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Evil Wizard Malvel has conjured up Creta, a terrifying creature that can unleash thousands of vicious insects from its colossal body!? Tom must find a way to defeat Creta before the Beast destroys both him and Avantia...
About the Author
Adam Blade is in his late twenties, and was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father's paintings of historic English battles - which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was also fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father's office. Adam's father said they were a Blade family heirloom. As a boy, Adam would spend days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character - Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all. The idea for Beast Quest was born. When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas - until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age... And still does, even though he's grown up! When he's not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets - a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest - Arachnid and Claw. Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good fun for young boys to read, May 21 2010
By Surferofromantica "S.O.R." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Creta the Winged Terror (Paperback)
My son was initially scared of reading, but since he's been seven he loves reading the Beast Quest books (he also likes Tintin, Geronimo Stilton, and books by Roald Dahl), and as an interested father I make sure I read them too to understand what's influencing him and to be able to take part in his conversations. I haven't enjoyed the previous books I've read in the series, but this one has been one of the better ones, good enough to review at least.
In the story, Tom discovers that a plague of beetles has come to attack the kingdom, eating their way through the castle walls on their way to retrieve the Golden Armour that the evil magician needs. The story sees the return of some of Tom's beast friends (Epos the fire bird and Arcta the snow cyclops), as they fight the disgusting, putrid beetles. The swarm has kidnapped a brave army captain, whose body is used to form the horrid Creta, a bug giant formed from millions of beetles that cannot be attacked or destroyed. The team is transported to a magical stream where they manage to figure out how to defeat the beast and return important magic objects to the kingdom to save it.
In some ways, it has some resemblance to the story told in The Mummy, with the scarab swarms, but the story is engaging and exciting enough, I'm glad I read it. I would recommend it to any parent with an eight-year-old who loves action books that are not terribly violent.
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