan "Don't call me Evelyn" Truelove battling the murderous Bend Sinister all over New York City. The nefarious organization's plan: to destroy the souls of all 36 Pures and bring about the fall of civilization. Led by Ronan's father, the baddies are always one step ahead, and Ronan needs all the help he can get. He's joined by friends Greta (who doesn't know she's a Pure), computer hacker Sammy, and Ronan's Overseer, the immortal Jack Dawkins. The gang gets assistance from their enemy-turned-ally, Agatha Glass; a wacky, beehive-sporting cabbie named Diz; the four Dobermans of the apocalypse, War, Famine, Pestilence, and Debra (don't ask); and a cat called Grendel. From a decommissioned subway station to crowdsurfing across Times Square to the final battle atop a flame-colored, silk-wrapped Brooklyn Bridge, Ronan has his work cut out for him. Readers who have read the first two books will have a more fulfilling reading experience than those who haven't, but there's enough provision of back story without cumbersome infodumping to catch newbies up on who's who and what's what. Aside from one unnamed Blood Guard, an Asian man, race is not addressed, implying a white default. A strong and satisfying conclusion to a wild and hilarious ride. (Adventure. 10-14)

Kirkus Reviews