The Named (Guardians of Time)
Sixteen-year-old Ethan Roberts has more to worry about than his  lackluster grades. As one of the Named, he is charged with secretly protecting  history from the Order of Chaos--an evil group that seeks to alter the past to  achieve ultimate power in the present. Ethan is given orders to train his first  apprentice, 15-year-old Isabel Becket, in a few short weeks as his growing  nightmares soon make it apparent that trouble is brewing on a cosmic scale. The  two are helped by Arkarain--Ethan's violet-eyed, blue-haired, 600-year-old  mentor--and their secret powers. Isabel is a healer. Ethan is a master of  illusion. Their stories evolve in rotating chapters, each told in a similar  first-person point of view that makes chapter transitions disorienting at times.  ButThe Namedis at its strongest when school and parents fade. Its  imagined settings are a pleasure, from the booby-trapped catacombs that house  the Prophecy that was written before time to the Citadel--a way-station to the  past--with its wildly decorated rooms. Ethan and Isabel's missions to Medieval  England and colonial America are also a thrill, indicating that the adventures  detailed in this book are just the beginning for this duo. (Ages 10 and older)--D.J. Morel--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.