W.A.R.P

W.A.R.P

             by Eoin Colfer

Colfer's latest book is about a gutter boy from 18th century London, an underage FBI agent, a mad, blood thirsty, out to rule the world assassin and time travel. Bizarre element check. Riley (gutter boy) is an orphan taken in by former magician and master assassin Albert Garrick. When they are out on a job (Riley will draw blood for the first time) they encounter the target and get transported forward into the 21st century. This is when special agent Chevron Savano enters the mix, an underage agent who is American but ends up in London working with WARP (witness anonymous relocation program ) after an assignment goes wrong. Her boss is proffesor Felix Smart son of Charles Smart who built the time travelling WARP pods, this is a good time to tell you that Charles Smart was the assassination target. So if you put two and two together you will  understand that Riley and Albert were gonna kill Charles Smart but got transported with him into the 21st century. So the first people to come to the future are Charles and Riley, due to a mishap Charles has a yellow monkey hand and a knife sticking out of his chest. Agent orange (Felix) is called and he takes a HAZMAT team with him to the past and Riley ends up in a jail cell with Chevie (Chevron Savano) taking care of him. Then Garrick shows up having killed the HAZMAT team and fusing with Felix smart gaining complete knowledge off the 21st century. He is also a quantam man who is able to heal wounds and bend tissue, In short the master assassin got fused with the super smart dude and is also a quantam wonder. The rest of the book is all about how Garrick chases Chevie and Riley around mordern day London and then they warp back to the 18th century and the chase continues ,they have encounters in which Riley and Chevie barely escape. Also Colfer has brought back Otto Malarkey from his book ' Airman'  as the leader of the battering rams, Malarkey plays a vital role in this book. The later parts of the book are still showing a cat and mouse game but then there is an evil, reptilian, from the future witness who is also a vital character. I recommend you read this book but Artemis Fowl and Airman fans will be dissappointed as this book does not contain those master plans and that hearly pumping exhilaration, there is no witty plans and humor and cool gadgets the only thing I liked about this book was Albert Garrick he is an amazing villain, Though Colfer did not add amazing climaxes and his special touch. Eoin Colfer has a standard that he has to live up to, he holds a special place in the children's fiction section and books like these do not live up to his reputation. compared to Artemis fowl this is like watching a really bad episode of Tom and Jerry.