Product Description

Just found this old photo...

Mom looks beautiful, seated at her piano.

Dad's got his arms around her.

Oliver does too.

They look so happy.

So normal.

IF EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY, THEN HOW DID SHE END UP SO DEAD?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1768727 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
Francine Pascal is the international best-selling author of SWEET VALLEY HIGH. She currently has sold over 260 million books. Gaia Moore is her new, complex character, bursting on to our streets.

Customer Reviews

Interesting
I thought this book might be boring compared to the rest of the Fearless books. I've never found Tom's or Loki's parts of the books that interesting. But I bought this book because I am a huge Fearless fan. I was wrong that it would be boring and despite the title, Gaia is included in the book. I learned so much about her history and Tom's and Oliver's history (how they became enemies). The story was very interesting and easy to get through and now Gaia has the truth about many of the things in her past. If you like Fearless, I recommend you read it. Also, I think you need to read this book in order to continue with the series.

We finally know what happened "Before Gaia"
A regular day in Gaia Moore's life takes a bizarre turn as she is "contacted" by Nikolai, a mysterious agent, who used to work for Loki and is offering her the one opportunity to walk down memory lane and find out the whole truth to the Oliver-Katia-Tom love triangle. Gaia couldn't wish for more and runs desperately to all the places Nikolai tells her to go, for more stories of the past... When the story finally begins it is 1983...

Tom(Tommy) and Oliver(Olly) are as close as twin brothers can be. Yeah they have their sibling rifts and Tom does envy Oliver for getting into the CIA first and always winning all their combat fights but thing are harmonious between the two. Lately though Oliver has been having problems cracking a code from the "Organization" a mysterious agency who would do anything for money and guess who cracks it? Tom. The biggest problem though isn't that, it is the fact that they both fall in love with the same Russian girl---Katia, a former journalist, now aspiring singer at the Bitter End NightClub, a girl running from her mysterious past in Russia. (To see the first interactions between Tom and Katia and Oliver and Katia were really cute, so childish) When Oliver finds out that Katia is really in love with Tom, he is outraged and feels betrayed by his twin brother and finds solice in drinking. The thing that pushes Oliver over the top is when Tom takes over his job at the code-breaking department of the CIA. As their misunderstandings grow Oliver feels more betrayed and when a mysterious man from the Organization named Nikolai, offers Oliver help in gettting Katia back, Oliver accepts... Thus all the hurt and betrayal begin until Gaia is born---a new hope---a girl with outstanding powers, whom Tom and Katia hope will finally stop the civil war in the family. There is however one problem with Gaia, whose daughter is she? Tom or Oliver's?

This book made some big revelations and its unique style was quite intriging to read. I am so happy that we finally know what happened and who betrayed who. We also know who truly is Gaia's father. A new enemy of Gaia's is also introduce, actrully I'm not sure if he is enemy or foe for he is one of Gaia's closest remaining relatives---a man from Katia's past---the very reason she feld from Russia. This book is a definite must-read. I don't think you will get further installments of Fearless unless you read this book.

The Birth Of Loki...
First thing I have got say about this book is that it has definitely earned a spot on my "best books of summer 2002." Any book that keeps me glued to the pages gasping for more is a treasure to covet. For this is a story of sexy twin spies, beautiful Russians, deadly enemies and the ultimate tragic tale of love lost and gained. In "Before Gaia," Gaia's hunt for clues to her past (that unfolds the story of Tom, Loki & Katia) is suspenseful on every step and leaves you huffing and calculating along with Gaia. Your run with Gaia (sent on a trip down memory lane by mysterious spy Nickolai) is a well written backdrop for the main plot. The story of the meeting of Gaia's parents, Tom & Katia, is so tender and awkward that it is groundbreaking in itself. The consequences and effects of her parents' "first look of love" is an explosion that leads to dark betrayal and ultimately pain for everyone. Yet it is the birth of a baby who shines into the world that brings hope...and that baby is Gaia. For faithful followers of the series like me, this story still leaves some doors closed to the mystery that is Gaia Moore. But that in itself, is enough to keep me aching for more of Gaia the Fearless's world. So what is the final verdict? Tsk, need you ask! Go get Moore!