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Blue Spell

#2 in series

by John Harvey
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There's no such thing as magic. But that doesn't mean we can't use it.
Jack Scatter knows that the mysterious force he wields has a technological source, and so does the man who's trying to kill him. But he'll need to tame dragons—both real and psychological—to harness that power to save himself and two worlds.
Jack and Sarah should be in high school, enjoying their senior year. Instead, an apocalyptic event interrupts their summer vacation and leaves Cirrus—the world-sized space station they live on—without phones, internet, or transportation. Sarah gains the ability to see the future. Jack gets a magic wand and an arch-enemy who can control people's thoughts.
Wormholes used to be as common in Jack's world as electrical outlets in ours, until Pieter Reynard discovered a way to destroy all the portal crystals on Earth and Cirrus at once. Now, Pieter has plans to rebuild those crystals and cast himself as the hero of the recovery. But his crystals have a dark facet, and he'll have unlimited power and control unless Jack and his friends stop him.
To do that, they'll explore "magic" and create "spells", and Jack will have to overcome his lifelong anxiety in order to use Pieter's talent for manipulation for a better purpose.
BLUE SPELL is a YA adventure that blends Science-Fiction and Fantasy.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Cirrus Chronicles

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 20, 2021

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781777720018

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781777720018
      • File size: 2217 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 9, 2023
      An amusing exchange early in Blue Spell, the second book of The Chronicles of Cirrus series, exemplifies this series’ brainy, genre-bending style. As a set of young heroes on the space station Cirrus in the year 2090 face an old danger, they also behold the strange new abilities that one of their group, Jack Scatter, now wields. “It’s magic,” one declares. “No, it’s not,” Jack replies. “It’s just a wormhole connection to an AI somewhere in the future that has the technology to manipulate dark energy.” Jack’s cohort, understandably, responds with “blank expressions,” but it’s to Harvey’s credit that readers, likely, will not. As the series increasingly blends science and magic, the complexities of the wonders that Jack and co. can accomplish with his crystals, portals, and his “magic wand” are presented with clarity and imaginative power.
      For all the tensions of its teen relationships, deadly attacks, bursts of mind control power, glimpses of futures that must not be, and legitimately galaxy-spanning stakes, Blue Spell is written with a welcome lightness of touch, the big ideas balanced out by a love of pulp adventure. Harvey seems to relish upending expectations, as when the first book’s villain, whose possible survival is subject of much speculation and discussion in the novel’s first third, appears with a jolt, absconds with Jack’s wand, and leaves the heroes reeling. His eventual plan, teased out a piece at a time, is devastating, drawing smartly on all that complex tech and magic.
      That first third, however, is slower paced than the exciting but demandingly long book that follows, concerned with rebuilding and survival “After Newton,” the devastating, long-predicted events that drove the first book. (New readers should start with book one.) Things here really pick up once Pieter is in Jack’s head, scheming away, and young hero Sarah is back in his orbit, bringing heart, wit, and a pleasing dash of romance.
      Takeaway: Epic teen SF adventure of wormholes, satellites, dragons, and friendship.
      Comparable Titles: Dennis Meredith’s Wormholes, Nick Lake’s Satellite.
      Production grades
      Cover: A
      Design and typography: A
      Illustrations: NA
      Editing: A-
      Marketing copy: A

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  • OverDrive Read
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  • English

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