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Life in Victorian London is hard for anyone, but Riley has the special misfortune of being apprenticed to an illusionist turned assassin: Albert Garrick. Problem is, Riley doesn’t really want to be a murderer. So when Garrick’s latest victim transports him into the future in his dying moments, he’s somewhere between elated and terrified. Modern-day London is a pretty cool place, but Riley knows that his master is coming for him.
Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old FBI agent Chevron Savano is getting pretty tired of her new job in London. That is, until a young boy and a dead man from the past show up in the device she’s supposed to be guarding. Soon, her mentor is dead and she’s on the run with Riley, fleeing from an Albert Garrick who’s not only managed to travel to the future, but has also merged with and absorbed the memories of a scientist working on the time travel project. Garrick is eager to get back to his time and make a mint off all the technology designs he’s picked up from the future, but first he has to get rid of all the witnesses. Riley wants to be out of the shadow of his villainous master forever. And Chevron, who just wanted something interesting to do over the summer, gets a lot more than she bargained for.
This book starts out a bit confusing and tedious at first, but after it picks up the pace I was completely absorbed. Pretty much everything by Eoin Colfer is a guarantee for a good read, and this was no exception. It also helps if you’ve read one of his other book, Airman, because it makes the character Otto Malarkey much more interesting. - Susanna (Sunset Teen)
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