Dark: And the Boy in the Hole
The Prodigy Series, #1
Reeks: The Prodigy Series
M.A.Batten
- Having
- been
- imprisoned
- in
- a
- deep
- stone
- pit
- by
- the
- tyrannical
- King
- Baltus
- for
- as
- long
- as
- he
- can
- remember,
- the
- Boy
- With
- No
- Name
- is
- unexpectedly
- set
- free
- by
- the
- last
- living
- minotaur,
- the
- albino
- Grim.
- Together,
- they
- escape
- into
- Myrr
- Wood
- to
- join
- the
- few
- remaining
- monsters
- of
- the
- Old
- World
- –
- a
- ragtag
- bunch
- of
- goblins,
- trolls,
- bendith,
- harpies,
- a
- wendigo,
- and
- the
- only
- lykkan
- left
- in
- the
- realm
- –
- all
- hunted
- by
- humanity
- to
- the
- brink
- of
- extinction.
- When
- the
- Nightlings
- discover
- the
- boy
- can
- mimic
- anything
- he
- sees,
- including
- their
- own
- fantastic
- abilities,
- they
- are
- ready
- to
- follow
- him
- in
- an
- uprising
- against
- the
- world's
- greatest
- monster:
- mankind.
- However,
- there
- is
- a
- traitor
- among
- the
- Nightlings,
- traps
- have
- been
- set,
- and
- the
- King
- has
- a
- deadly
- new
- weapon
- that
- could
- wipe
- out
- the
- creatures
- of
- the
- night
- once
- and
- for
- all.
- War
- is
- coming.
- But
- first
- the
- boy
- must
- decide
- if
- he
- is
- human,
- or monster.