This is
about a boy and a girl from two different times who have nothing to do with each
other until one day a man appears in the warp pod with a monkey arm and a
bloody knife sticking out of his chest and everything changes. Riley is a young
14 year old Victorian gutter orphan in London in 1898. He is the apprentice of
a sinister Victorian assassin called Albert Garrick, who Riley claims is death
himself. Chevie Savano is a 17 year old orphan who is a Junior F.B.I agent of Native
American origin from the twenty-first century. She has been deported to London
because she messed up an F.B.I mission in a high school and has been ordered to
help Agent Orange monitor a top secret W.A.R.P (Witness Anonymous Relocation Program)
(hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future.)Pod.
Chevie is
monitoring the warp pod when suddenly electric blue sparks fly and the computer
control panels go crazy like in some cheesy 1980s movie, but this is real. The
shock is like a mini earthquake and the pod is using so much energy it causes
half of London to fall into darkness and all of London’s finest racing down the
street sirens blaring. Then the man appears in the pod. Soon after Agent Orange
and a fully armed specially trained Hazmat team go back in time on the pod to
clear up any evidence that the dead man lived there. But what they do not know
is that Garrick is waiting for them. When they arrive in 1898 Garrick quickly
and brutally dispatches them despite only being armed with a knife. Somehow
Garrick manages to go forward in time where he hunts down Riley and Chevie. He
chases them through modern London and Victorian London desperate to kill them. Chevie
and Riley know that if they do not manage to kill Garrick he will kill them and
be armed with twenty-first century knowledge in the nineteenth century that
could change the course of history forever!!!
I really
enjoyed this book. Like most books it
starts off quite boring but quickly escalates into an action packed thriller.
You can feel how terrified Riley is of Garrick. This book is a great read
especially if you like action and Sci-fi. I would recommend it for people ages
12+ as the plot would be a bit confusing at times for younger and unconfident readers
but for confident readers it is a great book. Eoin Colfer is one of my
favourite writers and never fails to impress, this book was no exception. It
was an amazing book.
Reviewed by
Matthew Fitzsimons age 13
W.A.R.P The
Reluctant Assassin is published by Puffin Books
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