Review: ACTION PACKED ADVENTURE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
This is the second book in the Dean Banks series featuring a young teen who is almost sixteen. Dean Banks has been selected to be the Chosen One from his Apache ancestors. His mission will be to guard The Old Dutchman mine in the Superstition Mountains. Dean and his family have recently moved  here to The Red Coyote Inn in the Arizona desert. The boy does not understand what has been happening to him, but his mother, Hanna, is familiar with the shaman customs of her Apache ancestors.Dean has been hanging out with a rough bunch of friends that he rendezvous with at night after an adventurous ride on his dirt bike. He is determined to get some answers from the Elders about his growing supernatural powers. At the cave, he meets holograms, ethereal creatures, a Gila monster, wolves, a Thunderbird, and is transformed into a superhuman creature. Then just as suddenly he is returned to his natural form. Dean must piece together many clues to solve the mystery of the cave; save his sick friend Brandy, and figure out why his recently deceased friend Robert has left him a magical rock collection. Our protagonist must rid the mountain of its evil and become its guardian.This book is a perfect read for teen readers and adults. The language is colorful enough, but not too difficult, and the plot has enough twists and turns to ramp up interest throughout the story. The tale is a combination of legend, supernatural, paranormal, mystery and adventure.  Unfortunately I did not read the first book but now feel compelled to go back and read Book One: Mysteries of the Red Coyote Inn. Highly recommend that you do the same.