A review by mak_p
The House of Power by Patrick Carman

5.0

I rate this book five stars because it is full of adventure and rule-breaking. This is the first book of three and I am excited to read them all. The book is set in the future around 2105, when the Earth becomes a wasteland full of pollution where people can't even be outside for very long and it makes you wonder if that could really happen. Atherton was created by a mad scientist who hoped to create another place for humans to live, but can that scientist be trusted? The book is written in third person omniscient, which means that the narrator is outside the story and knows everything including the characters thoughts and feelings. A boy around the age of eleven named Edgar is the main character of this story. Edgar lives on Atherton, which is a small planet that orbits the Earth just like the moon does. He was once told by a man to look for Atherton on the cliffs and one day it will come to him. Even though Edgar had no idea what that meant, he continued climbing the cliffs (which is against the rules) every night attempting to come upon the Atherton that the man spoke of. One day he finds a small symbol above a hole on the side of the cliff and in that hole there was a book and that is where his journey begins. I also love it how every once in a while there is a little drawing that shows you what something looks like and has little foot notes by it explaining what the picture is. Read this book if you like adventures, action and to find out what Edgar does next.