The Light Thieves

A clever adventure fantasy with a strange dystopian future at its heart. It is a story so relevant to our current time; themes of climate change and powerful, society controlling technology make the events seem all the more relatable, thought-provoking and easily imagined.

The world has been tilted by a huge earthquake and a shadow lies across the sun. The environment is changing and the days have become shorter. All seems uncertain. Yet, technology giant Howard Hansom seems to offer order, control, and a promise of an endless Utopia to those who agree to move to his technologically created city, Tipping Point, and create enough 'PEOPLEPOWER' weight to the land to become the heroes who can 'tip' the world back onto its axis.  There are those who think Hansom’s plan is deeply suspicious, those who think The Tilt is a lie, those who fight against the all knowing, all pervasive technological advances that control every aspect of life.

Young Grian finds himself caught between the beliefs of his family members. Older sister Solas is a techno fan, desperate to move to the Tipping Point promised land. Grandad is a techno cynic and maybe one of the secret anti-Hansom activists. When both family members go missing, Grian must take risks he never thought possible; trust those he never thought he would and explore, investigate and even expose the truths (and the lies) about the events of the past and the visionary Hansom's plans for the world’s future.

Fantastically clever and full of twists and turns; as sinister and intriguingly clever as the author's brilliant Place called Perfect series.

368 pages / Reviewed by Jenny Caddick, teacher

Suggested Reading Age 9+