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Informationen zum Autor John Barrowman has appeared onstage, including on London's West End, and on-screen. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood, as well as appearances on Desperate Housewives, and Scandal. He is currently a series regular on Arrow. Carole E. Barrowman is a journalist and a professor of English in Wisconsin. Klappentext In this thrilling sequel to "Hollow Earth! " twins Matt and Emily CalderNwho are AnimareNmust stop someone from unleashing an army of mankind's worst nightmares. Bone Quill ONE THE ABBEY AUCHINMURN ISLE, WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND TEN YEARS AGO The battle for control of the Calder twins’ imaginations began on the afternoon of their third birthday. Sandie was enjoying the last slice of Jeannie’s double-decker chocolate cake when Malcolm raced into the kitchen. “I’ve found it!” he said, waving a red leather journal in front of Sandie in feverish excitement. “Proof that Hollow Earth is real!” Sandie’s fork clattered to her plate. “What?” “It’s all in this diary! ‘The key must not be found’—but this is the exciting part. Listen to this.” Malcolm flipped to another. “ ‘After all that I have witnessed, after the horrors that have been revealed to me in Hollow Earth, I know this. The powers within are too terrible for man to control.’ “All these months of searching, and finally this!” He began to pace in front of the French doors. “With Matt and Em’s help, I—” He stopped, then turned and smiled at Sandie. “We will control Hollow Earth and then . . . everything will be ours.” “You’re mad, Malcolm,” sputtered Sandie, dread creeping up her spine. “I don’t want everything.” A part of Malcolm had always been wild—so focused on his own obsessions that he ignored the feelings and opinions of others. Sandie had hoped marriage would calm him, but since the birth of the twins, this obsession with Hollow Earth had been eating away the Malcolm she’d fallen in love with. “I don’t care how you squander your powers or your life, but you can’t use the twins to further this madness!” she went on, her pulse quickening. “They’re too young, practically babies. Their powers are not yours to control.” Malcolm gripped Sandie’s shoulders. She flinched. “I won’t be stopped by you or anyone else,” he said coldly. “To master Hollow Earth is my destiny.” • • • The next morning Sandie was glad of the chance to breakfast quietly with Renard while Malcolm played with the twins outside. But as she gazed out the window at the great glass sculpture in the abbey grounds, she noticed something strange. The sculpture was a massive mobile of mirrors suspended from the trees at the western point of the grounds, shimmering and spinning in the changeable winds that ran along the island’s coastline. Matt and Em were sprawled under the installation on a blanket with their dad, painting. But what was reflected in the mirrors was not the cozy scene that it should have been. Instead, each shard was reflecting the swirling greens, browns, and yellows of a mysterious cave mouth. When the wind caught the mobile, the mirrored glass spun and Sandie saw the telltale glow of an animation. A stabbing awareness pierced her mind. She recognized the image. Lasers of light suddenly shot from the cave mouth, every fragment of mirror multiplying the effects, creating a crisscrossing grid of light encasing the trees, trapping Malcolm and the twins inside. “Renard!” Sandie screamed. “Stop him!” Renard Calder appeared at his daughter-in-law’s side. He stared in shock at the scene unfolding on the lawn. “My God, what’s he doing?” “I...
