Double Cross

Robot Wars #2

by Sigmund Brouwer

Set in an experimental community on Mars in the year 2039, the Robot Wars series features 14-year-old virtual reality specialist Tyce Sanders. Life on the red planet is not always easy, but it is definitely exciting. Tyce finds that the mysteries of the planet point to his greatest discovery--a new relationship with God. He talks about his growing faith and curiosity in a manner that kids can relate to. Each book contains two exciting adventures. In the first adventure of "Double Cross, " Tyce makes a startling discovery one that could change life for everyone in the universe. That is, if Tyce lives to uncover the truth. In the second adventure, a deadly comet catapults toward Mars. Can Tyce figure out how to stop it before it destroys the colony? Robot Wars is a repackaged and updated version of Mars Diaries. There are now five books in the series; each book contains two stories. These new books contain a foreword about how far science has brought us.

Genres: Science Fiction, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Christian, Young Adult, Middle Grade

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 2009

About the author

Sigmund loves going to schools to get kids excited about reading, reaching roughly 80,000 students a year through his Rock&Roll Literacy Show.

Reviews

[Mikayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are incredibly short and repeat themselves a lot. They should have edited out some of the repetition when they made them into these collections.

[Cameron]

Despite Tyson’s young age, he has solved more mysteries than most people his age or older, to solving the mysteries of the dome losing oxygen and the aliens in the boxes. But when they discover a comet is heading right toward Mars, there is nothing they can do but get their best young man, Tyce, to help stop the comet in time.

I like tyce because he is the definition amazing. He is like a super human in a wheelchair.

This story is based on mars, there are some slow parts to the book but when it picks up the pace it starts going really fast. It is a bit confusing on how fast pace the is of the story goes it is almost like there is a new idea every second page. In the books you get really attached to two characters tyce, and ashley. They are just characters you would want to meet in real life.

This book has a lot of the same problems we have in our society, from lying to testing things that would blow the world up like the hammerhead.

I would suggest this book to a lot of people because there is a little bit of everything you would enjoy.

[Ellie Poke · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is the first in a series and was exciting thrilling and a page turner. I loved how there was two types of major problems, I would definitely recomend this book to anyone who is looking for a sci-fi, action packed and mysterious book!

[Rebekah Plattner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun book for kids. Titus loved it!

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tyce has solved many mysteries, like what was depriving his station on Mars of oxygen, or that some strange creatures he found in a greenhouse were not aliens, but the result of genetic engineering. But now some of the biggest mysteries lie in wait, with Tyce being the only one who can solve them. These mysteries include: why and how did these black boxes mysteriously appear when no man had ever placed them there? How did the former director regain control of the dome? And why does his new and only friend his age seem to be hiding something?

[Denae Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reprinting the Mars Diaries books!

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Into the second book the author's simplistic, repetative writing style started to irritate me... But my nephew still really enjoyed it.