The Colossus Crisis

The Seven Fabulous Wonders #6

by Katherine Roberts

It's not easy being a half-blood. The daughter of a telchine mother and a human father, Aura divides her time between the magical depths of the sea and the island of Alimia she calls home. But when an earthquake frees a strange spongelike creature from the seabed and topples the sun god's colossal statue on nearby Rhodes, ancient tensions between the sea dwelling telchines and land dwelling humans are re-awoken.

With the sun god Helios matched against the sea god Poseidon, only Aura can stop a war.

"The Colossus Crisis" is one of the Seven Fabulous Wonders series, originally published by HarperCollins and translated into 11 languages worldwide. A mixture of magic, mystery and adventure set against carefully researched historical backgrounds, these books can be enjoyed in any order by confident readers aged 10+.

The complete collection of seven books is also available for Kindle as the Seven Fabulous Wonders omnibus edition.

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Mythology, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Historical

236 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

I grew up in the south west of England and studied Mathematics at the University of Bath, writing fantasy and science fiction in my spare time. After graduating with 1st class honours (in maths, not fantasy writing!), I worked with computers for several years before redundancy convinced me that working with horses might be healthier.

I spent the next decade working in various horse racing yards, and kept on writing. "Song Quest" was eventually published in 1999 and went on to win the Branford Boase Award for best debut children's novel by a UK author.

Reviews

[Bella · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good i loved all the books shes written, this one was very good though

[Busylizzy111 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the idea! It was an interesting storyline and made a quick read. Would be good to get kids interested in greek mythology/history.