Black Hole Cinema Club - Christopher Edge

 

Lucas and his friends plan to spend their Saturday at an all-day movie marathon at Black Hole Cinema Club; they don't know what the films will be but they know they have enough snacks and that they're heading in to enjoy a 4Di experience ('Immersive.  Interactive. Improved').  But when they get in there they discover that the place is empty except for Caitlin and Maya who, along with Lucas and his friends, have been to every Black Hole marathon.  Then the place goes black and, just as the film begins, a jet-black tidal wave crashes over them, plunging them into a movie experience like no other.  One that feels far more like reality than a movie, and one that could lead to the end of the world ... unless they can save the day.

Christopher Edge is well-known for writing books that really keep you guessing and make you think.  They are hugely popular in school and make the best class reads (I still remember reading my proof copy of The Longest Night of Charlie Noon to my class and having trouble getting them to go home as they just wanted me to keep reading every day!) so the arrival of Black Hole Cinema Club put a big smile on my face and resulted in me abandoning everything else in favour of curling up with the book. 

As expected, Black Hole Cinema Club is a roller-coaster of an adventure that will have you gripping the edge of your seat and questioning what is real and what is part of the film, and there are clever nods to some film greats woven into the plot as the characters find themselves battling prehistoric monsters and venturing through lost cities.   

Christopher is a genius at combining science with science-fiction and adventure in a way that will definitely make you think.  Publishing on the 14th March, Black Hole Cinema Club is an adrenaline-fuelled race through film and time with a twist you really won't see coming so grab some popcorn and settle in for a blockbuster of an adventure you'll be thinking about long after you've read the last page.