D.j.machale sylo8/6/2023 Goingīack to the concept of character-driven adventure, I try to create ![]() Write stories with such monstrous consequences)īut I believe that “small” stories also run through my books. I think that’sīecause I have global themes running through each tale and therefore theĬonsequences need to be appropriately massive. I usually do write stories where the stakes are huge. Know it) is only one of many possibilities. It’s more of a mystery where the end-of-the-world (as we ![]() SYLO isn’t really an “end-of-the-world” story, though it’s beenĬalled one. himself, picking up on my thoughts about character, almost as if he knew what I was going to write (I wrote my bit before I read his bit, and vice versa): They are just either part of the consipracy/mystery/military tackover, or helpless, or dying, or, at the best, only of minor usefulness).Īnd here is that author, D.J. (The grown-ups are still there on Tucker's island, though. Their actions and reactions are so much the heart of the story that it almost falls into a favorite category of mine-books in which resourceful kids must fend for themselves because the grown-ups aren't there. The ample time MacHale gives himself to tell the story gives him room to make Tucker and his allies into interesting characters, reacting in believable ways to the dire situation in which they find themselves. To this one, reading it again with the perspective of one who knows the I want to find out what it's all about, and then come back It ends on a cliffhanger.one that I feel really begins The suspense and horror of not knowing what the heck is happening, only that it is bad, bad, bad, is what makes it a page turner. Though it sounds "Exciting!," and there are indeed fireworks of frenetic action, this book takes its time. But answers are hard to come by.and the questions, ever more ominious, keep coming. And Tucker and his friends are pushing back at the mysteries that have come crashing down, risking their own lives. Strange chemicals washed up on the beach Possible UFOs. Without explaination, his island has turned into a dystopia. Especially since military forces have cut the island off from the outside world, and aren't shy about useing violence to keep people put. But when the island turns into a govenment occupied prison, it's just not the same. Tucker Quinn is happy with his life on an island in Maine. ![]() MacHale (Razorbill, July 2, 2013, YA), is a book that ticks like a time bomb.Īll is calm in the begining. Only Tucker holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery.īecause Pemberwick is only the first stop.Sylo, by D.J. He tasted the Ruby-and experienced the powers it gave him-for himself. He saw the bizarre midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that travel like shadows through the night sky. He was on the sidelines when the high school running back dropped dead with no warning. Tucker believes there’s more to SYLO’s story. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world. SYLO’s commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. They call themselves SYLO and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce’s idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. The ultimate action-fueled end-of-the-world conspiracy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author D.J.
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