The Glass Gauntlet, Carter Roy
The Glass Gauntlet, Carter Roy
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The Glass Gauntlet

Author: Carter Roy

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 5 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/18/2015

Synopsis

Ronan Truelove barely survived his first encounter with his father and the Bend Sinister. Now, he’s determined to become one of the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect thirty-six pure souls crucial to the world’s survival.Eager to prove he’s got what it takes, Ronan is sent on his first mission with his friends Greta and Sammy to visit a weird-sounding school and take a series of tests called the Glass Gauntlet. Paper and pencils and nerdy scholarship—where’s the life-or-death challenge in that? But the Glass Gauntlet is actually something much more dangerous: head-to-head competitions against ruthless opponents. Nothing and no one are what they seem. Who can he trust, and who will kill him? Ronan has to figure it out fast because his enemies are multiplying, and soon he will have to pass the ultimate test: facing his father again and standing up to those who threaten not only him and his friends but also the world.

About Carter Roy

Carter Roy has painted houses and worked on construction sites; waited tables and driven delivery trucks; been a stagehand for rock bands and a videographer on a cruise ship; and worked as a line cook in a kitchen, a projectionist in a movie theater, and a rhetoric teacher at a university. He has been a reference librarian and a bookseller, edited hundreds of books for major publishers, and written award-winning short stories that have appeared in a half-dozen journals and anthologies for adult readers. The Blood Guard was his first book, and this is his second. He lives in New York City and invites any and all questions about him or the Blood Guard itself at www.carterroybooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shadowdenizen on September 02, 2015

"The Glass Gauntlet" is Book 2 in the "Blood Guard" series, and it's another solid (if somewhat less-inspired) entry in this fledgling series. Like Book 1 (The Blood Guard), this is a fast-paced, rollicking action-adventure series for young teens, following in the veins of such modern-day titles as......more

Goodreads review by Bill on August 19, 2015

Book Two is even better than the first. Ronan, Greta, Sammy with Jack Dawkins try to restore the lost soul of a pure (not telling what that is). Agatha Glass becomes new player in the mix, a two hundred year old seven year old.......more

Goodreads review by E.A. on June 03, 2016

(I received this copy free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review) There is always a fear when going into a the second book of a series, you never quite know if it will be better then the first, fall short, or be horrible. This book was not in those three, this book sur......more

Goodreads review by Kyle on July 27, 2015

An ARC of the Glass Gauntlet was given to me by MB Communications, but my opinion is entirely my own. I hit the ground running when reading THE GLASS GAUNTLET as I had not read the first book in the series. I could have taken the time to read the first one, but I more wanted to read TGG on its own t......more

Goodreads review by Vicky on September 09, 2015

Just as with the first book, I was immediately captured. The characters and their relationships continue to ring true to me. The good vs. evil plot continues, with new characters and complications coming in to enrich the story. It’s a little slower going than book one, which is typical of the middle......more

Quotes

“With strong character development, edge-of-your-seat pacing, and fairly rich world-building, this is a strong sequel. Hand to readers of fantasy and adventure—and be prepared to purchase the subsequent sequels.” —School Library Journal

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