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    Atherton: Rivers of Fire
    Atherton: Rivers of Fire
    Atherton: Rivers of Fire
    Audiobook7 hours

    Atherton: Rivers of Fire

    Written by Patrick Carman

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The world of Atherton holds moresecrets than Samuel and Isabel ever could have imagined in this second book in the epic fantasy series.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateJun 1, 2008
    ISBN9780545094795
    Atherton: Rivers of Fire
    Author

    Patrick Carman

    Patrick Carman is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty books, including the acclaimed series the Land of Elyon and Floors and the teen superhero novel Thirteen Days to Midnight. A multimedia pioneer, Patrick authored The Black Circle, the fifth title in the 39 Clues series, and the Dark Eden, Skeleton Creek, Trackers, Fizzopolis, and Voyagers series. An enthusiastic reading advocate, Patrick has visited more than a thousand schools, developed village library projects in Central America, and created author outreach programs for communities. He lives in Walla Walla, Washington, with his family. You can visit him online at www.patrickcarman.com.

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    • 4/5
      Book 2 of a three part series. Very imaginative. If you change around the letters of "Atherton" it spells "Not earth."
    • 4/5
      I haven't read Patric Carman's first Atherton book, House of Power, but enough information is given in this second book, Rivers of Fire, to understand what is going on. Atherton, an artificial world apparently in orbit around a severely polluted Earth, is changing. Settlers from Earth had their memories of Earth and the fact they're on an artificial world wiped from their minds. Our young heroes and heroine, Edgar, Samuel, and Isabel, were born on Atherton.Edgar has an ability to climb that mountaineers and rock climbers would envy. Now that the highlands are sinking, the people living there need to move to the tabletop land of villages (one of rabbit farmers, one of sheep farmers, and the Grove, where fig trees grow). The lowest level, where the murderous creatures known as 'Cleaners' come from, is no longer separated from Tabletop. The Cleaners have multiple legs, Octopus-like suckers on their bellies, and appallingly sharp teeth. They will be the main menace of the book, although the crat of a place under the House of Power, are more than reasonably dangerous as well. Some creatures living near the rivers of fire are scary. One can kill instantly and the other's sting could be fatal if experienced three times in a day. Too bad they dwell along the only avenue of escape for Samuel, Isabel, Vincent the guide/warrior, Sir William, and Dr. Kincaid. (Edgar's avenue of escape can hold only one person and it's unlikely the others could have survived it.)Since the world has started changing, water is hard to come by. The two villains are looking for the source of the water where the crats live. A secret is revealed, the villains get theirs, and quite a few unnamed characters, as well as fewer named ones, are killed. One person's foolish action endangers only himself. Another's gets about 30 people killed. Neither horse nor rabbit lovers will like that scene.As adventures go, there is plenty of excitement and daring. The thing that angered me was Dr. Kinkaid (Kincaid?) declaration at the end about something the creator of Atherton did that the scientist thought was best. Given the number of people and animals who died because of the Cleaners, I would not have blamed the person being told if he had slapped or punched that jerk.
    • 3/5
      Atherton, satellite world created as a refuge from our own polluted Earth (the Dark Planet), originally had three levels separated by steep rocky cliffs. Now, those three levels are collapsing and sinking into one another, and the people from the top two levels are about to meet up with the vicious monsters from the lowest level. The top level is sinking fastest, and is starting to flood, so Edgar, Isabel, Samuel, Dr. Kincaid and Lord Phineus are on the hunt through the interior underground caves for the creator of Atherton, brilliant scientist Dr. Maximus Harding who is rumored to be insane. While Edgar and friends search desperately for the way to save Atherton from its apparent physical self-destruction, the villagers and the people from the Highlands must unite to battle the hungry and vicious Cleaners -- giant, nasty, centipede-like monsters that are basically all razor-sharp teeth and legs. Will the humans brought to Atherton be able to survive all that its creator has placed here with them? Definitely read House of Power first if you haven't. Great sci-fi for grade 6 and up.
    • 2/5
      This book was a little hard to understand from my point of view.
    • 3/5
      Rivers of Fire continues and concludes the Atherton series. Atherton is in crisis. There are dangers in the air and on the land and in the water. Edgar has the guidance of one of Atherton’s creators and, with his help, Edgar meets up with the genius mind that began Atherton. This volume carries Edgar and his friends deep inside Atherton to face floods, more monsters, and rivers of fire.
    • 3/5
      Book two, which keeps the story going only moments after the end of book one, follows the same fast-paced and intense format as the first book. Carman always surprises me with his world-building, and I wonder if he'd ever consider writing an adult fantasy novel...On occasion, I felt that the book was writing down to children (slightly juvenile sentence structure, a bit too much telling & not enough showing), but it didn't distract too much from the overall story. There were a few surprisingly violent episodes, but I suppose I shouldn't be all that shocked, considering that 9-12s tend to eat this kind of thing up. Plus, it kept the story realistic... it wouldn't have worked, otherwise.I don't want to say much about the plot - especially if you haven't read book one - but the ending of book one will make you want to run out and grab this one. I look forward to book 3, but not with the urgency I felt for this book. Not entirely certain where he'll go with the next installment, but... I have no doubt it'll be entertaining anyway.