The Seal of Solomon

Alfred Kropp Saves the World again even though he's a clumsy oaf. He just seems to stumble over the truth a little too often.

It's not bad and I do want to read the third book in the series but sometimes I really want to shake Alfred and tell him to just get on with it. This time he gets involved with Solomon's Seal and the demons locked away by Solomon centuries ago. ( )

Reviewed by Cana Rensberger for TeensReadToo.com

After finding, and then losing, his father, Bernard Samson, a billionaire, then discovering himself as the last direct descendant of the famed knight, Sir Lancelot, retrieving King Arthur's sword, Excalibur, and, finally, surviving his own death in THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP, Alfred, naturally, now finds life a tad dull.

Except for the new sport at school called "Kropping" -- a practice of daily harassment and humiliation recently adopted by his classmates -- his life has pretty much returned to normal. Boring. It seems his days of saving the world with OIPEP are over.

Until someone ordered his extraction and he is kidnapped. He awakens aboard a ship, foggy and disoriented. In no time, he's forced out of a plane over the Arabian Desert and is preparing to speed across the dunes on sand-foils at 150 miles per hour.

Their target? The Hyena, a terminated OIPEP agent who has stolen the Seals of Solomon. The Great Seal, a ring, and the Lesser Seal, also known as the Holy Vessel, must be intercepted before the Lesser Seal is broken, releasing evil the world has not seen for 3,000 years. But they are too late. They find the Lesser Seal has been compromised and once again Alfred is thrust into the role of unlikely hero.

I guarantee that once you start this book you will be unable to put it down. Rick Yancey is the master of cliffhanger chapter endings. His descriptions are at once gross and fascinating. Alfred is endearing and funny, and epitomizes the hero in all of us. Who doesn't have the childish dream to save the world and be a hero? Through Alfred Kropp, the reader can live that dream.

Rick Yancey has created an engaging character in Alfred. This reader eagerly awaits many more Alfred Kropp adventures! ( )

An action packed read. Alfred Kropp continues to be the bumbling hero in these books that read like a action/spy movie. Excellent. ( )

Once again, poor Alfred Kropp is in the thick of the action almost from the start of this book. Firstly, there is the little matter of the 400 million dollars he has just inherited and how to avoid being adopted by the hideous Tuttles! Then there is strange phenomenon of the new student (gorgeous blonde intelligent etc) Ashley being actually interested in Alfred! And then to make matters worse, the ex-OIPEP agent Mike Arnold trying to kill him. Oh, and then Mike releases some devils from their sand tomb and the fun really begins. Who is the mysterious Op Nine or Padre who knows everything and why is Alfred so important to OIPEP 's quest to destroy the infernal hordes before they take over the world.
Great stuff - Harry Potter on speed!

Great series. I really like the way they are written. Amazing action and adventure. ( )