Saturday, November 13, 2004
The Supernaturalists by Eoin Colfer
The Supernaturalists are not people who really love going without clothes (joke from the book) they are a group of people who can (for different reasons) see otherwise invisible aliens. Cosmo Hill is an orphan of some sort, he was abandoned, found, and given over to a home for non-sponsored children. At the Clarissa Frayne Home, the government makes some of their expense back by using the children as testers for dangerous products or some not so dangerous products with nasty side effects (like antiperspirants that itch and burn when applied to scraped skin).
After an accident and forced escape, Cosmo almost dies and suddenly he can see strange blue creatures sucking the life force out of him and his friend. A group of young people show up, blast the creatures, and save Cosmo. They reveal themselves as Supernaturalists who aim to save people from the strange aliens. They say that the aliens seem to be multiplying faster and faster. There is intrigue and misunderstanding with both a moral victory and the acknowledgement that the "evil" keeps on but moves to a less obvious place.
Great characters and interesting plot and much better in my opinion than the Artemis Fowl books.
After an accident and forced escape, Cosmo almost dies and suddenly he can see strange blue creatures sucking the life force out of him and his friend. A group of young people show up, blast the creatures, and save Cosmo. They reveal themselves as Supernaturalists who aim to save people from the strange aliens. They say that the aliens seem to be multiplying faster and faster. There is intrigue and misunderstanding with both a moral victory and the acknowledgement that the "evil" keeps on but moves to a less obvious place.
Great characters and interesting plot and much better in my opinion than the Artemis Fowl books.
# posted by JJ @ 8:39 AM 
