Sons of the Dark: Escape - Book #2 (Sons of the Dark)

From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up - High fantasy meets high school - with a dash of demons - in the second title of a series that features four charismatic young men who are kidnapped from different times and places and taken to an alternate-universe world called Nefandus, where they are turned into soul-sucking slaves. They escape back to Earth, where they are destined to join together to destroy Nefandus, if they can learn to trust one another. This book focuses on Samuel, who is snatched from the American frontier in 1768. He escapes from Nefandus and ends up in present-day Los Angeles, where Berto, Obie, and Kyle await his arrival. Not trusting them, he keeps running until he meets Ashley, another refugee from Nefandus, who says she can help him get back home. He chooses to trust her, but she repeatedly betrays him so that she can get back to her own time. She does return him home long enough for him to learn about his magical heritage from his great grandfather. Only non-magical Maddie has no ulterior motives for helping him, but their relationship is complicated by the fact that Samuel can't resist sucking the life force out of any girl whom he kisses. The story is a mishmash of horror, fantasy, and teenaged angst. The characters aren't particularly compelling, and it seems way too easy for them to become accepted and successful in present-day L.A., without identification or money. Additional. - Mara Alpert, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


Book Description
Samuel has just landed in modern day LA. The last time he has been free of Nefandus was when he was abducted from his home two hundred years ago. He is totally lost until Ashley shows up. She used to be a servi, like him, but now she helps others who have escaped their bondage. He and Ashley travel back in time to see his great grandfather, a wise shaman. After Samuel returns to the present, he realizes his grandfather has given him a very special gift-one that is difficult to control. He also begins to wonder if Ashley is really who she says she is . . . Soon his loyalty to the other Sons of the Dark is sorely tested.


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It is 1768. Samuel has been taken through a time/space portal to the land of Nefandus, where he is one of the thousands of slaves collected from various times and places on Earth. Three other slaves have been waiting for Samuel, who is, it seems, one of "the Four," who will ultimately save the world. As he tries to adjust to his new situation, the other three, Kyle, Berto, and Obie, become his friends. Some day they will all return to their own times. But for now, toiling in the mines, Samuel can only dream of returning home. Then the beautiful Ashley tells him that she has the power to take him to one of the portals. She cannot determine exactly when they will arrive, but Samuel is desperate, and decides that he will trust her. Bad move. They arrive in 20th century Los Angeles, pursued by Regulators (police-creatures) from Nefandus. Ashley has betrayed him. The other three somehow show up in L.A., and from then on it is one (mis)adventure after another. It is a good thing that there is another volume to come, because this one ends on an indeterminate note. For fans of space- and time-travel. This is Book 2 in the "Sons of the Dark"series. 2004, Volo/Hyperion, Ages 12 up.


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