Alfred Kropp, the intrepid descendent of Lancelot, is caught up in
his third mission to save the world. Alfred's magical blood can
heal victims' wounds, a talent targeting him for abduction and use
as a government experiment. Yancey (Alfred Kropp: The Seal of
Solomon, 2007, etc.) crowds his story with over-the-top chase
scenes. He puts his hero on a galloping horse pursued by roaring
motorcycles, dangles him by a cable under a soaring helicopter and
pushes him down a mountain on an inverted garbage-can lid. The work
is soaked with action but characters are cutouts: Jourdain Garmot
seeks revenge because Alfred killed his father; Nueve, the new Op
Nine (the Office of Interdimensional Paradoxes and Extraordinary
Phenomena's top agent), is suspiciously creepy; blue-eyed Ashley
seems too good to be true. Surviving back-to-back-to-back escapes,
Alfred realizes he can trust nobody while racing against time to
locate Merlin's 13th crystal skull, an item with the power to
destroy the universe. This action novel delivers its advertised
thrills, but familiarity with prior titles in the series is
helpful. (Fiction. YA) (Kirkus Reviews)
There are some things deep within the belly of the earth that
should never be disturbed. Which is exactly why Alfred wants to
stay at home. When a vision foretells a cataclysmic battle between
the 'Sons of Light' and the 'Sons of Darkness', Alfred is called
into action. Whoever finds the fabled 13th skull of Merlin, will
have in his hands the power to usher in a new Dark Age and the
Apocalypse. And so the race is on to find the skull, which rests at
the bottom of an abyss called Krubera - a place so terrifying it
nearly drove Alfred's mentor, Op-Nine, insane.
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