BookMarck
Brother and sister Abisai and Charlotte Taylor are gifted a BookMarck, an astonishing tool that allows them to travel into the narratives of their favorite books. But their possession arouses the Repositors, a cabal of conspiracists who have long used BookMarcks to pirate knowledge from books of science, literature and scholarship. Pursued by the Repositors into the BookStreams of The Three Musketeers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Time Machine, the children must use their ingenuity and their knowledge of classic literature to elude the Repositors and return to a reality that may, or may not, be their own.
A Symphony of Spies
Subatomic physicist Drew Reid cannot keep a secret.
So when he shares his classified information with his college roommates, among whom is renowned Russian cellist Slava Svyetnakov, he exposes them to the threats of international espionage.
As CIA analyst Elizabeth Orr races to identify the enemy agents paid to turn Drew, Slava and their friends, events fuse toward an inevitable conclusion.
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Reviews
“I thoroughly enjoyed reading BookMarck by Thomas Boniello. Very original idea and interesting characters. As an avid reader, I loved the concept of transporting into a book, especially the classics. The story has action, drama and touches of humor which makes for an engaging read. I’m hoping there will be a sequel.”
From Amazon
“I found BookMarck to be an impressive debut novel and an enjoyable read. It is a fantasy novel in which the protagonists are thrust out of our ordinary existence into an unexpected, somewhat parallel reality. The new reality is that some novels (we are unsure how many) have separate existences, known as bookstreams, in which the characters in the novel can interact with people from our world, through the use of magical items known as BookMarcks. The protagonists are siblings, a teen brother and his tween sister who suffers from multiple sclerosis. She, as you will find, is no weak sufferer but an example of female empowerment.”
“Mr. Boniello’s first novel introduces the idea of bookstreaming, in which protagonists can be transported into the world of other novels. This clever idea allows the plot to unfold in different time periods and locations. Although it could be read as a stand alone novel, readers would gain by knowing the plots of The Three Musketeers and The Time Machine. This makes this novel very accessible to young readers. And very exciting. Mr. Boniello shows his knowledge of sword play, language and customs of those times. The ending leaves open the idea of a deeper meaning. I look forward to his next novel.”