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'{{italic title}} {{Infobox book series | name = Infinity Ring | image = | image_caption = | books = A Mutiny in Time<br/>Divide and Conquer<br/>The Trap Door<br/>Curse of the Ancients<br/>Cave of Wonders<br/>Behind Enemy Lines<br/>The Iron Empire<br/>Eternity | author = [[James Dashner]]<br/>[[Carrie Ryan]]<br/>[[Lisa McMann]]<br/>[[Matt de la Peña]]<br/>[[Matthew J. Kirby]]<br/>[[Jennifer A. Nielsen]] | editors = | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | genre = [[Science Fiction]], [[Adventure novel|Adventure]] <br/> [[Young-adult fiction|Young adult]] | discipline = | publisher = [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]] | pub_date = 2011-Present | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover) | number_of_books = 8 | list_books = | preceded by = | followed by = | website ={{Official website|http://infinityring.scholastic.com/}} }} The '''''Infinity Ring''''' is a series of [[Young-adult fiction|young adult]] [[science fiction]] [[adventure novel|adventure novels]] written by multiple authors, including [[James Dashner]], [[Lisa McMann]], [[Matt de la Peña]], [[Matthew J. Kirby]], and [[Jennifer A. Nielsen]], in a similar fashion to ''[[The 39 Clues]]'' and ''[[Spirit Animals]]''. It is focused on the adventures of Dak, Sera, and Riq as they try to fix changes in time through [[time travel]]. ==Synopsis== ===''A Mutiny in Time''=== ''A Mutiny in Time'' is the first book in the series. It was written by [[James Dashner]]. For an unknown reason, a secret society known as the SQ has changed many things about time, so history is dramatically different than ours. Those changes have also caused many problems, including more intense natural disasters and civil unrest. The SQ also manipulates every government's actions. Dak's parents, both scientists, have developed a [[Time travel|time machine]] with financing from the Hystorians, a secret group, founded by [[Aristotle]], which works against the SQ and has been preparing to go back in time to fix the changes. However, their first attempt at time traveling fails, getting them lost in the time stream. Shortly after that, Dak, his friend Sera, and language expert Riq have to go back in time themselves to fix the changes themselves.<ref name="Rick Riordan Review">{{cite web | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/books/review/infinity-ring-by-james-dashner.html | title=Save the Date | work=[[New York Times]] | date=23 August 2012 | accessdate=26 February 2014 | author=Riordan, Rick}}</ref> Their first mission is to prevent a mutiny in 1492 aboard the [[Santa María (ship)|Santa Maria]] which would prevent [[Christopher Columbus]] from discovering America.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sorensen|first1=Marilou|title=Utah author writes beginning of new time travel series|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865561174/Utah-author-writes-beginning-of-new-time-travel-series.html?pg=all|date=25 August 2012|website=The Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> ===''Divide and Conquer''=== ''Divide and Conquer'', written by Carrie Ryan, is the second book in the series. Thousands of [[Vikings]] are attacking [[Paris]] and have captured Dak.<ref name=Officialbook2>{{cite web|title=Book 2: Divide and Conquer|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/divide-and-conquer|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> ===''The Trap Door''=== ''The Trap Door'' is the third book in the series. It was written by [[Lisa McMann]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Book 3: The Trap Door|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/the-trap-door|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> Sera, Dak, and Riq travel to 1850, but are held hostage. Riq is captured and sold as a slave. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Sorensen|first1=Marilou|title=Third in Infinity Ring series travels in time to the Civil War|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865576483/Third-in-Infinity-Ring-series-travels-in-time-to-the-Civil-War.html?pg=all|date=23 March 2013|website=The Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> ===''Curse of the Ancients''=== ''Curse of the Ancients'', written by [[Matt de la Peña]], is the fourth book in the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Book 4: Curse of the Ancients|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/curse-of-the-ancients|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> ===''Cave of Wonders''=== ''Cave of Wonders'' is the fifth book in the series. It was written by [[Matthew J. Kirby]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Book 5: Cave of Wonders|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/cave-of-wonders|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> ===''Behind Enemy Lines''=== ''Behind Enemy Lines'', written by [[Jennifer A. Nielsen]], is the sixth book in the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Book 6: Behind Enemy Lines|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/behind-enemy-lines|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> Sera, Dak, and Riq travel to 1943 and decide to spy on both [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] and [[Axis powers|Axis]] troops to try to tip the balance of [[World War II|the war]] in the Allies' favor.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sorensen|first1=Marilou|title=Book review: 6th in Infinity Ring series takes readers to World War II|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865590681/Book-review-6th-in-Infinity-Ring-series-takes-readers-to-World-War-II.html?pg=all|date=16 November 2013|website=The Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> ===''The Iron Empire''=== ''The Iron Empire'' is the seventh book in the series. It was originally planned to be the final book,<ref name="Rick Riordan Review"/> but the Hystorian’s Guide that came with the book included a notice about the eighth book, ''Eternity''.They've sailed on the Santa Maria, defended famous cities from Vikings and Mongols, and come face-to-face with some of the greatest figures in history. Now, at long last, Dak, Sera, and Riq travel back in time to the moment it all began. Their mission: to save the life of young Alexander the Great. But they are not the only time travelers in ancient Greece. An epic battle against their most dangerous foe awaits them . . . and history will be written by the victors. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Sorensen|first1=Marilou|title=Book review: Dashner's 'The Iron Empire' is 7th and last in the Infinity Ring series — or is it?|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865597619/Book-review-Dashners-The-Iron-Empire-is-the-7th-and-last-in-the-Infinity-Ring-series-2-or-is.html?pg=all|date=1 March 2014|website=The Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> ''The Iron Empire'' was also written by James Dashner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Book 7: The Iron Empire|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/the-iron-empire|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> <ref>https://books.google.co.ke/books?id=J3hdngEACAAJ&dq=iron+empire&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y<ref> ===''Eternity''=== ''Eternity'', by Matt de la Peña, is the eighth and final book in the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Book 8: Eternity|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/books/eternity|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> ==Reception== The first book, ''A Mutiny in Time'', received a favorable review from [[Rick Riordan]] in [[the New York Times]], who praised its "tight plotting, snappy dialogue and...judicious balance of humor and suspense."<ref name="Rick Riordan Review"/> [[io9]] expressed excitement and the hope that the series would cause more middle school aged kids to become interested in science fiction.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dobbs|first1=Michael Ann|title=Infinity Ring: A New Time Travel Series from Scholastic|url=http://io9.com/5937634/infinity-ring-new-time-travel-series-from-scholastic|date=25 August 2012|website=io9|publisher=Gawker Media|access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> ==Supplementary works== Similar to what the ''[[The 39 Clues|39 Clues]]'' series did with ''[[The 39 Clues#Supplementary works|Rapid Fire]]'', the ''Infinity Ring'' series released seven short ebooks, called ''Infinity Ring: Secrets''. The titles of the stories are: *''Shipwrecked'' *''Ashes to Ashes'' *''On Thin Ice'' *''Blood and Ink'' *''Entombed'' *''Up In Flames'' *''Unchained''<ref>{{cite web|title=Infinity Ring Secrets|url=http://infinityring.scholastic.com/secrets|publisher=Scholastic|date=2015|accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website|http://infinityring.scholastic.com/}} [[Category:Fantasy novel series]] [[Category:Scholastic Corporation books]] [[Category:Time travel novels]] [[Category:Collaborative fiction]]'