One minute twins Jack and Mary are reading from an old book about their longline of twin ancestorsand the next they're standing in a villagein 14th-century France! They have their 21st century minds, but they'rein the bodies of their ancestors, Jacques and Marie.Almost at once, their "father" is kidnapped by a cult that worshipsa monstrous gargoyle, and the twins are plunged into deadly danger. Withno time to spare, Jack, a sports hero, and Mary, a science whiz, pit their21st century skills against the mysteries of the 14th. But even if they finda way to unmask the cult's hidden leader and rescue their father, thegreater mysteries remain: Why are they in the 14th century, and How will they get back to the future?Look for more exciting time travel mystery and adventure with DNAgers Jackand Mary in The DNAgers: The Legend of Crossbones Key.
Steve Englehart
Born in Indianapolis, he went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. He studied Psychology because people fascinated him, but in getting his B.A. he learned that psychology didn't describe real people, so he became a writer.
Living the Young Creator's life in New York, he got to be drinking buddies with an editorial assistant at Marvel Comics. One night the e.a. called to say he was going on vacation for six weeks; would Steve like to fill in for him on staff? Steve would, and once in the door at what was then a very small operation, he got a shot at writing a comic. It was a failing series called Captain America -- but six months later it had become Marvel's leading seller, and Steve had all the work he could handle. He became Marvel's lead writer, adding The Hulk, The Avengers, Thor, Dr. Strange, and half a dozen other series. Then he was hired away by DC Comics to be their lead writer and revamp their core characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern). He did, but also wrote a solo Batman series that readers dubbed the "definitive" version and broke the long-standing barrier between comics readers and the mass market. All comics films since Batman in 1989 stem from that.
After Batman he traveled around Europe for a year and wrote his first novel, The Point Man. Since then he's designed video games for Atari, Activision, Electronic Arts, and others. He's written animation for Street Fighter and G.I. Joe. He's written mid-grade books for Avon, including the DNAgers series, and Countdown to Flight, a biography of the Wright brothers selected by NASA as the basis for their school programs on the invention of the aeroplane. And he's written more comics, like Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer, which led to the San Diego Comic-Con calling him "comics' most successful writer, having had more hits with more characters at more companies than anyone else in comics history." He created The Night Man, which became a live-action television series.
Most recently, The Point Man has engendered a series of novels from Tor, beginning with The Long Man.
