Nightrise

Written by Anthony Horowitz

Narrated by Simon Prebble

Hailed "a master of edge-of-your-seat writing" by Booklist, Anthony Horowitz pens the New York Times best-selling Gatekeepers series, which includes the action- packed novels Raven's Gate and Evil Star. With Nightrise, he amplifies the suspense as an evil group strives to imprison and control the psychic twins, Scott and Jamie.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 14, 2009
• ISBN: 9781440768613

Anthony Horowitz

ANTHONY HOROWITZ is the author of the US bestselling Magpie Murders and The Word is Murder, and one of the most prolific and successful writers in the English language; he may have committed more (fictional) murders than any other living author. His novel Trigger Mortis features original material from Ian Fleming. His most recent Sherlock Holmes novel, Moriarty, is a reader favorite; and his bestselling Alex Rider series for young adults has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide. As a TV screenwriter, he created both Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle’s War on PBS. Horowitz regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines, and in January 2014 was awarded an OBE.

Reviews for Nightrise

[bookslesstravelled · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An interesting story

[wisealma-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Nightrise Book Review (The Gatekeepers Book #3)

by Anthony Horowitz

I’d give this one 3.5 stars out of 5.

Anthony Horowitz is one of my favorite modern writers. His greatest strength, or, what resonates with me most, is when he is writing something slightly creepy, mysterious, and ominous. He is VERY good at that, and I can't get enough of it. That is what originally drew me into this series. In book one, Raven's Gate, he really created a haunting ambiance to surround his wonderfully creepy-cult-characters.

Unfortunately, since the first book, we only get bits and pieces of that. But, when we do get them, they are really good pits and pieces.

Don't get me wrong. This is a very good series. Each book introduces us to another one (or more than one) of "The Five." "The Five" consists of five teenagers that are destined to protect the world against The Old Ones - a race of creatures that are the stuff of ancient myth, and legends.

Book 3, Nightrise, follows two of "The Five," in Jamie and Scott Tyler, twin brothers that share a special connection with each other, and the power to strongly influence others.

Book three's story begins with the brothers performing on stage during a magic act. As the stars of the show, they perform fantastic tricks. For example, one brother seeing something on one side of the room, and the brother other telling him and the crowd what he sees without seeing that something himself. It is this moment when we start to understand how Jamie and Scott are connected, but only on the surface. They can, in fact, do much more. This won't be revealed until later in the story.

It is, at this same performance, that several men have come to validate the claim they've heard - that Jamie and Scott Tyler have special, unexplained powers. We learn, during one of the audience ticks - one brother seeing a business card in the audience, and the other brother saying what he sees from the stage - that these men represent the Nightrise corporation. Later we learn that its a company that is aware of The Old Ones, and collects children with special gifts.

Once convinced of their power, these two men meet up with Jamie and Scott's guardian, the man who produces the show. We also learn that he called Nightrise, and that he's willing to sell his boys for around a few hundred thousand dollars.

After the inciting incicent, we follow the boys as they are captured, then get away, and then separated. We learn more about them, and their destiny as they do.

For me, this was the book that started to try to link all the separate storilines together. There not only is some mention of Matt and Pedro (two other boys of "The Five,") but there is a whole sequence of dreamworld battle that I found to be quite a bit confusing at first. This might be partially because I was listening to the audiobook version of the book, but the story seemed just kind of jump storilines. Once I realized what was going on, it was helpful to put everything in context across multiple books, multiple characters, and multiple universes(?)

While I've shared some of the early plot points, I won't reveal any of the key plot points to this book, or some of the critical information that connects the books across the series. I will say specific to book 3 that there is definately a vein similar to Stephen King's, The Dead Zone - at least in a reverse, round about sort of way. For more on that, you'll have to pick up the books :)

All in all, this is a good book and a very good series. If you like action, suspense, with an occasional bit of creepy ambiance, this book would be worth checking out.

If you've Nightrise, let me know what you think in the comments!

[john9kaleb · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

jamie and scott are twins performing in the circus of the mind. both have the power to read and control minds. a organasation calledv night rise is werking to bring the old ones back. they know that the twins are both gatekeepers and capteur sott. jamie must serch for clues to help save his brother, save the past, and discover who he realy is.i recamend this to mystrory and action lovers.

[chase92_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

After following Matt’s story for two books, Nightrise shifts its focus on Jamie and Scott Tyler, twin telepaths who’re also two of the five Gatekeepers. At the start of the book, Scott is kidnapped by Nightrise, an organization who works for the Old Ones, and the rest of the book details Jamie’s journey to rescue Scott.Right from the start, the story moves at a fast pace. The introduction doesn’t waste too much time establishing the main characters and their backstories, and once the job’s done, things get heated up. Throughout the book, there is no lack of action or thrills, and though the plot is somewhat lacking in depth, it still keeps readers turning the pages. Horowitz’s writing is as brilliant and vivid as ever.However, one flaw in this book that I couldn’t help noticing is that there’s isn’t much character development, save for the main character (in this case, Jamie). This flaw has been present since the first book in the series. The rest of the characters are just there for the sake of progressing the story, and this eliminates any potential for more subplots or depth. Overall, Nightrise is a thrilling read with loads of action and suspense, and is sure to entertain.

[sirfurboy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was one of my favourite series fierst time around. I am glad that Anthony Horowitz is finishing the series and re-releasing it, although I actually preferred it the first time around! Some of the updates to the storyline are not necessarily for the better.In particular, this book went from my favourite to one of the most longwinded. For years I looked for the fourth book of this series based on this particular story, but this revised version did not have the same effect.

[jillieb_2 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved the series so far. Can't wait for the other ones to be written. Not fair having to wait for series books to come out *frowns* *grinning*

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

While the second book lagged a bit this picked up the pace a fair bit. You meet the third and fourth of the five, a pair of twins, Scott and Jamie Tyler, foundlings who can read each other's mind and are currently using it as part of a stage magic show.When Scott is kidnapped, Jamie has to find him, but his path is obscured by the fact that Scott's kidnappers frame him for murder, easing the path to his capture.This series does depened a lot on coincidence and people helping but this story really comes to life when Jamie finds himself in the past, fighting the same evils that are here again. Learning a lot about himself and his role in the world.I'm looking forward to reading more in this series, it does show a lot of potential and the characters are quite interesting. It does seem to be somehow losing pace a little.

[theoclarke · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The series moves further into the realms of conventional modern fantasy with this third volume. We are introduced to the rest of the Five and a full-blown international conspiracy. Horowitz' pacing and sense of atmosphere are as sure as ever.