Synopses & Reviews
Hunter Steele never gives up not when he was living on the surface of the earth and not now that he's fallen into the earth's core, into the realm of the Turandot, a human race locked in never-ending battle with the Insectors, a giant insect-type race. With his 10-foot-tall battle spider, Shadow the Untamed, Hunter has already proved himself worthy of joining the elite force known as the Spider Riders. Their mission: to restore the stolen shards of the Oracle, source of their society's power and protection.
But five of the shards are still in the possession of Mantid, a cruel and merciless mastermind. Far from the safety of their plateau city, the Spider Riders must defeat Mantid's allies Fungus Brain, whose powers of telepathy are greater than their own, and Aqune, a traitorous former Spider Rider who has created her own fearsome force of Mecha-Spiders. Only then can Hunter Steele undertake the final, most dangerous mission alone to penetrate the heart of Mantid's mighty fortress and prove himself a full-fledged Spider Rider.
Review
"I appreciated how the authors wove information from book one into this story so it helped me to know what has happened. It held the story together for me. Now I look forward to finding out what happens next." Children's Literature
About the Author
Tedd Anasti and Patsy Cameron-Anasti have written and produced over 500 half-hour episodes of such children's TV hits as
Disney's Timon and Pumbaa,
Duck Tales,
Disney's The Little Mermaid; the "Free Willy" TV series; and the Emmy Award-winning
Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. Married with two children, they were inspired by their son's passion for spiders to write
Spider Riders.
Stephen D. Sullivan is the author of the junior movie tie-in novels Thunderbirds and Fantastic Four. He has also worked on several popular properties, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dungeons & Dragons, The Simpsons, Speed Racer, Dragonlance, and many more.