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Blood Guard series.
Ronan and friends must win their fight to protect the world from the evil Bend Sinister group, including Ronan's dad. The fateful decisions with which Ronan is faced heighten the tension throughout as we see him mature into someone worthy of being a Blood Guard. Action, spy craft, and mysticism weave together in this exciting trilogy-ender.
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Ronan (The Blood Guard) and Sammy are entrusted to protect Greta, "one of the Pure," from Ronan's father's sinister group, which plans to destroy the world. The three kids must learn to trust one another while engaging in a grueling competition where betrayal and potential death are around every corner. Mysticism, mystery, and spy-craft all contribute to an action-packed, satisfying story.
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Ronan thought he was just a regular kid leading a mostly normal life until his parents disappeared. He teams up with a former classmate and a two-hundred-year-old pickpocket for a life or death struggle against evil. As Ronan embarks on a hero's journey, familiar tropes of righting wrongs and self-discovery persist but nevertheless remain entertaining as mystery, mysticism, and action abound.