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Sea Quest #5
Shredder the Spider Droid
When Max meets the mysterious Sea Ghosts, they ask for his help. An evil genius is threatening to wreck their city! Max ventures beneath the seabed, where he must battle Shredder the Spider Droid...
- GenresAdventure
128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Adam Blade
857 books213 followersAdam Blade is the house name for the Working Partners Ltd. ghostwriters who write the Beast Quest and Sea Quest series.
Adam Blade is in his late twenties, and was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father’s paintings of historic English battles – which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was also fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father’s office. Adam’s father said they were a Blade family heirloom.
As a boy, Adam would spend days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character – Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all. The idea for Beast Quest was born.
When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas – until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age… And still does, even though he’s grown up!
When he’s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets – a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest – Arachnid and Claw.
Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
Adam Blade is in his late twenties, and was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father’s paintings of historic English battles – which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was also fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father’s office. Adam’s father said they were a Blade family heirloom.
As a boy, Adam would spend days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character – Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all. The idea for Beast Quest was born.
When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas – until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age… And still does, even though he’s grown up!
When he’s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets – a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest – Arachnid and Claw.
Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
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April 22, 2014
A different quest but much the same adventure, still I like the continuing underlying story that runs from the first quest. A great read for any youngster.
April 30, 2017
Read this with my son, age 9. This is the beginning of a new story arc for Max and Lia as they are approached by Ko, a member of the mysterious sea ghost species, seeking help for his people against the evil Professor.
Max and Lia travel to a subterranean hidden world and are immediately thrown back into their conflict with the Professor, who has a massive mechanical spider guarding a secret prison.
The beginning of the story was heavy on worldbuilding; it looks like this whole arc takes place in the sea ghosts' realm. The sea ghosts themselves are a fun addition to the world. They have some interesting abilities, and the mistrust that exists between them and the merryn make for a good starting point for character interactions.
The fight with Shredder, the mechanical spider, is one of the better battles in terms of action from the various Adam Blade books I've read with my son. There were a few places where continuity could have been better, though. Max suffers a wound in the fight that never gets mentioned once the action is done.
The ending felt rushed, and it seemed like the book ran out of space to properly wrap up some of its plot threads.
Max and Lia travel to a subterranean hidden world and are immediately thrown back into their conflict with the Professor, who has a massive mechanical spider guarding a secret prison.
The beginning of the story was heavy on worldbuilding; it looks like this whole arc takes place in the sea ghosts' realm. The sea ghosts themselves are a fun addition to the world. They have some interesting abilities, and the mistrust that exists between them and the merryn make for a good starting point for character interactions.
The fight with Shredder, the mechanical spider, is one of the better battles in terms of action from the various Adam Blade books I've read with my son. There were a few places where continuity could have been better, though. Max suffers a wound in the fight that never gets mentioned once the action is done.
The ending felt rushed, and it seemed like the book ran out of space to properly wrap up some of its plot threads.
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