The Rise Of The Shadow King
Prologue – “Why can’t I move? This is just a dream, right?” Thought Max. “This is just a dream,” *Long Sratch* “What was that, why can’t I talk!” Max thought, “Oh no, What it that-“ Right when the monster raised his claw……. Beep! Beep! Max woke up, and the adventure begins!
Grade 5-8-Sixth-grader Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Natalia, and Ernie, refer to themselves as the Grey Griffins. They enjoy sharing a fantasy role-play game called Round Table with elderly Iver Iverson, the proprietor of Avalon, Minnesota's Shoppe of Antiquities. It is played with odd-shaped dice and cards that depict a variety of fantastic creatures and characters-spriggans, garden faeries, goblins, and more.
Iver takes the game very seriously, and the Grey Griffins learn they must do the same once Max accidentally releases a spriggan, a faerie that can shape-shift, from a magical book he finds in his grandmother's attic. Max starts getting scared as other characters from the cards start appearing around Avalon, such as the Black Witch Morgan LaFey, the Slayer goblin, and a lot of other monsters and faeries. The four friends realize that they have to save the world. As they learn, bit by bit, that Max might be a descendant of King Arthur and the Knights Templar. Iver and many of the other adults in their lives are there to guide him in accepting his destiny, or, in some cases, to prevent him from doing so.
There are many other stories, furthering their adventures. I think fantasy and these types of stories are very imaginative, but I wonder what’s going through the authors head when he writes these stories. And you have I have a big imagination to do these types of books. One day I would like to have my own Fantasy, Science-Fiction series myself. I recommend this book/ series to readers who like Fantasy and adventure.
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