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KIRKUS
REVIEWS, USA -
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Any kid who has
teased younger
siblings with
chants of
"greasy, grimy,
gopher guts"
will feel right
at home in this
horror tale.
Shan, author of
the successful
Cirque du Freak
series,
introduces
Grubitsch ("Call
me Grubbs!")
Grady, a
youngster who
loses his
immediate family
to gruesome
death at the
hands of the
demon Lord Loss
and his two
familiars, Vein
and Artery.
Pushed violently
into a macabre
world of
multiple
dimensions,
Grubbs must
struggle to deal
with a new
vision of
reality and his
own potential
future trials at
the hands of the
demon lord. He
is helped by his
uncle Dervish, a
magician, and
his new best
friend in the
village, Bill-E.
It is clear that
the Grady family
suffers from a
long-term curse,
one that has
already struck
down Grubbs's
parents and
sister. Will he
be next? Will
Dervish? The
pace is
non-stop,
keeping the
reader turning
pages at a
breathtaking
rate. Details
tend to be
graphic and
gruesome, and
not for the
faint of heart.
This volume is
the first in a
new series, The
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