about the book
Rifts have been made in the fabric of history, and it is up to three young kids to repair them and set history back on track.
Thankfully Dak Smyth and his best friend Sera Froste have the Infinity Ring—an invention of Dak’s parents that holds the secret to time travel. Being able to time travel will certainly help in a quest to repair history—it’s practically in the name!
When Dak’s parents go missing, they leave him the Infinity Ring, as well as a recruitment letter by an ancient and secret organization called the Hystorians. Pairing up with Hystorian-in-training Riq, Dak, and Sera are sent back in time to begin working on setting their first bit of skewed history right.
Their first stop: 1492 on a great explorer’s ship, where a man named Columbus is facing the mutiny of his crew…
about the author
James Dashner was born and raised in Georgia with five brothers and one sister and loved every minute of it. A Mormon, James attended Brigham Young University. In school he had the overwhelming urge to write, but remained practical. He earned an accounting degree and took a job in materials management.
James currently lives in the Rocky Mountains in Utah with his wife and four children. A creative spirit stuck in an accountant’s body, he left manipulating numbers in 2009 to write full time. “Now every day seems to be too good to be true.”
James writes in a local book store or in the library, where he occasionally stops to browse the books to help spur his imagination. When he decides to write a series of books, he chooses how many books he will write and creates a very basic outline for each. Then as he writes, each book presents him with its own surprises.
One of his goals is to play the drums with Stephen King and his all-author band!
Sources:
Author website
Author page: Random House
Author biography: Desert News
Author biography: Wikipedia
Author interview: Kaleb Nation
Also by James Dashner:
The Iron Empire (Infinity Ring, Book 7). Scholastic. 2014.
The Void of Mist and Thunder (13th Reality, Book 4). Shadow Mountain. 2012.
The Blade of Shattered Hope (13th Reality, Book 3). Shadow Mountain. 2010.
The Hunt for Dark Infinity (13th Reality, Book 2). Shadow Mountain. 2009.
The Journal of Curious Letters (13th Reality, Book 1). Shadow Mountain. 2008.
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Divide and Conquer (Infinity Ring, Book 2) by Carrie Ryan
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