Truthful Test: An Oliver Wikk Adventure

Quest for Truth

by Brock D. Eastman, Ann Hibbard (Editor), Scott Altmann (Illustrator)

Oliver Wikk is attending the Federal Star Fleet Academy and facing a tough flight simulation course. As he struggles in his flight simulation practice, he's given the option to preview the final exam. But doing so would go against everything he's been taught by his parents. Hundreds of years in the future, humans have spread out across the universe, discovering and settling new worlds. But along the way, they have forgotten their origin. Why has the past been forgotten? What clues could help uncover the mystery of mankind’s beginnings? And why does the quest become dangerous? The adventure unfolds in Brock Eastman’s Quest for Truth series, as archaeologists Elliot and Laura Wikk are mysteriously kidnapped in the midst of their search for mankind’s origins. Determined to find and rescue their parents, young Oliver Wikk and his siblings dodge danger and uncover clues of their own, finding themselves drawn as much to the search for truth as to the search for their parents.

46 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2015

About the author

Brock Eastman has a degree in Marketing and works for David C. Cook leading digital product and content development. Previously he was a producer and podcast host for Adventures in Odyssey. He is the author of The Quest for Truth series, Bedtime on Noah’s Ark, Daddy’s Favorite Sound, Mommy’s Favorite Smell, Imagination Station series; Showdown with the Shepherd, Faith and Science with Dr. Fizzlebop, and Edge of the Galaxy. He writes feature stories and the Dr. Fizzlebop recurring column for Clubhouse and Clubhouse Jr. magazines. He loves playing games and cooking with his wife and reading stories to his four kids each night, who have also been co-authors on several of his projects.

Bibliography
Taken (P&R Publishing & Focus on the Family 2011)
HowlSage (Destiny Image 2011, Crimson Pulse Media 2020)
Imagination Station: Showdown with the Shepherd (Tyndale & Focus on the Family 2011)
Risk (P&R Publishing & Focus on the Family 2012)
Coming Storm (Crimson Pulse Media 2012)
Unleash (P&R Publishing & Focus on the Family 2013)
Tangle (P&R Publishing & Focus on the Family 2015)
Rainbow Hippo (Crimson Pulse Media 2015)
Count, Hippo Hippo (Crimson Pulse Media 2015)
Happy Hippo (Crimson Pulse Media 2015)
Alpha Hippo (Crimson Pulse Media 2016)
Wasted Wood (Crimson Pulse Media 2017)
Waste Deep (Crimson Pulse Media 2017)
Truthful Test (Crimson Pulse Media 2017)
Davey and the Mech (Crimson Pulse Media 2017)
Hope (P&R Publishing & Focus on the Family 2019)
Daddy’s Favorite Sound (Harvest House Kids 2019)
Mommy’s Favorite Smell (Harvest House Kids 2019)
Bedtime on Noah’s Ark (Harvest House Kids 2020)
Afraid of the Light (Crimson Pulse Media 2021)
Faith and Science with Dr. Fizzlebop (Tyndale Kids 2021)
Welcome to Hippopolis (Crimson Pulse Media 2022)
Obby the Obot (Crimson Pulse Media 2022)
Edge of the Galaxy (Tyndale & Focus on the Family 2023)
St. Nicking at Night (Crimson Pulse Media 2023)

Reviews

[Angie Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listening for the no-ideath time...

Love the whole series to death, and this is a perfect prequel--entirely consistent with the main series, but doesn't depend on it for resolution. It's such a good story in its own right, too! Half ethical conflict, half action-adventure--even after multiple readings, I still can't make myself remember that the simulation is just a simulation when I'm in the middle of it. (For the record, that's not a spoiler; the story starts with Oliver entering the simulator, which makes the fact that it doesn't feel like a simulation all the more amazing.) The whole setting and feel of the story also reminds me of some old sci-fi kids' radio dramas that I've listened to and enjoyed.

Highly recommended for Quest for Truth fans, but it's a great standalone story for those who haven't read the main series as well!

[☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't listen to books like this at all. This my first time EVER listening to a space book. All in all it was an alright story. Would I listen to it over no. But the story line was well written and I think its a great story for children.

"I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via AudiobookBlast dot com".

[Kenneth Hurtt]

Awesome


Do some more is all I have to say. These books are the best series I have ever read. But don't expect everything to go how you think it might go.

[Teressa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I listened to the Audible audio version of this book.

"This Was A Good Short Sci Fi With A Lesson"

TRUTHFUL TEST was an excellent short science fiction story for children written by BROCK EASTMAN. There was a lesson to be learned here. When Oliver noticed the glitch, he could've very well cheated and passed the test but instead, he took a chance and did the right thing. The glitch was actually the test and those who used it and cheated didn't pass. Great story and I know my grandsons will love it. Plus I hope there's more to follow.

LC LANE had the perfect voice for this story. She gave it a nice touch with excellent reading skills. This was a great combination of author/narrator.

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[Samm Serrinnitty · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting short story set in the future. This is the first book I have read by the author, and it was good. The story has a great meaning behind it and the characters are good.

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