Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx
By James Rollins
Published by Orion
ISBN 9781 4440 0085 6
This is the second book in the Jake Ransom series by James Rollins.
Three months have passed since teen hero Jake returned from the fantasy world of Pangaea where he fought and defeated the evil Skull King, but the student still has no idea where his parents are. Are they still trapped in Pangaea?
In the true tradition of an adventure story, The Howling Sphinx begins with intense action meant to grab readers. Jake is at his taekwondo class when a runaway car smashes through the gym windows, narrowly missing him and his friend Brandon. Jake returns home after the incident to find intruders attacking his guardians. Obviously someone does not wish Jake well.
The story gets going when Jake and his sister Kady visit the American Museum of Natural History in New York. While the two teens are checking out an ancient Egyptian exhibit, they are mysteriously whisked back through time to a desert. Are they back in Pangaea?
Thanks to their magic bracelets, the Ransoms run into three youths they befriended the last time they were in the mystical land. The five teens, all from different times and places, find themselves up against the Skull King once more.