Pub Date: March 30, 2010
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2009040729
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.74" H x 8.26" L x 5.60" W ( 0.53 lbs) 272 pages
Series: John Cleaver
Description: John Wayne Cleaver lives a life governed by rigid rules and practices. When he has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can't control, he is rendered helpless. Wells's debut novel is the first volume of a trilogy guaranteed to keep readers awake at night.
Brief description: DAN WELLS writes a little bit of everything, but he is best known for the Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, the first book of which is now a major motion picture. He is a co-host of the educational podcast Writing Excuses, for which he won a Hugo and now helps run a yearly, week-long writing conference. In addition to novels, novellas, and shorts, he has also written and produced a stage play, called "A Night of Blacker Darkness," and works as a staff writer on the TV show "Extinct." He has lived in the US, Mexico, and Germany, and currently resides in Utah with his wife and six children and 439 board games.
Review Quotes:
"This dazzling, un-put-downable debut novel proves beyond a doubt that Dan Wells has the gift. His teenage protagonist is as chilling as he is endearing. More John Wayne Cleaver, please." --F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author
"The beauty of the prose, mixed with the depth of characterization, gives the haunting, first person narrative a human touch. Regardless of your age or your genre preferences, you will find this story both profound and enthralling." --Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author