The most perilous adventure yet that Charlie has faced. The shadow of the Red King has escaped! But with the helped of a mysterious force and also the help of his friends, they are closer to finding the truth about Charlie's father. Enter the mysterious world of Charlie Bone. As the story roams Pets Café, Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone's house, and Charlie's friend's house, you'll find out what really happens with the red king. The places are imaginary but with a hint of reality as the cities unfold from the pages of the book. The story takes place in 2004, about 50 years after Bloor's Academy, a mystical school, was made. At the beginning of the story, Charlie Bone awakes one morning to find the city covered with snow and all the animals gone. Where have they gone - and why? To make matters worse, on the eve of Charlie's 12th birthday he is warned that something ancient has awakened. Charlie must be on his guard. Will Charlie and his friends be able to overcome this obstacle?
The main characters have extraordinary powers. These children, endowed with different talents, such as the ability to fly, to create storms, transform, see through photos, and to create illusions, attend Bloor's Academy for the Gifted, where they are constantly in scuffles with the other endowed children, the ones that use their powers to spread evil. Charlie's mom is being hypnotize by Count Harken Badlock who was thought to be dead centuries ago that was resurrected by the Mirror of Amoret. Charlie and his friends go along way to stop Count Badlock. Olivia's mom, a famous actor distracts the guards that gourd the elevator. When Olivia gets in, there are 4 guards blocking her way from the Mirror of Amoret. She uses her power and makes a life like illusion of a fire in the carpet. She snatches the mirror, and goes to her house, but sees that Joshua Tulpin, Bloor's spy, is blocking their way. He magnetizes the mirror and tries to get it back, but the mirror falls. Lysander knocks down Joshua and runs to Olivia's house. Count Harken Badlock approaches the house and knocks down the door. Lysander and Tancred come out and use there mighty powers to smite thee and wreck up the entire house.
The children need to free Charlie's mom from the Count. The only person they could think of to help was the Red King himself. The problem is that he lived thousands of years ago. But through trust and friendship, Charlie gains the knowledge he needs to waken the spirit of the Red King, imprisoned forever in a tree, and with the help of Asa Pike, an unlikely friend who used to be against Charlie, he and his friends gain the power to banish Badlock back to his own time, and freed the Red King and Charlie's mom.All of Charlie's friends believed in each other, and it was through their incredible faith and trust in each other that they awoke the Red King and drove evil from their little corner of the world.
I feel that this is a magnificent book and I recommend you read it. It has enough action to read for hours upon hours. It's a book the entire family can enjoy it. There are heart stopping moments that will leave you breathless and suspense that will make you read on. That is why I recommend this book. Reading it will send you to a different world. Happy reading!!!
