Written by Matt de la Pena
Shy Espinoza, a young, hispanic teenage boy from southern California gets offered the summer job of a lifetime; cabin boy on one of the most luxurious cruise ships in the Pacific Ocean. It's his "game changing" dream job that will help him afford school when term starts in the fall. Shy is the kind of kid who might be the perfect friend. He is loyal, honest, dependable, and hard working. People like him because of his sensitive nature. How could someone like Shy get caught in a conspiracy involving some of the most wealthy people on earth, beautiful women, a global epidemic, and catastrophic natural disasters?People are drawn to Shy. They might even tell him their most dearest, or darkest secrets. Shy finds himself alone with a mysterious rich passenger, and this guy has some very serious personal issues. After the stranger shares some very intimate details, and a lavish diamond ring, Shy is suddenly the thread holding the man from falling seven stories to the depths and death of the Pacific Ocean. The wheels of fate have begun to spiral out of control like a lopsided bicycle tire. Dishonesty and bravery are now his weapons for survival. Who can he trust now as has to protect global security through one of the worst natural disasters in recorded global history?
Matt de la Pena does an amazing job combining natural and human disasters in an action packed, suspenseful thriller that ends like many other great thriller series' on the book shelves today. This hidden gem of a novel will leave you running to the media center to check out the next book. You will want to know what really happens to Shy as the secrets start to unravel in the aftermath of "Titanic like" disasters mother nature and mankind can throw at humanity.
Have you read any action thrillers lately? I'm not talking about the movies. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, I Am Number Four by Pitticus Lore, and Divergent by Veronica Roth were all great books first. How about reading a great book before the movie. Can a movie wreck a good book? Can a movie be better? Explain it to me. Why do I always feel the book is better?
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