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In a continuation an extension of the story begun by Geoffrey Arnold in ''Ripped Apart'', he continues to tell the story of the Quantum twins. Born on a parallel world, these genetically identical twins interfered with an experiment and were hurtled through space-time to our earth - and a series of adventures ensued in the following books. When we rejoin them in ''HuntedBetrayed'' we find Tullia struggling to adapt to life in the bush - adopted by a Bushman family and made part of a tribe. Twin Qwelby however, is not doing so well - shocked by the violence on the earth. Rescued by an old friend, he then tries to help a girl called Xaala - but her ulterior motives may well prove to drive a wedge between the twins as they try to reconnect...
It's safe to say that the ''Quantum Twins'' series isn't for everyone - it has high concepts and introduces elements that I initially struggled to get to grips with - particularly the idea that this isn't fiction, but stories told to author Geoffrey Arnold by the twins themselves. Looking past that though, there are some ideas here that make for good reading - with the twins being placed in increasingly different situations, and allowing Arnold to utilise science fiction concepts whilst letting the reader see the world through the eyes of the twins - an idealism and innocence that Arnold captures in writing that, whilst I still think the series overall could do with a little editing, is clear, descriptive, and moves the plot along at a rapid pace. I imagine this and the rest of the series would work quite well as audio books - the descriptive prose perhaps working best read out aloud, and, I think when combined with Arnold's world-building and character development, would actually make for an engrossing listen.
