The Serpent’s Curse
RICK RIORDAN meets DAN BROWN in this epic historical adventure series packed full of puzzles, clues and edge-of-your-seat excitement!The four friends are back and on another even more awesome adventure…
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TONY ABBOTT is the author of nearly a hundred books. He has worked in libraries, in bookshops and at a publishing company, and currently teaches college English. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, two daughters and two dogs.
âI had to keep reminding myself The Copernicus Legacy was intended for a young audience. Full of mystery and intrigue, this book had me completely transfixed.â
Ridley Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of the Kingdom Keepers series
âThe Copernicus Legacy takes you on a fantastical journey that is as eye-opening as it is page-turning. With mysteries hiding behind secrets coded in riddle, this book is like a Dan Brown thriller for young readers. The further you get, the more you must read!â
Angie Sage, New York Times bestselling author of the Septimus Heap series
âThe Copernicus Legacy has it all: A secret code, priceless relics, murderous knights, a five-hundred-year-old mystery, and a story full of friendship, family, humor, and intelligence.â
Wendy Mass, New York Times bestselling author of The Candymakers and Every Soul a Star
âWith engaging characters, a globe-trotting plot, and dangerous villains, it is hard to find something not to like. Equal parts edge-of-your-seat suspense and heartfelt coming-of-age.â
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
âFast-paced and clever, the novel reads like a mash-up of the National Treasure films and The Da Vinci Code.â
Publishers Weekly
To Guardians everywhere
Contents
New York City
March 17
8:56 p.m.
Twelve hidden relics.
One ancient time machine.
A mother, lost.
Seven minutes before the nasty, pumped-up SUV appeared, Wade Kaplan slumped against his seat in the limousine and scowled silently.
None of his weary co-passengers had spoken a word since the airport. They needed to. They needed to talk, and then they needed to act, together, all of themâhis father, astrophysicist Dr. Roald Kaplan; his whip-sharp cousin Lily; her seriously awesome friend Becca Moore; and his stepbrotherâno, his brotherâDarrell.
âTen minutes, weâll be in Manhattan,â the driver said, his eyes constantly scanning the road, the mirrors, the side windows. âThere are sandwiches in the side compartments. You must be hungry, no?â
Wade felt someone should respond to the older gentleman whoâd met them at the airport, but no one did. They looked at the floor, at their hands, at their reflections in the windows, anywhere but eye to eye. After what seemed like an eternity, when even Wade couldnât make himself answer, the question faded in the air and died.
