A Singular Prophecy (Dead Geniuses Series)

ISBN: 1468005006

Author: Raham, Mr. R. Gary

Condition: New

Product Description When young paleontologist, Ryan Thompson, finds a new species of mosasaur in Cretaceous seaway sediments, he is thrilled. Joy quickly turns to fear when he touches an artifact buried among the sea reptiles ribs. Suddenly, he must fight a mental takeover by an alien intelligence committed to transforming the Earth into a refuge for her own species. As Ryan and his girlfriend, Skeets, attempt to thwart alien plans to colonize Earth begun in the deep past, even this crisis becomes trivial when the uneasy symbiosis of Ryan and the alien, Siu, generates a new entity with the power to transform the entire universe. About the Author Author/illustrator Gary Raham loves to help connect kids to science through story. He has written 17 books, several video scripts, and numerous natural history articles for Highlights for Children, Cricket, and other magazines. His science fiction often contains a time traveling element. He has used his books, The Deep Time Diaries, and Teaching Science Fact with Science Fiction, to create middle school enrichment material in English and science. When not illustrating his own work, he creates natural history and biomedical illustrations for a variety of clients. He is a nature columnist/journalist for The North Forty News in Larimer County, Colorado, and for Colorado Gardener magazine. His YA nonfiction book, The Restless Earth: Fossils along with his essay "The Fall of the Nicotine Kid" both placed as finalists in the 2010 Colorado Author's League awards.