The Cydonian Pyramid

by Pete Hautman

Overview

"Nail-biting suspense." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The much-anticipated sequel to The Obsidian Blade lets readers see the world through the eyes of Lia, the enigmatic girl who changed Tucker Feye’s life. In this second volume of the Klaatu Diskos trilogy, Tucker and Lia hurtle through time, relating their stories in alternating viewpoints that converge at crucial moments. Fans of The Obsidian Blade will be intrigued by the chance to see the world through Lia’s eyes — no matter how disturbing the vision might be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763669331
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/08/2014
Series:	Klaatu Diskos Series , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	HL690L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Pete Hautman is the author of many books for young adults and adults, including the National Book Award winner Godless and The Big Crunch, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award. About The Cydonian Pyramid, he says, “I could never resist a tough, spunky, conflicted heroine. Following Lahlia through the diskos was an incredible journey. She still scares me a little.” Pete Hautman splits his time between Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

Middle books in trilogies are tricky, but this taut science-fiction thriller pulls it off with panache...Hautman continues to write mind-expanding adventures and nail-biting suspense to probe big questions of faith, destiny and personal responsibility. The next book can’t come soon enough.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

[A] fascinating sequel. ... Hautman doesn’t know how to write a bad book.
—Booklist

Tinged with elements of ancient Mayan sacrifices and political intrigue, the book will have fans of historical fiction and science fiction thinking through the motives and concepts of this smoothly layered adventure.
—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

Middle books in trilogies are tricky, but this taut science-fiction thriller pulls it off with panache. The mysterious teenage girl Lah Lia keeps reappearing at pivotal moments of Tucker Feye's chaotic adventures across time; now, following her own journey through the "disko" portals sheds clarity upon the various rival factions contending through the forthcoming epochs. From her pampered childhood, raised as a sacrifice, to the end of human history, Lia witnesses the early days of the Boggsian technological cult and their transcendence into the spectral tourist Klaatu; the heyday of digitocratic Medicant healers and their persecution at the hands of the fanatically anti-numerate Lah Sept; and the rebellion of the ruthless Yar women against the corrupt priests of her own time. Lia matures from a clever but passive observer to a tough-minded, compassionate and principled actor, determined to take charge of her own life--even if that means rewriting the past. While by no means a stand-alone, the narrative intersperses chapters recounting Tucker's interrogation by Cold War–era Arctic explorers to recap important details and ground the more exotic future scenarios. This device also drives the plot, as the two protagonists strive independently to reconnect. When they meet again in the final pages, it is clear that the past is beginning to unravel, and all history is about to break loose. Hautman continues to write mind-expanding adventures and nail-biting suspense to probe big questions of faith, destiny and personal responsibility. The next book can't come soon enough. (Science fiction. 12 & up)

Kirkus Reviews