Necropolis (The Gatekeepers) (original 2008; edition 2009)

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the fourth book and the fifth gatekeeper. scarlett adams a half chinese girl has noidea who she realy is. the old ones are back and want to finish what they started long ago. matt, padro,scott,jamie, and richard are recovering from the ingerys from the battle in peru. ( )

This was a very fast-paced, enjoyable adventure. I loved Scarlett. I was not aware that this was a series when I received the review copy from LT; this did lessen my enjoyment because I felt that I was missing a lot from not knowing all of the mythology and background of the setting and characters. I intend to re-read it again once I have picked up the other books. Overall I would recommend it as I definitely like Horowitz's writing style. He has also written a very enjoyable Sherlock Holmes pastiche, 'House of Silk.' ( )

The fifth member of the Gatekeepers is about to be discovered: Scarlett Adams, the adopted Asian daughter of divorced British parents. Scarlett's father works for Nightrise in Hong Kong, and when she is accidentally revealed to be one of the Gatekeepers, he sends for her. Matt, Scott and Richard travel from Nazca in Peru to try to stop her from going there, and they are hounded by the Old Ones every step of the way. The Gatekeepers powers are increasing, but Matt worries that they will never be able to match the powers of the Old Ones, especially since Scarlett seems to have no real power at all other than the ability to predict the weather. Hong Kong is where the Old Ones have set up operations, and their presence and their minions is slowly poisoning the city and killing its people -- turning it into a necropolis: a city of the dead. Can Matt and Scott find a way to rescue Scarlett from Nightrise and avoid being killed or captured by the Old Ones? Lots of the trademark Horowitz action and suspense, good for 6th grade and up! ( )

#4 in the Gatekeepers series finds Matt and the others in a race to find the fifth Gatekeeper before the Old Ones find and capture her. The action bounces from Peru to London to Hong Kong and the story moves at a frantic pace. The ending is quite the cliffhanger and I am eagerly looking forward to the next in the series. ( )