Evil Star (novel)

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Evil Star is the second book in The Power of Five series by British author, Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the UK on April 3, 2006 by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States (June 1, 2006) by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title, The Gatekeepers.

UK cover of Evil Star

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

After his events of Raven's Gate, Matt thinks his days of battling evil are over. But soon he is pulled into another terrible adventure when he discovers a second gate exists and his aunt crashes into his school in a petrol taker. The Nexus suspect the Old Ones for this. He goes to a new school and discovers his special power of controlling things with his mind. Matt and his friend Richard travel to Peru and, assisted by the Nexus, follow clues to the gate's whereabouts. But there is a traitor in the Nexus. Matt's friend Richard is kidnapped but Matt manages to escape with the help of a local Peruvian, Pedro (who is revealed as the second of the Five children prophecised to stop the Old Ones) and a lost tribe of Incas. They travel to the Nazca desert and Matt realizes the horrifying truth - the Nazca lines are the second gate and it is about to open, again increasing the chance of The Old Ones returning. Once again, Matt must prevent it happening. At the Nazca lines Matt makes a stand against the Old Ones who are released. Matt uses his powers to wound them but they survive and are unleashed on the world. They have not yet done any harm, but they soon will, but are merely healing after the damage done by Matt. Matt goes into a coma from his effort and is healed by Pedro.

The Front cover formation of an upside down star refers to the very end when they look up at the sky at night seeing the key Lock formation by the Satallites to open the Gate, it also refers to Pedro being Born under an Evil Star.

[edit] Trivia

In the first book Raven's Gate, the character Fabian says he is married and has two children, in Evil Star he says he is not married and does not have any children (this may of been a lie to set an example to Matt that no one must know about the nexus or really just an error).