Max Tilt: Fire The Depths

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A bold, big-hearted start to a groundbreaking new series. Soman Chainani, author of The School for Good and Evil

The New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders series and books in the 39 Clues series, Peter Lerangis, brings us the enthralling first installment of the adventure-filled Max Tilt trilogy.

When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt happens upon his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Vernes unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he doesnt realize that hes found the answers to all his problems. And Max has a lot of problemshis mother is sick, his father is out of work, and his home is about to be foreclosed on. But when Max and his cousin Alex discover that Vernes last work reveals everything he wrote was fact, not fiction, they realize that the book holds the key to something incredibly valuable. A treasure that can save his houseand maybe his entire family.

But Max and Alex arent the only ones who know about Vernes clues. Spencer Niemend, a strange skunk-haired man who has spent his life researching Vernes works, is bent on reshaping the world with the hidden treasure. To find it first, Max and Alex must go on an adventure thatll take them from the broken remains of an underwater city to the very jaws of a giant squid to the edges of a whirlpool from which no one has ever emerged alive.

This is the first book in a new hair-raising, edge-of-your-seat adventure series from master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author Peter Lerangis.

Reviews

"Max Tilt at once celebrates the old-fashioned storytelling of Jules Verne and updates it for modern readers, undermining archetypes and tropes to create a hero in Max Tilt who is honest, human, and almost impossibly lovable." -- Soman Chainani, author of The School for Good and Evil

"Lerangis brings Jules Verne to life for a new generation, and instantly pulls readers in with enticing clues, fast-paced action, and intriguing characters." -- School Library Journal

"With an action-filled plot that moves at a breakneck pace and each chapter ending on a cliff-hanger, this series starter may have young readers reaching for the Verne classic that inspired this adventure, while waiting for more from Max and Alex." -- Booklist

Author Bio

Peter Lerangis is the author of more than one hundred and sixty books, which have sold more than five million copies and been translated into thirty-three different languages. His books include The Colossus Rises and Lost in Babylon in the New York Times bestselling Seven Wonders series, and two books in The 39 Clues series (The Sword Thief and The Viper's Nest). Peter is a Harvard graduate with a degree in biochemistry and has run a marathon and gone rock climbing during an earthquakethough not on the same day. He lives in New York City with his wife, musician Tina deVaron, and their two sons, Nick and Joe. In his spare time, he likes to eat chocolate.