![]() ![]() It's a fairly familiar sci-fi thriller type plot, and it's not exactly subtle. All of the human race, with the exception of Phoenix, will be destroyed in 100 days (and this is not a spoiler-the first two paragraphs of the book warn us that this is what's going to happen).Īnd so the race is on, as the three kids struggle to crack into the secrets of their town before it is too late. With the help of two classmates, a girl named Jordan and a guy name Peter, the message on the stick is decoded. A memory stick pressed into Luke's hand by the town's resident madman (the only discordant note in its gloss) kicks things into high gear. ![]() The first clue is that there is no communication with the outside world.but that is just the tip of the ice-burg. It quickly becomes clear to both Luke and the reader that there are things seriously wrong with Phoenix. ![]() It is a brand-spanking new town, all shinny and happy.but all is not as pleasant as it appears. Luke, however, doesn't want to start afresh, and has no interest in moving to a corporate town in the middle of nowhere. ![]() Luke's mother is exited about her new job in the town of Phoenix, Australia-it will be a chance for the two of them to make a fresh life after the divorce. The Phoenix Files, Book 1: Arrival, by Chris Morphew, is the first in an Australian sci-fi thriller series that Kane Miller is in the process of publishing in the US (this first book came out here in June of 2013). ![]()
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