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Howard is a lonely, geeky tenth-grader dealing with a father who's had some kind of breakdown, a flaky, overprotective mother and frightening waking dreams. Then he meets Cate, a strange girl who convinces him that he is an Adept, which means he can communicate through dreams with other dimensions and, under certain circumstances, travel between them. Howard discovers that our world is only one of several dimensions swirling in time and space, and that one of the others, peopled by unimaginably powerful monsters, is approaching Earth for the first time in millennia. The last time the dimensions coincided, our world was saved by the breaking of a powerful golden mask in the Chinese city of Sanxingdui. Together, Howard and Cate travel through time and space, meeting other Adepts and avoiding lurking monsters, in a quest to find the three fragments of the golden mask and prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.

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An ambitious story, weaving in ancient civilizations from all over the world&#8230Fascinating. --Kirkus Reviews &quotHand to dedicated fantasy and time-travel fans. --Booklist &quotArresting visuals. --Resource Links An enjoyable ride, with nods to Indiana Jones, Tolkien, Lovecraft, and even Dorothy's red slippers&#8230satisfyingly twisted and complicated. --School Library Connection &quotFor libraries where fantasy with elements of horror circulates well. --School Library Journal A tale of adventure and monsters, The Ruined City, with more than a nod to H.P. Lovecraft, should appeal to readers who enjoy a mystery and slimy monsters from another dimension. Highly Recommended. --CM Magazine

An ambitious story, weaving in ancient civilizations from all over the world&#8230Fascinating. --Kirkus Reviews (07/25/2018) &quotHand to dedicated fantasy and time-travel fans. -- (08/14/2018) A tale of adventure and monsters, The Ruined City, with more than a nod to H.P. Lovecraft, should appeal to readers who enjoy a mystery and slimy monsters from another dimension. Highly Recommended. -- (06/20/2018)

&quotArresting visuals. -- Resource Links &quotFor libraries where fantasy with elements of horror circulates well. -- School Library Journal &quotHand to dedicated fantasy and time-travel fans. -- Booklist An ambitious story, weaving in ancient civilizations from all over the world&#8230Fascinating.-- Kirkus Reviews An enjoyable ride, with nods to Indiana Jones, Tolkien, Lovecraft, and even Dorothy's red slippers&#8230satisfyingly twisted and complicated.-- School Library Connection A tale of adventure and monsters, The Ruined City, with more than a nod to H.P. Lovecraft, should appeal to readers who enjoy a mystery and slimy monsters from another dimension. Highly Recommended.-- CM Magazine

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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, John Wilson grew up on the Isle of Skye and outside Glasgow, without the slightest idea that he would ever write books. After obtaining a degree in geology from the University of St. Andrews, he worked in Zimbabwe and Alberta before taking up writing full time and moving to Vancouver Island in 1991. John is the author of numerous articles, essays, poems and reviews, and almost fifty novels and nonfiction books for kids, teens and adults. He was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award (The Alchemist's Dream, 2007), and his books have won or been shortlisted for most Canadian children's-literature prizes. For more information, visit johnwilsonauthor.com.

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