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Informationen zum Autor Christopher Pike is a bestselling young adult novelist and has published several adult books as well-- Sati and The Season of Passage being the most popular. In YA, his Last Vampire series--often called Thirst--is a big favorite among his fans. Pike was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Los Angeles. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime partner, Abir. Currently, several of Pike's books are being turned into films, including The Midnight Club , which Netflix released as part of a ten-part series. The Midnight Club also draws from a half dozen of Pike's earlier works. Presently, The Season of Passage is being adapted as a feature film by Universal Studios while Chain Letter-- one of Pike all-time bestselling books--is also being adapted by Hollywood. At the moment, Pike is hard at work on a new YA series. Klappentext A huge doorway has been created between present-day Spooksville and sixty million years ago, and dinosaurs are roaming the streets and attacking people.The Deadly Past 1 The horror started without warning. Adam Freeman and his friends were not far from home when they were attacked, just a half mile north of Spooksville, in an area where they seldom went. The woods they had hiked through to get there were not nearly so thick as the others around Spooksville. Resting on top of a hill, they saw nothing but rocks, desolate valleys, and a few bushes. Sally Wilcox, who had led them to the spot, said it looked like the far side of the moon. “I bet they used to do nuclear testing here,” she said as they continued climbing to the top of a rocky bluff that gave them a view of the ocean and Spooksville itself. “That’s why not much grows here.” “That’s ridiculous,” Cindy Makey replied, brushing her long blond hair back from her cute face. “The government only performs nuclear tests in Nevada.” Sally stared hard at her with brown eyes that matched her brown hair. “I wasn’t talking about the U.S. government,” she said. “Remember Spooksville used to be part of ancient Lemuria, which went under the Pacific Ocean more than twenty thousand years ago. New Agers believe the Lemurian culture was peaceful, but I know for a fact that they built just as many bombs as we have today.” “Like you would know,” Cindy snapped. “Bum does say that Lemuria really existed,” Watch said tactfully. Watch was known for always wearing four watches and having no last name. “I hate to disagree with Bum,” Adam Freeman said, catching his breath and wiping the sweat from his face. Adam was the shortest one in the group, and very conscious of the fact. Yet he was also the group’s leader. “But how come there isn’t more evidence of Lemuria and Atlantis still lying around?” “You heard what Bum said,” Watch replied. “When the two lands warred, they completely wiped each other out. But Bum says that Lemuria and Atlantis were descendants of even more ancient cultures. I believe him. I think our history books are very limited in their scope.” “But do you really think this place used to be radioactive?” Cindy asked, uneasily glancing around. “If that’s true, we shouldn’t be here.” “Why?” Sally asked with a snigger. “Are you afraid you might mutate into a plain-looking girl?” “It looks like that happened to you already,” Cindy replied. Watch raised his hand before the two girls could get going. “If there was radiation here,” he said, “there would be no plant life at all. I don’t think we have to worry about it.” Adam cocked his head to one side. “What’s that funny sound?” “I don’t hear anything,” Sally said before pausing to listen closely. Then a puzzled expression...
