I've been running from, and toward, death all my life, more aware of it than a person should be.

So planning something big." "If this is the work of the Overtakers, we've never seen anything like it." "It is," a voice said behind them. Maybeck slipped in alongside of them. "You about scared the pee out of me!" Charlene complained.

I've been running from, and toward, death all my life, more aware of it than a person should be.

I'm still only half the writer I hope I will be.

The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, as far as they were concerned, most English names for things were silly. The word that they used for quicksand was a deep grunt that translated roughly to "uh-oh.

MEN, Charlene said. Leave that to you! Willa quipped.

But listen up Alex Rider.