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Golden Code: Keepers of the Sun Discs
A Secret Quest. A Modern Hero. 144,000 Waiting to AwakenWhat if a single Golden Code could awaken an ancient network?What if twelve hidden sun discs unlocked the destiny of 144,000 sparks of light—and the balance of the world depended on them?And what if one boy, completely unprepared, became the only one who could activate them?Fourteen-year-old Miguel Tucker never thought destiny would find him. But when he stumbles into a mysterious story, he’s launched into a cosmic quest far bigger than he can imagine.
Hidden within forgotten ruins lie twelve sacred discs—ancient keys connected to Grid125, a secret network of energy nodes pulsing within the planet. Legends whisper that when the Golden Code is unlocked, 144,000 sparks will awaken, restoring balance between worlds.
Step into a world of secrets, solar discs, and a destiny written in gold.
The map is hidden. The code is waiting.
Will you unlock it before time runs out?
Hidden within forgotten ruins lie twelve sacred discs—ancient keys connected to Grid125, a secret network of energy nodes pulsing within the planet. Legends whisper that when the Golden Code is unlocked, 144,000 sparks will awaken, restoring balance between worlds.
Step into a world of secrets, solar discs, and a destiny written in gold.
The map is hidden. The code is waiting.
Will you unlock it before time runs out?
277 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 30, 2025
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September 8, 2025
Ninth graders from San Diego take a field trip to Mexico in a fight to save the world from imprisonment by our lizard overlords. He sees behind the veil to the truth of our world several times like the movie They Live. But magic pendant and friends gave it an Escape to Witch Mountain vibe. Unlike most indie books, the spelling and grammar were great. Even the Spanish was accurate. The hero is shown the villains describing their plans for world domination in detail and told his mission by dreams and many adults.
I deducted stars for three reasons:
+ The story wasn’t believable. The villains held him in their hands several times and did nothing till the finale. I suppose that’s G-rating rules. Every adult Miguel met alone gave him detailed and often identical explanations of this ancient culture, knew his dreams, everything about his family, his school schedule without being told. He didn’t have to “find” it or read ancient books; it’s a tourist attraction he could have Googled. How he reaches it is a trans-cultural deus-ex-machina that had me scratching my head.
+ It was not suitable for nine years olds to read. Several of the frequent infodumps are at college junior reading levels. Names like Sanat and Saraten are also too close for kids to differentiate. A strange shop owner loans you treasured possessions and brings you crepes and cocoa to drink when nobody knows you’re there? Sounds like grooming behavior, something you shouldn’t encourage kids to accept. He also never reports the many crimes committed against him to his parents or teachers.
+ Descriptions were lacking. I don’t think any teen boy would describe his mom as “rocking her indigo apron and messy bun.” Dad had no description through the whole book. The word weird is overused, 50 times, often in clusters. There’s no such thing as a five-sided sphere. A five-sided circle would be called a pentagon. Villain’s last name being Dark and the good guys being the White Brotherhood is a little on the nose. Priest has the same name as the Gate of the Gods formation in Peru. Lastly, the pendant (the crux of the whole story, and probably what it was named after) is never described properly, just as “no ordinary pendant” several times. On 31, it’s metal. On 52, changes to stone. We don’t even know it’s a disc until p277.
I deducted stars for three reasons:
+ The story wasn’t believable. The villains held him in their hands several times and did nothing till the finale. I suppose that’s G-rating rules. Every adult Miguel met alone gave him detailed and often identical explanations of this ancient culture, knew his dreams, everything about his family, his school schedule without being told. He didn’t have to “find” it or read ancient books; it’s a tourist attraction he could have Googled. How he reaches it is a trans-cultural deus-ex-machina that had me scratching my head.
+ It was not suitable for nine years olds to read. Several of the frequent infodumps are at college junior reading levels. Names like Sanat and Saraten are also too close for kids to differentiate. A strange shop owner loans you treasured possessions and brings you crepes and cocoa to drink when nobody knows you’re there? Sounds like grooming behavior, something you shouldn’t encourage kids to accept. He also never reports the many crimes committed against him to his parents or teachers.
+ Descriptions were lacking. I don’t think any teen boy would describe his mom as “rocking her indigo apron and messy bun.” Dad had no description through the whole book. The word weird is overused, 50 times, often in clusters. There’s no such thing as a five-sided sphere. A five-sided circle would be called a pentagon. Villain’s last name being Dark and the good guys being the White Brotherhood is a little on the nose. Priest has the same name as the Gate of the Gods formation in Peru. Lastly, the pendant (the crux of the whole story, and probably what it was named after) is never described properly, just as “no ordinary pendant” several times. On 31, it’s metal. On 52, changes to stone. We don’t even know it’s a disc until p277.
October 24, 2025
I liked it. I liked it more than I was expecting yes it is not a five star book, even though I gave it one. Yes it has some glaring issues, something that can annoy you and few things are cliché - - cliché but there is certain charm about this book. A certain panache which makes it enduring.
Now, obviously there are books which are far superior than this one but this one as I said a charm and a heart about it. The school scenes, the dynamic between Miguel and his friends feel authentic and the novel really lifts there. The moments are believable for example when Cali is first introduced and Felix calls dips on her that was genuine moment. I wouldn’t be surprise if the author writes a high school fiction in future because she is good at it.
But, but why do I say it is actually four star is because it struggles with the same issue most of the Sci-fi novels do and that is how do you handle exposition. I have always believed that Sci-fi novels should be long and this novel is around 36k words and because of that some scenes feel dump of exposition after exposition which hampers the reading experience. I guess the author had to choose between building and slowly revealing the information and the pacing. She choose the later which is not a problem but as I have said in my many reviews if Sci-fi novels have to get richer and vivid the Sci-fi writer has to master this technique. The other things which annoyed be cliches but I can let go of that but the villain Dravon.
The villain is sometimes too villain in a caricaturise and the ending, the ending of the villain really disappointed me. Miguel’s dad coming at last all that just felt little bit rushed and way too convenient. Like the author hints that there is more to the story and the next part might come please work on the villain. All in all in I can clearly see this as a Movie. I think this type of novels are very easy to adapt the challenge will be to differentiate yourself from others. In the end yes I would recommend this book it’s not The great but it has something heart. I hope the author doesn’t stop and keeps on writing. I would be really interested to read her future work.
Now, obviously there are books which are far superior than this one but this one as I said a charm and a heart about it. The school scenes, the dynamic between Miguel and his friends feel authentic and the novel really lifts there. The moments are believable for example when Cali is first introduced and Felix calls dips on her that was genuine moment. I wouldn’t be surprise if the author writes a high school fiction in future because she is good at it.
But, but why do I say it is actually four star is because it struggles with the same issue most of the Sci-fi novels do and that is how do you handle exposition. I have always believed that Sci-fi novels should be long and this novel is around 36k words and because of that some scenes feel dump of exposition after exposition which hampers the reading experience. I guess the author had to choose between building and slowly revealing the information and the pacing. She choose the later which is not a problem but as I have said in my many reviews if Sci-fi novels have to get richer and vivid the Sci-fi writer has to master this technique. The other things which annoyed be cliches but I can let go of that but the villain Dravon.
The villain is sometimes too villain in a caricaturise and the ending, the ending of the villain really disappointed me. Miguel’s dad coming at last all that just felt little bit rushed and way too convenient. Like the author hints that there is more to the story and the next part might come please work on the villain. All in all in I can clearly see this as a Movie. I think this type of novels are very easy to adapt the challenge will be to differentiate yourself from others. In the end yes I would recommend this book it’s not The great but it has something heart. I hope the author doesn’t stop and keeps on writing. I would be really interested to read her future work.
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