The Lighthouse War, Adrian McKinty
The Lighthouse War, Adrian McKinty
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The Lighthouse War
The Lighthouse Trilogy, Book 2

Author: Adrian McKinty

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/14/2011


Synopsis

The heartpounding sequel to The Lighthouse Land Jamie ONeill is back on Earth, where no one but his best friend Ramsay knows hes the hero of a great war that saved an alien nation. Now hes back to being a kid with one arm, no girlfriend, and a band that plays bad songs about intergalactic romance. Then news breaks on the Internet: a space probe has picked up a coded message from far across the galaxy. NASAs best scientists cant figure out what it says. Only Jamie and Ramsay realize its a message from Altair. Theyre needed again. This thrilling sequel to The Lighthouse Land is packed with even more adventure, battles, and humor than its predecessor, and secures Adrian McKintys place as one of science fictions most exciting new voices.

About Adrian McKinty

How does one graduate from prestigious Oxford University and end up with such a mixture of odd jobs. Such was the life of Irish born author, Adrian McKinty. He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1968 as number four of five children. His father was a welder and boilermaker, but then became a merchant seaman. Adrian grew up reading crime novels and science fiction.

McKinty moved to New York City after receiving his Oxford degree, where he lived in Harlem. This is where the Oxford graduate took jobs as bartender, security guard, bookstore clerk, rugby coach, door to door salesman, and librarian for the Columbia University Medical School Library. After that, Adrian moved to Denver, Colorado where he was a high school English teacher. During this phase of his career, he began writing fiction with his first novel being, Dead I Well May Be. It received great recognition from peer review publishers. The next award winning novel was the sequel to his first entitled, The Dead Yard.

McKinty and his wife moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2008 with their children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heather on September 11, 2017

I greatly enjoyed this book! I listened to the audio book version and was completely engrossed by it...probably not a good thing when you're driving! I enjoyed it a little more than the first book, simply because the suspense was greater. At certain points I feared for certain characters lives! I lo......more

Goodreads review by JodiP on December 02, 2017

There were chunks of this book I didn't like as well as the first---mainly the battle scenes. However these are brief and I love how the young people in the book become smarter and more creative. There's also a great villain that's really fun to root against. The book ends with the kids and their ad......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on December 28, 2019

As two boys journey to another universe to help save an alien planet they face many challenges. This was a great read. At first I thought I wouldn't like it but it kept me in suspense the whole time. Read in two days. Loved it......more

Goodreads review by Connie on August 01, 2017

I enjoyed this as well as the first one...maybe even more than the first one! Looking forward to finishing this series..........more

Goodreads review by Jean on July 25, 2017

(Audible; Gerard Doyle, narrator) Second book in the Lighthouse Trilogy is better than volume one.......more