Idiot me. My idea was that women who were considered witches in the medieval times were slaughtered by a number of methods: Fire, drowning... Raven's Gate is the first book in "The Power of Five" series, written by Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2005, by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States (1 June 2005) by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title "The Gatekeepers". Raven's Gate is followed by Evil Star, released in 2006, Nightrise in 2007, and Necropolis in 2008, with the final book Oblivion in 2012.

But Anthony Horowitz is a legend. The core idea of this story is incredibly intricate and mystical, and I absolutely adore how he bothered explaining the precise operation of a nuclear reactor.

I didn't understand what was going on, initially. Just guessed that it had something to do with Raven's Gate. Of course. I listened to the audiobook version of this novel. It's possible that some of my disappointment with the book stems from the poor reading it was given. The narrator, Simon Prebble, has a very deadpan voice with little vocal range or variation. It could certainly have been done much better. Maybe it's just the fact that the characters are all 14 year olds and there's very little I can find to relate to them. I understood Richard's predicament better. Also, there were some parts that we just boring but I think that's more my impatience to get on with the story than anything to do with the book. It's like a bad B-horror movie, but without the charm to make it "so bad it's good", so it's left just being "so bad it's mediocre" which is just completely bad.

I fell in love with Matt the minute he was introduced and knew there was more to him than met the eye. And the unfolding of his story was done very well and in such a way that you were hooked from the beginning to the end. I'm always on the lookout for things that would interest my nephew, partially because we share a taste in books. (Or at least, he reads many books that I liked when I was his age.) As such, I usually tend to read much of the new books before I send them to him. Reread 2022: It's been awhile since I've read this and I still love it just the same as my first read! It's such a unique story and even as an adult I was still riveted. It's always disappointed me though with this series that it went downhill for me from book 3. Hoping I feel differently about this series as a whole now that I'm reading it 15 years later.He is sent to live with Jayne Deverill in Lesser Malling (a village). Clearly, Jayne Deverill is not pleasant and Investigator Mallory sympathizes with him. I’m one of those people who is easily scared. I avoid horror movies like the plague – the scariest thing I’ve watched was The Others which was a great movie and probably not even really that scary. The thing is that, for me, it’s the suspense that creates the fear. Knowing that there’s something malevolent out there, but not being able to see just gives me the heebie-jeebies. That’s what makes Raven’s Gate so incredibly compelling. Reading this at night was like being caught in a natural history museum when the lights are out and dinosaur skeletons are coming to life. It is the first book of Anthony Horowitz’s Gatekeeper series. I received the fourth book (Necropolis) as a giveaway and because it was the 4th book I went out and got the 1st three because I don’t like to start reading a story in the middle.