Children of the 23rd Century: The Secret of the Lost Planet (Bk. 1) (Paperback)

~ Mel Hogan (Author)

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Product Description

In the not-too-distant future, the earth is rapidly becoming uninhabitable. The fate of the human race rests in the innocent hands of two brilliant young teenagers, Aurora Gazers and Ethan Knight, who may hold the key to locating a new planet, although they have no idea of its importance. Meanwhile, the political situation is becoming increasingly unstable. And it becomes ever more apparent that the race to find a new home is against more than just time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Athena Press Publishing Co. UK (April 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184748042X
• ISBN-13: 978-1847480422
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,431,615 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Children of the 23rd Children, July 30, 2007

By	Mrs. Tml Lock - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have really enjoyed the book and find this review and thought it would be great to share this with you. "Children of the 23rd Century is a first novel by Mel Hogan. I loved it and could not put it down. When is the next one in print? I want more! I have met Mel and found him an amazing man, a musician, who on his last trip to Australia met with an accident which resulted in him being stuck in one place to recover with nothing to do and so this book came into being and evolved.

The story for me begins at the start of the second chapter where Ethan Knight has just graduated from the Flying Academy and is chosen to go on a very special mission.

The next day after graduating he meets with the world council, who are determined to find a parallel planet that the people of his world can go and populate after all their own worlds natural resources are used up. But I won't tell you any more or it would spoil the story for you if you have not read it yet.

I loved Mel's book and I could understand the language and the thought processess behind it. Mel himself admitted that he had cut the book by a few thousand words! For me this did not detract from the story but for others who love this genre of book they would have wanted more. Ardent readers of SciFi/Fantasy of which I am not one would want the book padded out a great deal more.

But for me and children this was a great introduction to a genre I have not enjoyed reading. Because the story is about young people doing something to save the world they live on and to eventually find a parallel planet that can sustain us when we have finally ruined our planet completely; then bring on the next book, to be longer than the first and get us reading about what we can do to return to our spiritual roots and discover why we are here and what we can do to save our planet.

Well done Mel Hogan I wait with baited breath for the next volume."


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