6/24/2023 0 Comments Sylo by d j machale![]() Look to the sky because Pemberwick is only the first stop. Only Tucker holds the clues that can solve this deadly mystery. He tasted the Ruby-and experienced the powers it gave him-for himself. He saw the bizarre midnight explosion over the ocean, and the mysterious singing aircraft that travel like shadows through the night sky. ![]() He was on the sidelines when the high school running back dropped dead with no warning. Tucker believes there's more to Sylo's story. Now Pemberwick is cut off from the outside world. Sylo's commander, Captain Granger, informs Pemberwick residents that the island has been hit by a lethal virus and must be quarantined. They call themselves Sylo and they are a secret branch of the U.S. Defoe also encouraged people from around the country to send him their account of the storm and, rather than regurgitating these tales as his own, he includes them, verbatim, allowing the reader to decide upon the veracity thereof (Would that twenty-first century reportage were so honest!).They came from the sky parachuting out of military helicopters to invade Tucker Pierce's idyllic hometown on Pemberwick Island, Maine. He not only records the events from many perspectives, not simply its effect upon the ruling classes, as we might expect now, but also from the man in the street (sometimes literally, if his house had been torn up). From this perspective, Defoe's book is an awe inspiring work. Add to this that the UK had just been hit by a storm, the ferocity of which, had never been experienced within recorded memory, and for which nothing had truly prepared the people. The Sun (newspaper) was not even a shudder upon the horizon, journalism was only slowly emerging from its pamphlet stage and the in depth coverage of a topic was a new concept. This is one of the earliest pieces of journalism to survive and a blueprint for any aspiring reporter.To really appreciate this book, one needs to try to relocate oneself into an early eighteenth century mindset. But as one highway gives way to the next-and one death-defying escape precedes another-Tucker soon realizes that “trust no one” doesn’t just mean the U.S. Tucker, Tori, and friends set off cross-country on a quest for answers and, for Tucker, vengeance. How can the Air Force be perpetuating such genocide against not only its own citizens, but the world? What is SYLO’s role in this, and why did Tucker’s parents betray him by allying with SYLO, whose commander, Captain Granger, killed Tori’s father at point-blank range? And what did his mother mean when she told him to trust no one? Tucker must lead his friends to safety, but his head is spinning. This can only mean one thing: the United States is at war with itself-the deadly technology of the Air Force against the brute force of the Navy’s SYLO unit, which still holds Pemberwick Island and its residents captive. ![]() Moments before they are attacked by another of the mysterious black planes, they investigate one’s wreck and are horrified to find that it bears the logo of the U.S. That’s not their only sickening discovery. MacHale-the #1 New York Times bestselling author and co-creator of the popular Nickelodeon series Are You Afraid of the Dark?-comes STORM, the exhilarating, action-packed sequel to SYLO:Īfter a harrowing escape from Pemberwick Island, Tucker Pierce and his surviving friends-Tori, Kent, and Olivia-have finally reached the mainland, only to find that no one is left.
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