General Information
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 Title:                  Jake Ransom and the Skull King
 Author:                 James Rollins
 Read By:                Pedro Pascal
 Copyright:              2009
 Audiobook Copyright:    2009
 Genre:                  Juvenille Fiction
 Abridged:               No

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Book Description
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From Booklist
Rollins, a best-selling author of adult adventure, takes on the youth 
market with mostly good results, including a strong opener: a package 
from a Mayan archaeology site is lost (along with its sender) in quicksand, 
but it is only a decoy. Jake Ransom and his older sister receive the 
matching halves of a gold coin, an artifact that eventually fires them 
into a strange land where tribes of lost civilizations live side-by-side 
with prehistoric animals. In premise, this is very Harry Potter—Jake, 
a virtual orphan (his archaeologist parents have disappeared), has the 
fate of many resting on his skinny shoulders as he tries to fight a 
Voldemort-like specter, who has inspired traitors to his side. Stylistically, 
however, Rollins is no Rowling, though his short paragraphs and staccato 
sentences make this a fine read for the reluctant or those who put a 
premium on action. Oddly, things get a bit more ho-hum as they become 
more fantastical, but those left wondering what’s next will apparently 
have many sequel opportunities to find out. 

Product Description

When a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older 
sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact 
found by their parents—on the expedition from which they never returned—leads 
Jake and Kady to a strange world inhabited by a peculiar mix of long-lost 
civilizations, a world that may hold the key to their parents' disappearance.-

But even as they enter the gate to this extraordinary place, savage 
grackyls soar across the sky, diving to attack. Jake's new friends, 
the pretty Mayan girl Marika and the Roman Pindor, say the grackyls 
were created by an evil alchemist—the Skull King. And as Jake struggles 
to find a way home, it becomes obvious that what the Skull King wants 
most is Jake and Kady—dead or alive.