Boy Gone

Expanded Anniversary Edition

By: Mark Wayne McGinnis

Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin

Nantucket, Massachusetts: Nine-year-old Scotty Sullivan dashes out the back door of his family's beach home, his dog, Larry, bounding beside him.

They reach the shore, barks and joyful laughter swallowed by the crashing waves. Suddenly, an odd-looking object in the sky draws closer. As dark clouds loom, a flicker of unease crosses Scotty’s face. Before he can react, an eerie glow surrounds both boy and dog. In an instant, they vanish without a trace.

Now aboard an alien ship, Scotty faces a reality far from home. The walls breathe, the corridors pulse and his fear deepens. His abduction was no accident—Scotty and other children have been chosen for a critical purpose, molded by rigorous conditioning in a harsh, otherworldly Lord of the Flies scenario. As the true threat to Earth reveals itself, Scotty must prepare to confront a destiny that intertwines his fate with the survival of his home planet.

Sixteen years later, Scotty returns to the same Nantucket beach, facing a daunting challenge that could alter the course of humanity.

©2018 Avenstar Productions (P)2018 Podium Publishing

Kind of a dry story.

Could have been a lot better. Story is dry and so wordy it is hard to get into the story, everything is matter of fact, not a single humorous sentence in the whole book.

wasn't long enough

I really enjoyed this book and wish it was longer. I can't wait to listen to the next in the series. if u like first contact, alien worlds, and earth ending events I think u will enjoy this book!

Holy Molly

very interesting. What a great imagination the author has. now have to get next book on series because I really want to know what happens next. Love Scottie, so humble.

great book...where is book 2??!!

while i enjoyed the book very much i an sorely disappointed that there are no more books in this series! it clearly states book 1 yet i can find no reference to book 2 or more! I'm very frustrated.

cliff hanger no sequel

I enjoyed this book and found it fast paced but interesting. Great Narrator and the end opened it up to so many possibilities for a sequel....however...it ends in a major cliffhanger (2018) and there is no sequel as of 2024. althou

Where is book 2

Loved it. Looking for book 2. Fresh plot. Enjoyed the first book a great deal.

Series appears to have been abandoned.

As other reviewers have already pointed out, this book isn’t really complete and ends on a cliffhanger. If the author removed the cliffhanger, we could have called it a complete story. In that the next steps are seemingly obvious and we can assume that all proceeded according to plan and roll credits. But no, they added a big cliffhanger at the end of the story and then dropped the series.

I dropped my overall review down to 3 stars for this because I can’t really recommend an unfinished story. But it was a good story that I enjoyed listening to. Until I realized that the author has written many books in the years since this was released and it does not appear that a book 2 is on the way.

Very enjoyable

I look forward to listening to more of the story. It’s been a while since I have enjoyed an audio book as much as this one.

Off-Beat Sci-Fi Worth The Listen

First off, book ends abruptly, but that should be no surprise as this is Book 1. And since it is but a few months old, we can I am sure expect more into the near future. Other than that I would say that the author as devised a very different alien narrative than what I have encountered before. Not the most cleaver or savvy. Off-beat is about right in this case. I look forward to more.

Jeffrey

WAITING FOR BOOK 2

I'm giviing this the highest ratings even though I feel like I got tricked into this marvelous book! It came out as an Audible favorite. I was intrigued and there was no mention, other than it being "Book 1" that I'd get to the end to find out who knows when or if there will be a Book 2. So, read and enjoy at your peril