Mindseed

<p>The tip of a deep red sunrise is staining the sky by the time twelve-year-old Freddy and his friend Mike chain their bikes to a coconut palm next to the beach. Anxious to try out his father’s new metal detector Freddy is disheartened when after hours of searching he and Mike have nothing to show for it but six cents a nail and some bottle caps—and then Mike unexpectedly announces that he has found something.</p><p>The boys discover a small circular object beneath the sand a strange disc covered in weird symbols. But when Freddy’s brother Rick shows up and snatches the shiny object from the boys he is suddenly struck by lightning. Now with Rick in the hospital and the whereabouts of the disc unknown Freddy returns to the beach in the dark of the night hoping to retrieve the treasure. He has no idea that with his find he has unearthed an ancient menace that could possess his brother and threaten the very existence of humanity.</p><p>In this young adult thriller an average kid must do everything in his power to stop an alien invasion and save his family before summer vacation ends.</p>