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Legend of Ironheart #2
Bloodstone
'What is a myth but a truth retold many times over? Atlantis is real!'
Apprenticed to notorious tech-hunter Verity Brown, India Bentley has spent the last year travelling the globe, finding and selling long-lost technology and doing her best to stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, trouble has a habit of finding her.
Accused of an assassination attempt and thrown in jail, India is rescued by scientist-adventurer Professor Moon: a man obsessed with finding the Bloodstone; key to a source of unlimited energy hidden in the lost city of Atlantis. Now Moon wants India and Verity to join his quest.
Pursued by gangsters, lumbered with a stowaway and haunted by the ghosts of her past, India must risk everything to uncover Atlantis's secrets. But the truth comes at a price.
INDIA MUST MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE. THE FATE OF HUMANITY IS IN HER HANDS.
A brand new thrilling adventure-quest in Allan Boroughs' Legend of Ironheart series.
Apprenticed to notorious tech-hunter Verity Brown, India Bentley has spent the last year travelling the globe, finding and selling long-lost technology and doing her best to stay out of trouble. Unfortunately, trouble has a habit of finding her.
Accused of an assassination attempt and thrown in jail, India is rescued by scientist-adventurer Professor Moon: a man obsessed with finding the Bloodstone; key to a source of unlimited energy hidden in the lost city of Atlantis. Now Moon wants India and Verity to join his quest.
Pursued by gangsters, lumbered with a stowaway and haunted by the ghosts of her past, India must risk everything to uncover Atlantis's secrets. But the truth comes at a price.
INDIA MUST MAKE THE ULTIMATE CHOICE. THE FATE OF HUMANITY IS IN HER HANDS.
A brand new thrilling adventure-quest in Allan Boroughs' Legend of Ironheart series.
400 pages, Paperback
First published December 15, 2014
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Allan Boroughs
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There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Nope - they're both me. AB
There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Nope - they're both me. AB
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May 6, 2019
I didn't think it would be possible that a continuation of the adventure of Ironheart could be more exciting. I was wrong. This next in the series is absolutely filled with future technology woven into the storyline. I have no idea if any of it is real but it certainly seems so and thus, fits into the way of things. I was in awe of how the technical portions of it were not at all boring in the way that could be said of that sort of element. The android characters are believable and have their own characteristics that are quite exciting.
All of the characters are created to perfectly fit what they were sent to do. There are surprises throughout that just come as a relief when all seems to border on the tragic. It is a satisfying conclusion to the previous adventure by Allan Burroughs, Ironheart. I loved both of these novels and eagerly await the next in the series. The end of Bloodstone does not really leave you feeling stranded but rather provides a fascinating look to the future that awaits the main character and her friends.
These novels should become legendary. I can see them as cinematic in nature and would love to see them on the big screen. The characters are created with such reality I could see them clearly in the persona of many actors of today. What an exciting concept and the special effects would be so dynamic just as they are in the two novels.
All of the characters are created to perfectly fit what they were sent to do. There are surprises throughout that just come as a relief when all seems to border on the tragic. It is a satisfying conclusion to the previous adventure by Allan Burroughs, Ironheart. I loved both of these novels and eagerly await the next in the series. The end of Bloodstone does not really leave you feeling stranded but rather provides a fascinating look to the future that awaits the main character and her friends.
These novels should become legendary. I can see them as cinematic in nature and would love to see them on the big screen. The characters are created with such reality I could see them clearly in the persona of many actors of today. What an exciting concept and the special effects would be so dynamic just as they are in the two novels.
November 29, 2021
It was a nice story ,was a bit boring at times.
Overall it was a chill read.
Overall it was a chill read.
February 7, 2022
Unfortunately it had the same problems at the last book. The ending bit where Tito's true identity was revealed was brilliant, but the rest was not good. Why was there aliens??
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 9, 2023
This is a really good second part to this exciting, dystopian series! I really enjoyed all of it, the characters are a great selection & well thought out. The plot is great, good action done in a fun way! Great ideas, well done made this a great read! I will look forward to reading more by this writer!
November 1, 2023
I wish I could add stars!
Characters written in the full panoply of innocence & evil. Terror & courage, greed and selflessness come together to save more than themselves.
They save the worlds.
Characters written in the full panoply of innocence & evil. Terror & courage, greed and selflessness come together to save more than themselves.
They save the worlds.
January 10, 2017
Finally... FINALLY! *shrieks like a banshee with excitement* I have been wanting to read this book since before it was even released. Longing and longing to read it with a yearning that could be cast away by neither man nor beast.
Jokes aside, I really was looking forward to reading Bloodstone. Yet when I finally got ahold of it, I was slightly concerned that it perhaps wouldn't live up to the hype I'd built around it in all of that anticipation. This has happened to me with books before and it's always regrettable.
Fortunately, Bloodstone did live up to the hype!
It's got everything I loved about the first book; a wide cast of colourful characters, superb locations that tease the adventurer in us all, an exciting plot and a confident narrative style that keeps the ball rolling to the very end. In fact, the ball doesn't even stop rolling at the end of the book, but rather we have to wait for the third installment to be released in order to find out exactly where the ball will stop *slams book repeatedly on desk in frustration*.
Except, this time round, there did seem to be a lot more Fantasy elements laced through the story, more than I can recall from Ironheart. It was a little tricky to grasp at first, especially as I'd forgotten details regarding some of the discoveries in the previous book, which really would've clarified the new. However the much beloved techno fun was still at its core, and cooler and creepier than before.
Apart from all of the above, including the nail-biting action scenes and laugh-out-loud humour (I literally guffawed on page 347. I could fill this review with funny quotes from the book, but that would take too long), I really liked the relationships. Especially that of India and Tito, and The evolution of the relationship between India and the funny little Monk was subtle yet increasingly more meaningful until -BAM- my word, do the tables turn!
After two days of ignoring my sister's pleas to live life, juggling meal-eating with page-turning and sticking my nose up at sleep in favour of reading this book, I can conclude:
In the end, I was left with the same bittersweet feeling our lead character India felt, one that comes from gain after an enormous loss. It was a commendable ending, far removed from the rusty yet trusty blades of the Storytelling Cookie Cutter.
Now excuse me while I sink into deep meditation mode, patiently awaiting the third book in the Legend Of Ironheart series.
Jokes aside, I really was looking forward to reading Bloodstone. Yet when I finally got ahold of it, I was slightly concerned that it perhaps wouldn't live up to the hype I'd built around it in all of that anticipation. This has happened to me with books before and it's always regrettable.
Fortunately, Bloodstone did live up to the hype!
It's got everything I loved about the first book; a wide cast of colourful characters, superb locations that tease the adventurer in us all, an exciting plot and a confident narrative style that keeps the ball rolling to the very end. In fact, the ball doesn't even stop rolling at the end of the book, but rather we have to wait for the third installment to be released in order to find out exactly where the ball will stop *slams book repeatedly on desk in frustration*.
Except, this time round, there did seem to be a lot more Fantasy elements laced through the story, more than I can recall from Ironheart. It was a little tricky to grasp at first, especially as I'd forgotten details regarding some of the discoveries in the previous book, which really would've clarified the new. However the much beloved techno fun was still at its core, and cooler and creepier than before.
Apart from all of the above, including the nail-biting action scenes and laugh-out-loud humour (I literally guffawed on page 347. I could fill this review with funny quotes from the book, but that would take too long), I really liked the relationships. Especially that of India and Tito, and The evolution of the relationship between India and the funny little Monk was subtle yet increasingly more meaningful until -BAM- my word, do the tables turn!
After two days of ignoring my sister's pleas to live life, juggling meal-eating with page-turning and sticking my nose up at sleep in favour of reading this book, I can conclude:
In the end, I was left with the same bittersweet feeling our lead character India felt, one that comes from gain after an enormous loss. It was a commendable ending, far removed from the rusty yet trusty blades of the Storytelling Cookie Cutter.
Now excuse me while I sink into deep meditation mode, patiently awaiting the third book in the Legend Of Ironheart series.
January 31, 2015
Bloodstone is as fast paced as an Indiana Jones movie and the action hooks you right in from the outset - but you'll find a far more satisfying depth of plot and character in this wonderful MG/crossover novel.
Set in a flooded future world where technology is highly prized, the race is on to find an awesomely believable and technologically advanced Atlantis hidden somewhere beneath the ice.
The story is packed full of wonderfully diverse characters, ranging from the evil, eyeball collecting Madame Fang to the very endearing young guru of recycling - and the main protagonist, India, is the loveliest, feistyist heroine ever.
Bloodstone is so well written it kept me up reading way past my bedtime on a work night, with plenty of action and a compelling view of the entire universe thrown in for good measure. What more could you ask of any book?
Set in a flooded future world where technology is highly prized, the race is on to find an awesomely believable and technologically advanced Atlantis hidden somewhere beneath the ice.
The story is packed full of wonderfully diverse characters, ranging from the evil, eyeball collecting Madame Fang to the very endearing young guru of recycling - and the main protagonist, India, is the loveliest, feistyist heroine ever.
Bloodstone is so well written it kept me up reading way past my bedtime on a work night, with plenty of action and a compelling view of the entire universe thrown in for good measure. What more could you ask of any book?
February 6, 2015
I loved Ironheart, and books that good are hard to follow. But, if anything, Bloodstone is even better. With an amazing cast, led by the swashbuckling young India, break-neck pace, and fantastic humour, Bloodstone is certain to become a children's classic. Loved by my hard-to-please 11 year old son, I would highly recommend it for girls or boys aged 9+.
January 9, 2015
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