Author: Kevin Emerson
Release Date: May 22nd 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 435
Age Group: Young Adult
Source: ARC for review

Rating: ★★★★★

WHAT IS OLDEST WILL BE NEW, WHAT IS LOST SHALL BE FOUND.
The ozone is ravaged, ocean levels have risen, and the sun is a daily enemy. But global climate change is not something new in the Earth’s history.
No one will know this better than less-than-ordinary Owen Parker, who is about to discover that he is the descendant of a highly advanced ancient race—a race that took their technology too far and almost destroyed the Earth in the process.
Now it is Owen’s turn to make right in his world what went wrong thousands of years ago. If Owen can unlock the lost code in his very genes, he may rediscover the forgotten knowledge of his ancestry…and that less-than-ordinary can evolve into extraordinary.

The Lost Code is an extremely awesome book. I love stories of Atlantis, and things of that nature so I was hooked really early on. Kevin is an amazing writer, her really does a good job at making sure you become immersed in the story. There were just so many aspects of this book that I loved, not just the fact that it has some dealings with legends of Atlantis, it's just full of awesomeness.

Atlantis, Temples, Futuristic Domes, Sirens, crazy ancient technology. All of that alone makes this story sound awesome, doesn't it? This story is pretty crazy, in a good way of course. I was blown away by some of the things that go on. It starts off fairly normal at the camp where Owen is taking a swimming test, but then you start seeing some weird dialogue where it seems like people are monitoring what is going on with his body. All of that through me for a loop, but compared to some of the craziness that happens later on I eventually found those bits of dialogue to be more normal. It was really interesting how Kevin decided to bring the Climate into play with the story, and it really ties in well with everything since what it is causing with the flooding and everything fits in so well with the whole Atlantis theme in the story. The skulls were also a really cool thing in the story, but I won't go into that.. I will just leave that as a little teaser.

Owen and Lilly are amazing.It felt like it took awhile for a connection to build between them, but once they do start to form a solid one things really get more enjoyable. Because once that happens, you're getting into the meat of the story, and you're starting to discover all of the mysteries that they are trying to figure out. I am really, really interested to see what happens to them in book two. Especially Lilly, because I have so many questions about her after the last few chapters of this book. I'm also really interested to learn more about the "Nomads" there are several names mentioned in the book and you actually meet a few of them, but I didn't really feel like we learned to much about them in The Lost Code, I got a feeling they will be a much bigger influence later on in the series. There are a lot of other great characters, but I don't really want to give to much more away. This is a book I really want to see others read, so I want to try and stay pretty basic.

Based on the ending of The Lost Code, I feel like we are in for quite a treat with the rest of the series. Which I can easily say I am extremely excited for. I think things are going to get even crazier, and more interesting as the series goes on. Kevin did such an amazing job with The Lost Code, so I can only imagine how great the next books will be and can't wait to read them. I wouldn't really say this one ended with a cliffhanger, but Kevin did a great job setting the tone for whats to come.

I can't recommend The Lost Code enough. As I have mentioned several times, it is full of awesome. I really think it will be one that a lot of people will enjoy. It's got so many great elements within it that blend very nicely. I really hope you all will add this book to you list of books you want to read. It's completely worth it.

Thanks to Kevin for providing me with a copy of this book for review.