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Summary
At the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall learned the truth about what happened to his best friend Cooper. Now in Book Two, the POV switches to Cooper and we get to see his side of the mystery. What does his story have to do with Marshall and the journey along the Morpheus Road? It's time to learn more . . .
Author Notes
D. J. MacHale was born on March 11, 1956. He received a BFA in film production from New York University. Before writing his best selling Pendragon series, he worked as a freelance writer and director for television and movies. He co-created Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? series, wrote several ABC After-School Specials, directed the movie Tower of Terror for ABC's Wonderful World of Disney, and co-created, wrote and produced the Showtime series Chris Cross, which won the CableAce award for Best Youth Series. He co-created, produced, wrote and directed the Discovery Kids/NBC television series Flight 29 Down, which earned him the Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Children's Script. His other written works include The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Monster Princess, and the Morpheus Road series.
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Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 6-10-Following Marshall Seaver's realization about his best friend Cooper's true fate at the conclusion of The Light (2010), the second title (2011, both Aladdin) in D. H. MacHale's trilogy presents Cooper's side of the story from the afterlife. Stuck in a purgatory-like place called the Black, Cooper is able to see into the Light, but is forbidden to influence his friends and family in any way. When Damon, a nasty ancient spirit, admits to murdering Cooper to bring him to the Black and blackmails him into helping him escape by threatening Marshall's life, Cooper willingly flouts the rules to try to help his friend. With the help of Maggie, a troubled spirit, he is able to contact Marsh. Cooper's actions bring him to the attention of The Watchers and he begins to learn more about the purpose of the Morpheus Road. When Cooper discovers Damon's plan to escape through a rift in the Morpheus Road, he builds an alliance with the Guardians of the Rift. After a showdown to control the rift, listeners will be left anxiously waiting for the conclusion of the trilogy. Nick Podehl brings Cooper's blend of devil-may-care attitude and loyalty to life. He easily takes listeners through Cooper's emotional journey in the Black, while maintaining the creepy tension of the first book. This great psychological thriller will leave listeners breathless. Recommended for libraries already circulating The Light.-Jessica Miller, New Britain Public Library, CT (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
This sequel to The Light shifts focus to Marshall Seaver's missing best friend, Cooper. MacHale reveals more about the mysterious, haunting figures that have turned Marshall and Cooper's everyday lives upside down. Though the dialogue doesn't always ring true, fans of the first book will enjoy learning more about the eerie world and its many dangers while looking forward to the next volume. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The Light(2010), this second volume of theMorpheus Road series is nearly a retread of the first. MacHale uses this novel to explain the events of the first, from afterlife terminology to supernatural phenomena, rehashing much of the action. Cooper is saddled by the same scattered characterization issues that hampered his friend Marshall, the narrator of the first book, swinging from troublemaker to saint to rhetorician with little development apparent. From the blood crucibles of Alexander to the encounter with his best friend's dead mother to the mysterious deaths at his grandfather's farm, there are too many plot twists, too much explanation and too little motivation to keep readers journeying down this road. (Horror. 10-14)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
MacHale's swift-paced Morpheus Road series continues with an intriguing device: the narrator is now 16-year-old Cooper, best friend of the first book's narrator, Marshall. Cooper dies in a boating accident and finds himself in a limbo calle. the Black. where people can work out their issues and ascend to heaven or descend to hell. The tone changes from poignant longing for a dead loved one to a more cinematic style, as Cooper battles an ancient Macedonian warrior with dreams of world domination. Fans will gobble it down and wait eagerly to see how MacHale ties it all together in the trilogy's final book.--Carton, Debbi. Copyright 2010 Booklist