Dark Eden
When Will Besting approaches Fort Eden for the first time, he knows something isn't right. With more terrifying secrets at every turn, he discovers a hidden fear deep inside himself, a dark mystery a thousand years in the making, and the unexpected girl of his dreams. But can he save everyone...
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When Will Besting approaches Fort Eden for the first time, he knows something isn't right. With more terrifying secrets at every turn, he discovers a hidden fear deep inside himself, a dark mystery a thousand years in the making, and the unexpected girl of his dreams. But can he save everyone from the dangers of Fort Eden before it's too late? Patrick Carman's "Dark Eden" is a provocative exploration of fear, betrayal, the power of memory, and the mystery of love.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062009715 (0062009710)
Publish date: April 24th 2012
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: Dark Eden (#1)
Pro:Die Grundidee hat mich direkt angesprochen: sieben an extremen Phobien leidende Jugendliche, eine angebliche Wundertherapie, die die verzweifelten Jungen und Mädchen innerhalb von nur einer Woche heilen soll - wobei sie allerdings alle zusammen in einem düsteren, hässlichen Betonklotz irgendwo i...
“For years I’d kept an audio diary of my own that dated all the way back to 2005. I was just a nine-year-old kid when I started, back when I loved to hear my own voice.” Will Besting This book was a different type of genre book read for me and I had to give myself a few days to wrap my head around ...
Will Besting is afraid. We don't know what he's afraid of, but his fear is strong enough that his psychiatrist is sending him to a special place with 6 other teens with strong irrational fears where they can finally be cured. But when it comes time to enter Fort Eden, Will hides. He knows somethi...
This was a neat book -- a quick read with an interesting twist at the end. A group of seven teenagers gather together at what's supposed to be a week-long "camp" to cure them of their debilitating fears. I enjoyed following the main character, Will, as he discovers what's really going on at the ca...
About the audiobook: I really enjoyed this audiobook, I thought the guy who read Will's parts read well and he also sounded like I felt Will would sound. But, Dr. Stephens's lines were read by someone else, she didn't have too many parts, but still, she drove me completely insane. She sounded ...