Coming this April 28th, Diana’s first book for readers eight and
up is a thrilling adventure story, perfect for people who like their books with
a side of rocketships and hidden treasure. Find out what secrets are hidden
beneath the Maryland countryside in…
Omega City
Gillian Seagret doesn’t listen to people who say her father’s a
crackpot. His conspiracy theories about the lost technology of Cold War-era
rocket scientist Dr. Aloysius Underberg may have cost him his job and forced
the family to move to a cottage in the sticks, but Gillian knows he’s right,
and plans to prove it.
When she discovers a missing page from Dr. Unerberg’s diary in
her father’s mess of an office, she thinks she’s found a big piece of the
puzzle–a space-themed riddle promising to lead to Dr. Underberg’s greatest
invention. Enlisting the help of her skeptical younger brother, Eric, her best
friend, Savannah, and Howard, their NASA-obsessed schoolmate, Gillian sets off
into the ruins of a vast doomsday bunker, deep within the earth.
But they aren’t alone inside its dark and flooded halls. Now
Gillian and her friends must race to explore OMEGA CITY and find the answers
they need. For while Gillian wants to save her dad’s reputation by bringing Dr.
Underberg’s secrets to light, there are others who will stop at nothing to make
sure they stay buried…forever.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
- “With seamless writing, a
thrilling plot, lots of engaging science puzzles, and remarkable
characterization, Peterfreund's exciting tale keeps the adventure solidly
in the foreground. Young readers looking for a page turning quest should
get into this planned series on the ground floor." —
Booklist *Starred* Review
"Peterfreund's focus on character development is complemented by the equal attention she gives to the vast underground city itself. Gillian’s instincts to protect her friends and clear her historian father’s tarnished name are admirable, but Peterfreund gives every character the opportunity to grow, revealing themselves for who they really are."— Publishers Weekly
“With nonstop action, sly humor, and nothing short of the end of the world at stake, Omega City is the alpha book in a new series that mashes up mystery, scifi, and action/adventure into a thrilling novel you’ll want to devour in one sitting. I did, and I can’t wait to read what comes next!” — Peter Lerangis, New York Times Bestselling author of the Seven Wonders series
“Peterfreund’s boundless imagination takes on a new and exciting adventure!” – Jessica Day George, New York Times Bestselling author of Tuesdays at the Castle”
“Diana Peterfreund takes us to an underground city that’s utterly mind-blowing, yet disturbingly possible. A knockout of a story that will have readers cheering straight through to the final, shocking, twist.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman
Diana Peterfreund has published ten novels for adults, teens,
and kids, including the four-book Secret Society Girl series (Bantam Dell), the
“killer unicorn novels” Rampantand Ascendant (Harper Teen), For
Darkness Shows the Stars (a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane
Austen’sPersuasion),
and Across a Star-Swept
Sea (inspired by the classic series The
Scarlet Pimpernel). Her newest novel, OMEGA CITY, is a contemporary
adventure novel for younger readers set in a secret bunker city somewhere under
modern Maryland.
Her works have been named to the New York Public Library’s Books
for the Teen Age list, the Capitol Choices (metro DC-area) reading list, and
the Texas Lonestar List, as well as having been named to Amazon’s Best Books of
the Year. In addition, she’s written several critically acclaimed short stories
and a variety of non-fiction essays about popular children’s
literature. Diana lives outside Washington D.C., with her family.
