RJ #18 Science Fiction

   Dear Mia,
 
   I am almost halfway done withe the book Antherton Rivers of Fire by Patrick Carmen. This is the the second book in the series so it might sound confusing. The main characters are Isabel, Samuel, Edgar, Dr Kincaid, Vincent, Sir Emerick, and Lord Phineus. The setting is in Antherton. This place is half of the Earth. What I mean by that is that there is only half of the Earth, like half a ball. The place was created as a refuge for the dying Earth, but very few people know that. There are also not many materials like metal and gold that we take for granted today. Their weapons are rocks, slings, and wooden spears.
   There are three lands, the Flatlands at the bottom, Tabletop at the middle, and the Highlands at the top. The Highlands were where all the people who served Lord Phineus lived and had the only source of water, Tabletop is were all the farmers live, and the Flatlands had creatures called cleaners living there. They ate only meat and if could not find any, would eat each other. The three lands were separated by three tall cliffs, but the Highlands are slowly caving in and going into Antherton, and Tabletop is slowly falling to the Flatlands.
   Edgar just came back from the Flatlands learning the Antherton is slowly caving in. He is an experienced climber and is friends with Dr. Kincaid and his bodyguard, Vincent. After they tell the villages that there is a danger because of the Cleaners, they head to the now very deep Highlands. Isabel and Samual are already inside this secret chamber where the water source is. The secret chamber is called Mead's Hollow. Edgar and the group climb down and then go into the hallow they find Sir Emerick being chased by crats. Half cat half rat animal. Vincent uses a whip to scare them away but Sir Emerick is already bitten. Sir Emerick has an ambition to become Lord of Antherton.  He said that there are four people inside room and is now Lord because Lord Phineus is one of the people in the room ( it is locked). Lord Phenius is more like a dictator and has control over the water. They move slowly to the door and this is where I left off.
   So far the book is good but I don't know until I finish reading it.

                                                     Your friend,
                                                     Alexander Yan