A call to unite. A search for truth. Two superhuman teens running from the law… mother left behind. But when she encounters a stranger picking through her belongings, she finds herself in a life or death situation.
Seventeen-year-old Simon survived a tragedy he doesn’t remember; he doesn’t know how or why he’s on the streets. So when his physical needs overtake him, he’ll do anything to satisfy them, including scavenging a homeless den. And when he discovers a drawing on the cardboard ceiling, it sparks a memory that compels him to help the owner.
But with danger lurking in every alleyway and one clue to lead the way, they may not succeed…
Can Carmen and Simon discover how their mutual clue connects them before her mother’s life is taken?
The Gifted Ones The Lost Prince is the exciting final book in The Gifted Ones superhero fantasy series. If you like young heroes, realistic settings, and stories of adventure, then you’ll love PG Shriver’s third book The Lost Prince.
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This is book three of The Gifted Ones Trilogy and follows the chosen children as they make their way to Paradise Texas. Most of them are teenagers and have faced difficult lives and the loss of their mothers, if not both their parents and any siblings as well. Their mothers all told them the same story every night, about twelve chosen children wo would save the world from darkness, and the same message of prophecy to them all. Some of the teens have already met each other by this book, Nathan, Cheater (Sara), Jaz, Cai, Thad and Rebecca. Coming to nathan’s family farm in Paradise, are Carmen and Simon who meet on the streets. Carmen has been living on the streets since her mother went missing and she ends up running for her life. She knows her mother is still alive, she can still feel the bond between them, her power as such, with anyone she has touched. When she finds a boy going through her stuff, she meets Simon, who is about to collapse through lack of food and water. A drawing on the ceiling of her shelter, sparks a memory for Simon, who is suffering from severe memory loss.
A big brother, who dressed up as Batman for his younger sibling, is alone in the woods, after also having to flee his home, when a giant called Lena finds him and persuades him to come with her to the farm. The last two to come to the farm are Neka and her twin brother Nashota, who can make himself invisible to everyone else. She is pulled over by a young police officer called John, who is working for the monster known as the Black Knight. Nashota was supposed to be the prince in his family and was given the powers of a Gifted One, but Neka was born first. John seems to like Neka romantically, but he is also playing a very difficult role, with the man he called uncle J. The monster is from another dimension and is seeking dominance over this world and all other worlds in the universe. He has spread darkness across the world and has a large following willing to do his every demand, in exchange for power and wealth. But if they knew what he truly was, it could be another story.
Nathan’s parents and grandparents were killed at their family farm, and all the kids have been portrayed as murderers and extremely dangerous. The monster has managed to gain possession of ten out of twelve pendants, which help to shield the kids from his sight or thoughts. Only two remain, one held by Thad, which isn’t his own, and one held by John, which he passes to Neka. There are also those who are working on the side of good and with the faction the mothers belong to. They have all sacrificed their lives so the fairytale their children were raised being told, but is really a prophecy, can come true. If you haven’t read the previous books in this series, then a lot of the beginning of the book will be quite confusing and there are a lot of different names being bandied around, that you won’t understand the background of. Some of the story is told through the kid’s dreams and nightmares, with more also being told through their conversations between each other and their shared experiences. Not a light read and covers lots of dark material and violence. This is apparently the last book in the series, but I felt there might still have been more to tell. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.