Golden Book Award Winner, spooky and funny heroic fantasy adventure for middle-grade children. A great read-along for children 6-8 as well. Nikki and her impish cousin, Jack, find a mysterious black pumpkin in the forest on Halloween. A wise talking skeleton, Wishbone, tells them that the ghosts of the Trinity of Wishmothers are trapped inside the pumpkin and can’t be freed without their wands. The children offer their help, so the skeleton takes them on a journey to the world of Creepy Hollow to retrieve the three wands he hid long ago in Red Crow Forest, the Tower of Shadows, and the Cave of Spooks. Ghoulina, the beautiful vegetarian ghoul, and Catman, who was once a man, join them on their quest. They must face danger and conquer evil every step of the way as they search for the Wands before the wicked Hobgoblin and his henchman, a Tasmanian Devil, can get their hands on them. This is a fun, humorous and touching story for kids, with plenty of character interaction woven into a backdrop of scary danger, heroic action and lessons to be learned.
Nikki and Jack return to Creepy Hollow in this new, action-packed fantasy adventure for middle-grade children. On her 13th birthday, Nikki discovers she has magical powers. During a surprise attack by the giant Mutanto, his henchmen Howler and a gang of Werewolves, Wishbone, Ghoulina and Catman arrive to save the kids and tell them about Evila the Grim Witch’s plans to conquer Creepy Hollow. Nikki also learns the truth about what happened to her parents twelve years ago. She and Jack go back to Creepy Hollow with their friends to help them defeat Evila. Jack discovers he can talk to animals when they meet a herd of Wild Horses and he becomes friends with Champ, the clumsy young colt, and Sparky, the orphaned dragon. Together, Nikki and Jack conquer their fears and gain courage, and in the final battle against Evila and her minions they grow into the warriors they were destined to become.
Valdar is a city of swordslingers and necromancers, witch cults and halfhuman races. Its a city in a world of darkness, black magic and creatures of the night . . . a city where demonic entities serve the needs of any witch or magicman who can open a doorway into their domain. This is my city. This is my world. With a special dowsing rod, I can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity and sense the vestiges of odylic power and vile sorcery used in the commission of crimes. I hunt anyone and anything that poses a threat to the people of my city. My names Dorgo. Folks call me the Dowser. From infernal depths where lost souls mutate into hell-spawned devils, from the other side of the veil that separates the earthly from the unearthly, from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions, Mad ShadowsThe Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser, will transport you to a world where sentient shadows, vengeful vampires, malevolent puppets, and raging werewolves haunt the night . . . a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.
What Happens in Valdar Stays in Valdar From infernal depths where lost souls are resurrected as hell-spawned devils; where creatures from the other side of the veil separating the earthly from the unearthly are conjured into existence; where beings from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions slip through to our world ... the adventures of Dorgo the Dowser pit him against sentient shadows, duplicitous women, unscrupulous men, a criminal underworld of humans and semi-humans, malevolent puppets, strange beasts that time forgot, and beings from another world--not to mention zombies, killer fauns, vengeful vampires, raging werewolves, and the most unique pair of jewels you've ever heard of. Armed with a unique dowsing rod that can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity, and sense the vestiges of magical power used in the commission of crimes, Dorgo walks in the shadows of a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale. Magic, monsters, mystery, murder and mayhem: all Hell can break loose in Valdar in just one night. And it usually does. Winner of the 2017 Golden Book Award for Best Fantasy. "Bonadonna balances the human and the grimness in such a way that one never becomes suffocated. Instead, the humor and wit make the characters seem more real, as some of the characters, including Dorgo, use the humor to deal with the darkness they confront." --Keith West, Amazing Stories Magazine
What Happens in Valdar Stays in Valdar From infernal depths where lost souls are resurrected as hell-spawned devils; where creatures from the other side of the veil separating the earthly from the unearthly are conjured into existence; where beings from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions slip through to our world ... the adventures of Dorgo the Dowser pit him against sentient shadows, duplicitous women, unscrupulous men, a criminal underworld of humans and semi-humans, malevolent puppets, strange beasts that time forgot, and beings from another world-not to mention zombies, killer fauns, vengeful vampires, raging werewolves, and the most unique pair of jewels you've ever heard of. Armed with a unique dowsing rod that can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity, and sense the vestiges of magical power used in the commission of crimes, Dorgo walks in the shadows of a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale. Magic, monsters, mystery, murder and mayhem: all Hell can break loose in Valdar in just one night. And it usually does. Winner of the 2017 Golden Book Award for Best Fantasy. "Bonadonna balances the human and the grimness in such a way that one never becomes suffocated. Instead, the humor and wit make the characters seem more real, as some of the characters, including Dorgo, use the humor to deal with the darkness they confront." -Keith West, Amazing Stories Magazine
Valdar is a city of swordslingers and necromancers, witch cults and halfhuman races. It's a city in a world of darkness, black magic and creatures of the night . . . a city where demonic entities serve the needs of any witch or magicman who can open a doorway into their domain. This is my city. This is my world. With a special dowsing rod, I can detect the ectoplasmic residue of any supernatural presence or demonic entity and sense the vestiges of odylic power and vile sorcery used in the commission of crimes. I hunt anyone and anything that poses a threat to the people of my city. My name's Dorgo. Folks call me the Dowser. From infernal depths where lost souls mutate into hell-spawned devils, from the other side of the veil that separates the earthly from the unearthly, from an ancient land whose borders cross into other dimensions, Mad Shadows The Weird Tales of Dorgo the Dowser, will transport you to a world where sentient shadows, vengeful vampires, malevolent puppets, and raging werewolves haunt the night . . . a world where life is cheap and souls are always up for sale.
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