Into The Web: Book Two of the Shadowzone Series

by Simon Rose

On a doomed version of Earth, the sinister schemes of the Ministry are moving ever closer to completion, with dire consequences for the inhabitants of two worlds. For Ben and Charlie, an unlikely alliance, unexpected reunions, and the mysterious prophecy of the Chosen One offer a glimmer of hope, with the ever-present prospect of betrayal, as they embark on an unpredictable journey into the unknown. The Shadowzone Series of science fiction and fantasy novels involves the discovery of a grim dystopian version of Earth ruled by a totalitarian dictatorship, the threat of a deadly virus, and a race against time to save the lives of millions. Shadowzone While watching intense flashes of lightning during a violent storm, Ben experiences mysterious and disturbing visions of another world, one very different from his own. In the chain of events that follow, Ben encounters Charlie, a girl from a dark version of Earth, a planet doomed by the effects of environmental catastrophe, where the leaders will stop at nothing to complete their deadly mission. Into The Web On a doomed version of Earth, the sinister schemes of the Ministry are moving ever closer to completion, with dire consequences for the inhabitants of two worlds. For Ben and Charlie, an unlikely alliance, unexpected reunions, and the mysterious prophecy of the Chosen One offer a glimmer of hope, with the ever-present prospect of betrayal, as they embark on an unpredictable journey into the unknown. Black Dawn In a dark parallel world, following attacks by its most determined opponents, the Ministry has been forced to change its plans. Yet the ruthless Director-General is prepared to sacrifice anyone to achieve an entirely new beginning, no matter what the cost. In a deadly race against time, as events spiral out of control, Ben and Charlie must risk their lives in a desperate attempt to save two worlds from destruction. What they're saying about the Shadowzone Series "Shadowzone is the first book in a series and I guarantee you will be racing towards the second. An excellent read!" "Packed with non-stop action and cliff hangers, Rose does an excellent job at leaving the reader wanting more." "Into the Web is the second book in the Shadowzone series. Like the first it is action packed and will leave the reader wanting more." "Black Dawn is the third book in the ShadowZone series and it lives up to the previous two. Once again Simon Rose carries interesting characters through an action packed story. Readers will love this instalment as much as the two earlier books."

166 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 26, 2017

About the author

I am the author of The Alchemist's Portrait, The Sorcerer's Letterbox, The Clone Conspiracy, The Emerald Curse, The Heretic's Tomb, The Doomsday Mask, The Time Camera, The Sphere of Septimus, Flashback, Future Imperfect, the Flashback series, the Shadowzone series, The Stone of the Seer series, and An Untimely Death. I'm also the author of eight guides for writers, including The Time Traveler's Guide, The Children's Writer's Guide, The Working Writer's Guide, and The Social Media Writer's Guide, more than a hundred non-fiction books, and many articles on a wide range of topics. I offer a number of services for writers, including editing, coaching, mentoring, consulting, and writing workshops, as well as copywriting services for the business community. I also offer a wide variety of presentations, workshops and author in residence programs for schools and libraries, am an instructor for adults with the University of Calgary and offer a variety of online workshops for both children and adults.

www.simon-rose.com

Reviews

[Lauren Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

If the government found another world, a parallel Earth, would you support them in exploring all they could about it without question? We would probably have TONS of questions!! A question that would seem likely would be, do I have another one of me on the other side? What if it was inhabitable? No water, no food? What if it was a better world than the one that we live in today? All of these concepts are really interesting to think about right?! Rose continues a journey of survival with Into the Web, the second installment in the Shadowzone Series.

Charlie and Ben are now with the Greens, an organization bent against saving the world that appears to be beyond saving, especially since the Ministry has taken over with a mind control drug. Charlie and Ben have traveled over to the parallel Earth—Ben’s world—in the hopes of locating and rescuing his parents. They are one of the only hopes left for Charlie’s world to counteract the virus that is meant to kill all of the inhabitants of Ben’s parallel Earth. Barely escaping with their lives, Ben and Charlie come back through the intragate prototype to discover that Ben’s parents have been separated by another power source interference. Now, not only do they need to find the virus before the Ministry gets their intragate up and working, they have to figure out how to get into the Ministry building with what little resources they have left. What seems like a suicide mission, ends up to be a miracle—as an unlikely alliance forms between the Greens and an underground group of people known as the Subrads. Can their plan to destroy the Ministry building work? And if they get there, would they be able to find Ben’s mom in time or will they be captured in the process?

Rose has an interesting story with some original and creative concepts about a parallel Earth. With the world ending as they know it, everyone is in full panic and Rose conveys this sense of urgency fairly well. In Into the Web, Rose dives a little deeper into some of the characters stories and what led them up to this point. The pace is fast and steady, allowing the book to be an easy page turner and the cover also draws attention to the relevance of the story-line. This installment appears to have little or no spelling and grammatical errors, which allows the reader to enjoy the novel without hindrance. If you are a reader of science fiction, action and adventure, and young adult dystopian fiction, you may thoroughly enjoy this light read. This installment continues right where the previous one ended; therefore, it is recommended for readers to begin with Shadowzone before jumping into this one.

A copy of this book was provided to Turning Another Page by the author and in no way affects the honesty of this review. We provide a five-star rating to Into the Web by Simon Rose.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first one was better than this one. I didn't realize that this trilogy was going to be a "Chosen One" type story as the first book had no mention of it. So I was a little surprised to see that come up now.

I was a bit annoyed that this book had a chapter that was a complete waste of time, there was a big (or what seemed like a big) event that happened, it seemed like it could affect the rest of the book. However, it did not. It was resolved and everything went back to the way it was before that chapter started. You could literally skip that chapter and you would never be left with any questions or wonder what is going on. Perhaps it is something that will come up in the third book, but if it doesn't, it was a complete waste of time.

This book was ok but seems to suffer from second book syndrome. Hopefully, the third one brings a satisfying conclusion.

[Sylvia Mcgrath · Rating 5 out of 5]

On a doomed version of Earth, the sinister schemes of the Ministry are moving ever closer to completion, with dire consequences for the inhabitants of two worlds. For Ben and Charlie, an unlikely alliance, unexpected reunions, and the mysterious prophecy of the Chosen One offer a glimmer of hope, with the ever-present prospect of betrayal, as they embark on an unpredictable journey into the unknown.
This is the second book of this series written by one of my favourite young adult authors. After finishing book one, I could not wait to start this one, I was not disappointed a great story with good character structure and as usual well written. The storyline kept me focused until the very end where it left me wanting to read the next book in the series