This is the 25th novel that Robert Holland has written for boys ages 10-15. For those of you who haven't read one of his other novels, this one is a first rate introduction to the writer who has changed what's out there for boys to read.

As he has done in most of his novels, Mr Holland has included a sport, base- ball, with a collection of mysteries that keep you reading.

Set in a huge stone house deep in the country; Pike Hunter, the narrator; takes the reader though a maze of dangerous and complicated situations, even as he experiences a baseball season which carries him well beyond any level he has reached before.

The Big Bang will not only keep you fully entertained, but will provide you with plenty to think about. And from then on, when a fog closes in, you'll be checking to see how dark it is and whether it is moving toward you.

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