Rieden Reece wishes the universe would cut him some slack. Suffering from unrelenting headaches after his last adventure, the plucky teen can’t shake the feeling that the answers are stashed inside his body. So when his shadow turns sentient, the curious thirteen-year-old tails it to a nightmarish mansion… and discovers a hidden alien AI network.
Hooking up to tech that claims it will bring endless harmony, Rieden struggles to adjust to the bossy new voice in his brain. And as he delves into the mind-melding supercomputer's motives, the snarky teenager suspects one wrong move could doom planet Earth.
Is he about to achieve world peace or leave the globe in pieces?
Rieden Reece and the Dark Shadow is the stimulating sixth novel in the Rieden Reece Middle Grade science fiction series. If you like brilliantly defiant protagonists, rapier wit, and eerie adventures, you’ll love this thrilling addition to Matt Guzman’s fantastical saga.
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Matt Guzman is somewhat spoiled. The residents of beautiful San Diego, CA allow him to live there, and they barely complain about it. After managing restaurants for twenty years, he made a drastic decision. Quit. And use everything he learned the hard way about leadership and communication to help children. He’s obsessed with emotional health and storytelling. Combining these two passions, Matt crafts sci-fi stories for his twelve-year-old self—still hiding inside his adult brain. He once won an honorable mention from the Writers of the Future Contest. That went straight to his head and now there’s no stopping him.