Nightscape

by Kevin Ryan

Book Overview

While traveling through Colorado, Liz sees a vision of Maria being chased through a large house. Their van then mysteriously breaks down in front of the house. Sick of being directed by fate they... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689855214
• ISBN13: 9780689855214
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.2" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

SUPERDOPER BOOK

I have to said that the book is fabulous i love it. I hate Isabel acctitud towards Maria. I never think that...... was in the house tha was ssssooooo cccccooooooolllll I LOVE IT BUT TU MUCH DESCRIPTION

the best roswell book

i dont like reviews that mess up the story for readers so i just want to start off saying im not telling you anything to spoil the book. ok, so ive never read any of the roswell high books but i love the tv show and have read 6 of the 11 books that came out during and after the tv series finale. i have to say that this is the best one i have read so far. not olny was it suspenseful and just as funny as all hell as it was scary (seriously) but it was incredibly well written. i only have two little things about the story that bothered me which were the over explinations of two or three scences (if you explain a joke it just isn't funny anymore and ryan messed up a joke or two by doing this) also the way maria was acting when michael was being so uncharictaristiclly sweet and caring urked me (i could have thrown the book at her she got me so upset), but i digress, anyhow it was so good i couldn't put it down i read it within a few hours. even if you dont know the rowell story this is a good book just becuse it is so well explained and written, but if you do know the story and characters this book is sooooooooo great because the little plot twists and turns were incredible and unexpected that you get pulled into the story you already love so much. the ending was sooo hot too i cant even tell you how i had a smile a mile wide for that one perfect ending to everyones story (michael & maria, max & liz, and then the group as a whole). oh and don't mind the back cover it may sound scooby dooish but trust me it's anything but. i would recommend this book to any and everyone because it has just the right amount of everything that makes a good story. you dont expect anything that happens in the story to happen i litterally shed a tear at some points, i was cracking up through one of the special unit scence especially (michael and max were too funny) and was in complete suspence through out the whole story. what else can i say it was plainly a good read and its one of those books that you can read 10 times and it's like you just read it for the first time. two thumbs up to kevin ryan for this one.

A much better effort.

Nightscape is a much better effort by Kevin Ryan (and his editors) after the rather poor 'A New Beginning'. Once again this is no literary masterpiece and if that were the sole criteria, I would have only given it one star. However as an extension of the Roswell TV series I have given it 4 stars as it fills that role well.As other reviewers have said, it is a good suspense story with a rather surprising twist. Often these twists are broadcast or are so obvious that they lack the element of surprise. This one surely didn't and I was taken aback when it was revealed. This book is a must for Roswell fans.

Excellent suspense/mystery story w/great characterization!

This was the second of two new Roswell novels written by author Kevin Ryan. The first of the two was "A New Beginning", which was not that great a book. Well, "Nightscape" is the complete opposite in terms of quality compared to the first book. I actually sat down and read the whole book in four and a half hours. I couldn't put it down it was so good. Unlike the last book, the author gets to the main action and interest of the story fairly quickly. After having an encounter with the Special Unit while traveling through Washington state, the group drives down a deserted logging road and finds a spooky old manshion to hide in for the night. During their stay, things happen to convince them they are not alone in the house, and the group end up encountering an evil from their past. The plot of this book is a great mixture of character exploration and suspense. I'll start by analyzing the character development: Max is really shown as being tired of having to take the lead all the time in this book, taking the time for the group to vote on even small decisions. He is determined to protect his friends, sister, and the girl he loves, but finds failure in his past efforts to do so, and wants to make up for it in the present. Liz is also exploring her powers more, and how they may be used to help Max and her friends. Michael and Maria are really explored well in this book. Michael is shown as having felt freer than ever before. Now, he has firmly concluded that Maria is his future. Just as this happens, Maria is deliberately pushing Michael away. But, the reason she is doing so is logical. She knows about Liz's premonitions about how Max, Michael, and Isabel, all die in the future during some alien attack. She is afraid to let Michael get close to her again because she is afraid of the pain she would feel in losing him. Isabel is really shown to be at a crossroads. She is stepping into a new life, but is looking back at the one she is leaving behind. She spends a lot of thought on how Alex's death has affected her, and how it may relate to her marriage to Jesse that she has given up. The events of this story allow her a chance to explore some of her emotional baggage and confront some of the feelings she has been suppressing for a long time, since Alex's death. Kyle doesn't get much play in this book, but he is shown as wanting to be closer to Isabel, and risking his life to save her from a powerful enemy. Now, for the plot. This is really a suspense/mystery novel. It almost reminds me of a classic haunted house story, but with a twist regarding who is shown to be behind some of the spookiness of the house. The atmosphere of the old house they end up in has a sense of otherwordly presence, but one that is rather sophisticated, not relying on chains rattling and moans in the night. Isabel also connects with the unseen forces she thinks are may be at work in the house in ways that really draw out her emotions and aid in her exploration of her past, especiall

the roswell legend continues

this book you can call part 2 of "a new beginning". our 6 teenagers find themselves in the state of oregon when they run into trouble. they pull off the road onto a side road and run across a deserted mansion and decide to spend the night. they soon start to get the suspicion that they are not alone and that something or someone is haunting the mansion. they also find that no matter how far they run that they cannot escape their past for it will come back to haunt them. this book starts out brilliantly but the climax to me was someone of a letdown. i loved keven ryan's first book "a new beginning" but this one was not nearly as good. it seems he ran out of ideals and had to improvise and that ruined a lot of the climax. but to all roswell fans who miss the show dearly, it is worth reading and i can't wait until "pursuit" hits the bookstores.