Second instalment of the critically-acclaimed Sentinel Trilogy. In his desperate search for answers about the Sentinels, an ancient society of guardians that his parents once belonged to, fifteen-year-old Nicholas Hallow is tipped into a fresh nightmare of terrifying monsters - and even more sinister humans. As Nicholas is challenged to become a Sentinel, he must track down a mysterious girl with the help of a grumpy cat. Meanwhile, an uprising of evil threatens to destroy the Sentinels and send the world spiralling into chaos.
Joshua Winning was born in Cambridge, but don't hold that against him. He's attempted to escape reality for most of his life by writing. As a child, that involved poring diligently over anything by C.S. Lewis or Robin Jarvis. When he's not writing about Sentinels, Joshua can usually be found watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Wire and Daria. He also works as a freelance journalist, writing about movies for Total Film, Little White Lies and movieScope. Joshua currently lives in North London with his cat Mia. Unfortunately, she's not a great conversationalist, but he's working on it.
Title: Ruins (Sentinel Trilogy)
Author: Joshua Winning
ISBN: 9781909717282
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Publisher: John Catt Educational Ltd
Publication Date: 2015-05-15
Number of Pages: 264
Weight: 0.2995 kg
Fast paced, surprising, and madly compelling. ; Rosie Fletcher, Total Film; A great, imaginative, gripping read... ; Nev Pierce, Editor-at-Large, Empire; Joshua Winning could well be on to a winner with this unsettling but entertaining icebreaker; hopefully Nicholas and this trilogy will mature nicely together. ; Claire Nicholls, SciFiNow Magazine; Don't think you've read this before in the Harry Potter books, Sentinel sets a darker, grittier tone. The action is fast and violent, the monsters, including a seductive vampiress, are memorable. ; John Wyatt, The Sun; Written poetically, with carefully-drawn characters, this is an extremely promising YA debut by a young author. ; Kate Whiting, Press Association; Winning's eminently readable style, coupled with some strong characters and a pace that nicely rounds out the book make this a cut above the vast majority of the young-adult fiction market that tries the same approach. ; Daniel Benson, HorrorTalk; One for fans of Terry Pratchett, Edgar Allan Poe and Tolkien. Joshua Winning's Sentinel has everything fantasy readers could want: action, mystery, gore, magic and an orphan with wacky relatives. ; Lizzy Fry, Culture Fly; Adventure, twists, demons and mystery abound in this spellbinding tale of a hidden earthly underworld. ; David Estes, author of The Moon Dwellers; Sentinel first hooks you with a cadre of compelling and appealing characters, then before you know it, you're trapped in a nightmare of intangible forces that become more and more threatening, more and more clever, more and more inescapable. You definitely reach a point where you can't put the book down. ; D.A. Metrov, author of Falcon Lord; A well-crafted, sharply honed novel that creeps into your subconscious, settling deep before springing a few surprises upon the unsuspecting reader. You won't want to put it down, and you probably don't want to read it on your own in an empty house! ; Sarah McMullan, The 13th Floor
