REVIEW: Johnny Mackintosh: Star Blaze by Keith Mansfield

Review by Alexandra

Invaders have exploded the sun's nearest star. Will the death of Earth's sun be next? While trying to keep up with his school studies and ensuring his football team stays top of the league, it's Johnny's job to safeguard planet Earth. When invaders turn a nearby star into a supernova, Johnny must act to protect the sun. Johnny and his sister Clara prepare to travel in their space ship to the galactic capital for help, but their mission is stalled when Johnny discovers that his mysterious elder brother Nicky is on the side of the invaders. So begins an epic adventure across space involving killer clones, a spy trial and devious alien twins. Will Johnny save his brother, and planet Earth, in time?

The Johnny Mackintosh books are teen science fiction. If you like stories in space with aliens, other planets and deadly enemies threatening the Earth, this series is going to suit you well.

In Star Blaze, Johnny becomes involved in a deadly plot against the Earth’s sun. Exploding the sun into a supernova should be impossible but intergalactic enemies have found a way. Only Johnny and his sister appear to know what’s happening. Can they save the day?

You can read this novel without having to read the first in the series. Definitely a hit for sci-fi fans.

by Alexandra

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See also Johnny Mackintosh: Spirit of London by Keith Mansfield

When thirteen-year-old Johnny's talking computer Kovac detects an extraterrestrial signal, his life is set to change for ever. Until then, stuck in his children's home in Castle Dudbury New Town, with the nasty cook Mr Wilkins watching his every move, football had been his only escape. But soon things start happening around him that Johnny doesn't understand: why is his mother, who is on life support in a hospital for the criminally insane, being guarded by sinister looking men? And why was a journalist murdered shortly after Johnny talked to him? When Johnny finds out he has a sister, he decides to run away to find her. His search for answers takes him farther from home than he could ever have imagined, on a spectacular journey through time and space. Along the way he visits new worlds, prehistoric Earth and the lost city of Atlantis before finally discovering the truth about his parents and who he really is.

Comments

[Nayuleska]

It sounds as though there could be fun explosions in the series! (are there?)

[Sophie]

This sounds brilliant. I like a bit of sci-fi every now and again!

[T P]

I have read that book. Its very interesting and unique. The character in this story is dominating. I loved it. Thanks for sharing. Great Review