This Was Always About Basketball: Book 3 of the Zeke Archer Basketball Trilogy

Product Description

In this thrilling conclusion to the bestselling trilogy, teen hoops star Zeke Archer is ready to fulfill a lifelong dream: running point for the best college basketball team in the country! But on what should be the best day of his life, things take a horrible turn. Zeke’s truck has been completely dismantled, leaving him with no way to drive to a university 1,600 miles away. His on-again, off-again girlfriend has written him a letter that can only be heart-crushing. And Zeke’s father is in critical condition, hanging on by thread in the VA hospital . . .But to make matters absolutely worse, Zeke’s nemesis and archrival Brock Decker is suddenly rich and famous–and appears responsible for a most insidious plan to alter the future of basketball’s history. With barely any time to fix things, Zeke, together with his best friend Lawrence, will somehow have to break interdimensional barriers of time and space to return to the very spot where the game he loves was invented, all in an attempt to undo everything. But if the clock runs out, Zeke Archer and everything he loves will be gone!

Review

“Craig Leener’s latest installment in the Archer trilogy is an absolute joy, and a young basketball fanatic’s delight.” –Jeff Pearlman,
New York Times bestselling author of
Showtime and
Three-Ring Circus 

“This third book in a basketball trilogy by Leener quickly ties in people and events from previous volumes to bring a new reader fully up-to-speed, on the court and off. The author has a gift for teaching values to teens in ways that catch and hold their attention. (Recommended) —
US Review of Books

“Perfectly balancing young adult drama with time-traveling fantasy, this novel is a thrilling, heart-wrenching and mind-bending read. Timeless lessons of failure and resilience fill these pages with subtle but unforgettable wisdom. This remarkably clever and engaging novel is the perfect cap to a phenomenal series.” (4 Stars) —
Self-Publishing Review

“A feel-good coming of age tale,
This Was Always About Basketball is a delightful, funny and heartfelt young-adult adventure that combines a love of basketball with the importance of friendship. Though the novel is very much about basketball, its strength comes from its emotional arcs, its character dynamics, and in the principals of basketball mirroring Zeke’s growth as a young man entering a new chapter of his life.” (IR Approved, 5 Stars) —
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