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Poet Anderson ...Of Nightmares

Tom DeLonge , Suzanne Young

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 10 Up—Jonas Anderson's parents died in a plane accident, and his brother was forced to quit school so he could support him. The brothers have been in a horrifying car accident. Jonas has survived, but Alan is hospitalized in a deep coma and will not wake up. Jonas follows through on the job his brother was about to start at the Eden, which is the same hotel where his parents used to work. The teen realizes things are not what they seem at the hotel, but he's distracted with visiting his brother, attending a new high school, and adjusting to his job. The siblings have inherited the ability to visit dreams from their mother; before Alan's accident, they were searching for a deeply hidden dream city that Alan insists exists. Jonas continues his visits to the Dream World, hoping he will run into his brother. One evening, he is attacked by a massive, petrifying creature. A Dream Walker named Jarabec comes to Jonas's rescue and becomes his mentor. Soon, Jonas encounters Night Terrors and murderous Dream Walkers; if he dies in the dream world, he also dies in the waking world. Like a teen Blade Runner, this book has nonstop action with dramatic, heart-pounding escapes from the evil clutches of the Night Terrors, Dream Stealers, and REM—a Dream Walker hoping to steal Jonas's soul. The protagonist falls in love with a beautiful Lucid Dreamer he first meets at school, and this light romantic plot thread lends more layers to this electric read. VERDICT An epic and sizzling tale of a teen hero struggling to find his destiny.—Julie Shatterly, W. A. Bess Elementary School, Gastonia, NC

Review

Reads like a blend between Harry Potter and The Matrix. ...Of Nightmares hits the trifecta. ― Consequence of Sound

"...alt rock's J.K. Rowling." ― Yahoo! music

"No doubt about it- Tom DeLonge is a modern-day Dream Weaver." ― Digital Trends

Musician DeLonge (of the band Blink-182) teams with seasoned writer Young (The Program, 2013) to explore the relationship between dreams and reality. Orphaned when their parents die in a plane crash, brothers Jonas and Alan can travel together in dreams and are learning how to manipulate waking reality through their actions in those dreamscapes. On their way to Seattle, where Alan will start a doorman job at the Eden Hotel, a terrible auto accident leaves Alan in a coma. There's shades of the Wild West in the almost nonstop action, which includes a car chase, a monocycle race, and fist and knife fights, leaving little room for developing personalities. Characters are closer to archetypes than flesh and blood, but the draw here will be the interesting questions raised about the power of our fears, and the hero's journey to conquer inner demons. This first in a planned trilogy will be released concurrent with an original soundtrack and accompanying visual art.

— Debbie Carton -- Booklist Online

"It is a very quick and quite enjoyable read. It is full of action and suspense as well as humour. The world DeLonge has created is incredibly vivid and well imagined and the plot has some great twists, especially near the end, which were utterly unexpected. ... I would encourage you to read it if you enjoy fast paced action and romance with tense cliff hangers." ― The Guardian

"This is a book that guys and girls, as well as their parents, can get behind and totally fall in love and that's so rare to find these days. If you're ready for a book that will take you into a world which can be found each time you close your eyes, a dark adventure full of new and fascinating places and characters you won't soon forget, then absolutely pick up Poet Anderson…Of Nightmares and get prepared to be blown away!! Absolutely my favorite read of 2015 and I can't wait for book two!!" ― My So-Called Book Reviews (5 out of 5 stars)

"I totally enjoyed every minute spent reading this masterpiece of a novel and I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment in this surreal, visceral, imaginative, fantastical, adventurous ride of a novel and I highly recommend this to ALL readers!" ― Cover2Cover (4.5 out of 5 stars)

"Tom DeLonge and Suzanne Young created a story that pulled me in from the very first page and kept me turning the pages to find out what was going to happen next... Just know that I loved every minute of this book and am hopeful that we will have more stories from these two that include the Andersons. Definitely consider checking this book out when you can – I found I was unable to put it down and now that I am finished I just want more." ― Fiction Fare (5 out of 5 stars)

"5/5 Engaging and innovative...exciting and highly entertaining." ― Foreword Magazine

About the Author

Tom DeLonge is an award-winning producer, author, platinum recording artist, researcher and entrepreneur from San Diego, CA. Today Tom, with his company To The Stars, produces original content that aims to inspire a newfound appreciation of the profound, yet unresolved, mysteries involving science and the universe through entertainment directly informed by science. His first multi-media franchise Love, told the story of an isolated astronaut on the International Space Station and included a double album byhis band Angels And Airwaves with the feature film premiering in 600 theatres across the United States. His next franchise Poet Anderson was inspired by a dream study conducted at Stanford University and spanned an award-winning short film, a chart-topping album, acclaimed comic book series, graphic novel and a YA science fiction novel co-written with NY Times Bestselling author Suzanne Young. Most recently he is working on Sekret Machines which spans both sci-fi fiction and nonfiction thesis informed by unprecedented access at the highest level of the government and science to uncover information about the UFO phenomenon with renowned authors AJ Hartley and Peter Levenda. His Sekret Machines work has won him the 2017 UFO Researcher of the Year award.