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The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3

By Douglas Smith
The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3 by Douglas Smith digital book - Fable

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The Thrilling Conclusion to the Multi-Award-Winning Trilogy

Currently a Finalist for Canada's Aurora Award for Best YA Novel

 

Will is the Dream Rider, the superhero who walks in our dreams but never in the streets of his own city. Case is his girlfriend, a survivor of those streets who hears voices warning her of danger. Fader, her brother, is very good at disappearing.

 

In The Hollow Boys, they defeated a body swapper and a witch to save the world. In The Crystal Key, they battled warring cults to protect an ancient artifact tied to Will's affliction.

 

The Chakana. The Crystal Key. But the key to what? To finding answers, they hope, to the questions that rule their lives.

 

What caused their strange powers? And Will's crippling agoraphobia? Can he be cured? Why did their parents travel to the jungles of Peru eight years ago? Are they still alive? 

 

Behind every question is the Chakana. What is the mysterious relic? Why will people kill to possess it? What hold does it have on Will?

 

As creatures from Inca myths haunt the three friends, another attack on the Chakana threatens Will's life. To save him and solve the mystery of the lost expedition, only one choice remains.

 

Return to Peru. With the Chakana.

 

There, they find friends and foes, both old and new. And behind it all, an unseen enemy moving them like pieces on a chessboard.

 

To win this deadly game, Will, Case, and Fader must master new powers to defeat the most dangerous adversary they've ever faced—a god.

 

At stake this time? Every life, every world, every universe. Everything.

 

Indiana Jones meets Teen Titans in The Dream Rider Saga, a fast-paced urban fantasy trilogy from "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction" (Library Journal).

 

"A lavishly concocted ride brimming with magic, mystery, and mayhem…  Takeaway: Explosive conclusion to this spectacular fantasy joyride." — BookLife (Editor's Pick)

 

"There is a sweeping majesty to the world building we have not seen since A Wrinkle in Time." — The Ottawa Review of Books

 

"I enjoyed every minute I spent with these characters, and I will miss them now that their story is done." — SF Crowsnest Reviews

 

Praise for The Hollow Boys (The Dream Rider Saga, #1)

 

Winner of Aurora Award and Juried IAP Award for Best YA Novel

 

"This arresting series kickoff grips from the start ... Thrilling YA fantasy" —BookLife (Editor's Pick)

 

"An assured, confident novel... A must-read story for YA fantasy fans." —Blueink Review (Starred review)

 

"Inventive, engaging, and boundless fun." —The Ottawa Review of Books

 

Praise for The Crystal Key (The Dream Rider Saga, #2)

 

"The richly inventive Dream Rider adventure continues ... This thrilling superpowered urban fantasy series continues to grip." —BookLife (Editor's Pick)

 

"This fast-paced story delivers in a big way." —Blueink Review (Starred review)

 

"...has everything that made The Hollow Boys work and turns it up a few notches. I can't wait for the conclusion in The Lost Expedition." —Ottawa Review of Books

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The Lost Expedition: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 3 Reviews

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“There are some comparisons I never make lightly. Philip Pullman's His Dark Material and much earlier Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time Quintet are some of the finest creations of this century in the same genre as Douglas Smith's Dream Rider Trilogy. This trilogy definitely holds its own against them. Perfectly blending science, fantasy and adventure, The Dream Rider books are not to be missed. Binge them, gift them, but definitely read them!”

About Douglas Smith

Douglas Smith is an award-winning Canadian author described by Library Journal as "one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." His fiction has been published in twenty-six languages and thirty-two countries. His work includes the urban fantasy novel, The Wolf at the End of the World, and the collections Chimerascope, Impossibilia, and La Danse des Esprits. His non-fiction guide for writers, Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction, is a must read for any short story writer.

Doug is a three-time winner of Canada's Aurora Award, and has been a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award, CBC's Bookies Award, Canada's juried Sunburst Award, and France's juried Prix Masterton and Prix Bob Morane. A short film based on Doug's story "By Her Hand, She Draws You Down" won several awards at film festivals around the world.

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