It’s 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town’s respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly. . . . As the people of Yonwood scramble to make sense of the woman’s mysterious utterances, Nickie explores the oddities she finds around town—her great-grandfather’s peculiar journals and papers, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes—all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Is this vision her chance? Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war? In this prequel to the acclaimed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.
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"It isn't until the very end that you find out why this book has anything to do with the City of Ember series but it is a very interesting book! " — K.Q. (5 out of 5 stars)
"It isn't until the very end that you find out why this book has anything to do with the City of Ember series but it is a very interesting book! "
" okay story on its own, but it had very little to tie it into the other books. "
" Not anywhere near as good as the first two Ember books. "
" Average. Not the best of the series. "
" I'm not sure what to think of this book. I think I'm still processing. Kind of a pseudo religious fanaticism book- kinda unrelated with the rest of the Ember series. I was kind of disappointed with this book. Oh well--on to the last of the Ember series I go! "
" Nothing much of import in this story with just a unsatisfying link to the first book on the last page. Outside the series I wouldn't recommend the story as a stand alone, nicely written but I expected more. "
" Meh. When it started I was way more into it than the first two in this series...buuuuuuut that totally petered out by the end. Just...meh. "
" I don't know. This kind of came out of the blue. Not a bad book, but just not really great either. You don't even realize why it's connected to the other books until the very, very end. "
" I didn't enjoy this book at all. It had very little to do with the story of The City of Ember. "
Robbie Daymond is an actor, voice talent, and four-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, with a master’s degree in acting and works primarily in theater but has made several forays into television, video games, and film.
Becky Ann Baker, narrator and actress, has received critics’ praise for her readings of books by such authors as Stephen King, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Iris Johansen, and Karin Slaughter. She has performed in numerous roles on Broadway, starring in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins. Her many television credits include Girls, Smash, and Nurse Jackie, and her film credits include Spider-Man 3, The Discoverers, and Hope Springs.
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