The Copernicus Legacy: The Serpent's Curse

Written by Tony Abbott

Narrated by MacLeod Andrews

Bestselling author Tony Abbott returns with the next full-length book in the Copernicus Legacy series, a globe-trotting adventure packed with more riddles, puzzles, and secret histories. The hunt for Copernicus's first relic sent Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca to the far reaches of the world and put them in serious danger. But they never imagined Sara Kaplan—Darrell and Wade's mother—would be kidnapped by the conniving Galina Krause. Now they must race the evil Teutonic Order to find the Serpens relic and rescue Sara before it's too late.

Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this epic series, which is filled with suspense and action.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Oct 7, 2014
• ISBN: 9780062329301

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott is the author of over a hundred books for young readers, including the bestseling series the Secrets of Droon and the Copernicus Legacy and the novels Firegirl and The Summer of Owen Todd. Tony has worked in libraries, in bookstores, and in a publishing company and has taught creative writing. He has two grown daughters and lives in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs. You can visit him online at www.tonyabottbooks.com.

Reviews for The Copernicus Legacy

[lcarter11 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

After the intriguing, well-written 1st book, I was disappointed to find myself spending the 1st chapter of this one checking the library label on the spine to be sure it WAS the 2nd book, that I hadn't missed one. There was plenty of exposition, I wasn't ever actually lost in the storyline, just really disappointed that part of the adventure took place between books. It felt like a critical part, too. They apparently met an assassin who didn't kill them, wrecked an indestructible relic, and who knows what else?So. In this book, the youthful foursome tackles the mystery of the broken Serpens relic, travelling between Italy and other countries to follow clues and rescue Sara, who was kidnapped in the 1st book. Nothing too gory, but you have to keep a close eye on what's going on because, as usual, Mr. Abbott has woven a tightly-knit story, using threads from the beginning of the story as you near the end. My favorite part was probably the ending, because it hints at a new type of mystery, one that doesn't quite make sense (yet) while adding credibility to another mystery (that doesn't quite make sense and he keeps reminding us of it). I'm a little leery of reading the next book, but have hope that it will pick up where this one left off.