Nightrise (Power of Five) - Anthony Horowitz

Nightrise is a novel by Anthony Horowitz, and is the third book in "The power of five" series, after "Evil Star" and "Raven's Gate". Unlike the two books preceding it, this book follows Scott and Jamie Tyler, telepathic twins. I find this strange to have two of the five in one book, because it was one per book in the other two. Although the book is about both Jamie and Scott, Scott plays only a very small role, and speaks even less (15 lines at the most), but that may be due to the fact he was kidnapped (always helps people say less). I find this book to be less scary and supernatural than the ... more

Nightrise does seem a little boring in quite a few parts but continues well with the story and provides a real groundwork for the plot to continue. In this book the next two Gatekeepers, twins Jamie and Scott, appear in the American town of Reno. Forced to be stage performers the two perform their psychic act to the meager audience that they actually get and end up earning Jamie the alliance of a frightened guest, Alicia McGuire, while his twin Scott ends up getting captured by the mysterious Nightrise corporation, a movement of people following the orders of the now returned Old Ones. As the ... more