Percy Jackson meets Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon and Sucker Punch “Heaven crack’d from top to bottom and side to side, ‘til the pieces rained down below. Crushing faithful skulls and bones, Because there was no where left to go.” Heaven Crack’d is a Middle Grade/YA Fantasy novel based east-Asian myth, Buddhism, and the Wheel of Life. Steampunk fueled Dark Adventure at its best, Heaven Crack’d has a strong anime/manga feel to it. The story is about a troubled but talented athlete named Mark. After being thrown out of school once again, he's shipped off to a remote private school called St. Francis. However, dark happenings are haunting St. Francis. Mark is caught picking a safe in one of the director's offices to get his confiscated cigarettes, and his skills bring more attention than he cared for. He's is taken away and locked in a secret area called the Puzzle Room, where he and a few other boys put their talents to use on solving cryptic puzzles. Here he meets a young autistic boy called Scratch and they become friends. Soon, Mark picks the lock of a forbidden room and must answer two riddles to save his life as a shape shifter in the form of a leopard hunts him. Ultimately, Mark discovers that he is Kyudo -- a legendary breed of warrior needed to fend off the forces of hell and hungry ghosts to protect heaven itself from falling.