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Transformers: Classified Book 2 Battle Mountain Official Synopsis And More Info

Posted on 03-16-2012 at 04:03 PM by NIBMRatchet under Transformers Movie Toys & Products (All Transformers Movie News)

Last month we broke the news of Transformers: Classified Book 2 – Battle Mountain by Ryder Windham and Jason Fry. This time, we have more details to share, including the Official Synopsis of the upcoming novel.

Book Description

Publication Date: October 9, 2012
Grade Level: 3 and up
Series: Transformers Classified

"In this follow-up novel to Switching Gears, 12-year-old Kevin Bowman is now working with the Autobots to fight the evil Decepticons and search for his missing brother. Kevin is starting to lose hope until he gets help from the most unexpected person-his nemesis, Douglas. Douglas informs the team of a secret cave of ancient Cybertronian weapons located at Battle Mountain, Nevada. Kevin and Gears believe the cave might have clues to the disappearance of Kevin's brother and other missing soldiers. Will the team find what they are looking for or has Douglas set a trap for them at Battle Mountain?"

Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316188743
ISBN-13: 978-0316188746

You can preorder the book for $10.19 from major online booksellers, including Amazon.

About the Author
Ryder Windham is the author of over sixty books, including many Star Wars and Indiana Jones titles. He teaches classes on comic art and storytelling at Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education. He resides with his family in Providence, Rhode Island.

Jason Fry is a writer, an editor, and a digital journalism consultant. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide and more than a dozen other Star Wars books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and son.

Hasbro, Inc. is a branded play company providing children and families around the world with a wide-range of immersive entertainment offerings based on the Company's world class brand portfolio. From toys and games, to television programming, motion pictures, video games and a comprehensive licensing program, Hasbro strives to delight its customers through the strategic leveraging of well-known and beloved brands such as TRANSFORMERS, LITTLEST PET SHOP, NERF, PLAYSKOOL, MY LITTLE PONY, G.I. JOE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY.

*News Post image is not the Official Cover for Book 2

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RedAlert Rescue

Yeah I think you answered your own point their in the news post - These books don't get any attention due to them being set in the Live Action Movie Universe - I think DOTM has burnt so many bridges with fans that perhaps oddly these books may be read by more casual people outside the fanbase than by fans... which would be the opposite of say the comics.

But you never know their might be a market for this even if it is 2 years to late.

YoungPrime

Hey I bought my son the first book. He liked it to so maybe I'll buy him the sequel.

PROW

I liked the first book. It was a quick easy read. I'm hoping for good things out of the follow-up.

And as a random aside... I'm a bit surprised we haven't seen news on a Gears toy in one of these lines (unless I missed it). I would think they would have a toy to follow with the novels.

Anguirus

^ The novels are actually based on the RotF Gears toy. An interesting choice, to say the least.

Moonlight1102

I wish they would have made the decision to put the "Transformers: Classified" book series into the Aligned Continuity AND aim it towards teenage readers. It would have been a excellent opportunity to flesh out the characters and tell stories that couldn't be done in TV-Y7 children's show. What a waste of potential.

PROW

I have the ROTF Gears... but the Gears on the cover of the novel looks a lot more like the G1 Gears.

Obsidian X

My guess is we will get a Generations Gears next year.
People have been speculating that the retooled Kup toy might be intended for Gears and now Hasbro Asia will be releasing that mold as Swerve who was Gears retool back in G1, so yeah Gears next year (I would guess anyway).

Edit: Kind of unrelated though I guess. I had forgotten it was a movie-verse book and there was a toy for it. Meh, I want a Generations one instead

Grimwing

Why Settle for a peak when you can fight everything at battle mountain.

guard convoy

i didn't even know the first one came out

shows how much i pay attention

Mighty.Maximal

Looks like a fair approximation of the ROTF toy on the 1st Novel's cover.

http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/thumb/5...chinggears.jpg

Gears isn't much of a robot in disguise with that mad colour scheme he has though.

I find it funnier to see Optimus fighting a "Two Wheeler" on the new one's cover. who seems to be the Autobot Backfire or the Decepticons Reverb or Trenchmouth.

I'm leaning towards it being Reverb.

moreprimeland

Haven't seen the first one yet, but wanted to pick these up for my nephew. Thanks for the update.