Overview
Jacob can see—and his vision brings him great power. But he still hasn't found what he's been looking for. . . .
Danger is closing in. The stars are calling. And young Jacob Manford is restless. He's tried settling into life as a Seer, but he hasn't forgotten the ghostly boy who told him about a new colony—a colony for those who were once blind but can now see. A place for people like Jacob.
Soon Jacob buys passage on a cargo ship hurtling toward distant planets. But strange events along the way worry him. Is he moving toward a new life and a new sense of peace, or is he simply bringing trouble with him?
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Jacob can see—and his vision brings him great power. But he still hasn't found what he's been looking for....
Danger is closing in. The stars are calling. And young Jacob Manford is restless. He's tried settling into life as a Seer, but he hasn't forgotten the ghostly boy who told him about a new colony—a colony for those who were once blind but can now see. A place for people like Jacob.
Soon Jacob buys passage on a cargo ship hurtling toward distant planets. But strange events along the way worry him. Is he moving toward a new life and a new sense of peace, or is he simply bringing trouble with him?
KLIATT
In this concluding volume, following Truesight and The Seer, Jacob, a teenager exiled from a community of blind people when he suddenly gained sight, is still searching for a place to belong. He lives with his soldier friend Xander and with Delaney, a girl who came from the same community as Jacob. She had run off to become a singing sensation in the city, and was rescued by Jacob from a greedy Foundation that was exploiting her. But visions call to Jacob from a world called Teiresias, where he hopes to find other Seers. It's hard to leave his friends, but Jacob sets out on the spaceship Odessa through otherspace to reach the place of his dreams, a place to bring other Blinders—a safe place at last, despite the evil Foundation's plans to foil him. There are lots of metaphors here about truth and vision of various kinds, of course, given the "truesight" theme; those who have read the other books in the series will want to follow Jacob's adventures in space and see where he finally lands. Reviewer: Paula Rohrlick
Editorials
Children's Literature -
After living through regaining his sight, being turned out of his hometown, Harmony, and rescuing his friend Delany from very dangerous situations twice, Jacob Manford is happy to be living a quiet life with Delany and their friend/guardian Xander, but when an old enemy returns looking for him and threatening his friends, Jacob flees. Delany and Xander help Jacob get "off world" where he is intent on following clues from his visions to the planet Teiresias. There he hopes to find the people that have been calling him through his visions, people who can help explain his premonitions. A wild trip through outer space ensues, as Jacob navigates both generosity and betrayal while his new powers slowly are unveiled. Arriving on Teiresias, he finds all he has desired, but danger continues to follow him and his new community. An explosive climax neatly wraps up all the plot threads and brings about a satisfying conclusion. This fast paced and exciting conclusion to the "True Sight Trilogy" works well as a stand alone title, but be prepared for an increased interest in the previous books. Reviewer: Catherine CallegariVOYA
AGERANGE: Ages 11 to 15.The final book in the dystopian Truesight Trilogy, which follows the adventures of Jacob Manford who gained his eyesight at age thirteen in the first book Truesight (Eos/HarperCollins, 2004/VOYA April 2004) and finds his friend Delaney who had escaped from their community in The Seer (2007), steps even farther beyond the safe boundaries of the sightless community of Harmony. The young teen realizes that he plays a central role in saving the other Seers who have escaped before their sight was removed. Jacob's gift extends beyond being a Seer; he has strange dreams of people he has never met and other universes he has never visited, via portals that no one else can see. With the help of a not-so-unscrupulous space pirate, Jacob hurtles toward a future in which he may hold in his young, inexperienced hands the lives of the hidden Seers who are calling to him. Stahler writes a thought provoking coming-of age story about a sequestered world that does not welcome those who are different, which is certainly a feeling to which Earth-bound teens can relate. Although somewhat slow moving, lacking the swashbuckling space-pirate type antics that some readers may expect, Stahler creates characters about whom readers care, holding them captive in the story weave until the end, when Jacob has done what the fates demand. Reviewer: Ruth Cox Clark
April 2008 (Vol. 31, No. 1)