**When Cisco Collins returns to his home town thirty years after saving it from being destroyed by an ancient pirate ghost, he realises that being a child hero isn't at all like it was in the movies.** When Cisco Collins returns to his town thirty years after saving it from being swallowed by hell
Swashbucklers
β Scribed by Dan Hanks
- Publisher
- Angry Robot
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 682 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780857669384
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β¦ Synopsis
When Cisco Collins returns to his home town thirty years after saving it from being swallowed by a hell mouth opened by an ancient pirate ghost, he realises that being a childhood hero isn't like it was in the movies.
Especially when nobody remembers the heroic bits - even the friends who once fought alongside him.
Struggling with single parenting and treated as bit of a joke, Cisco isn't really in the Christmas spirit like everyone else. A fact that's made worse by the tendrils of the pirate's powers creeping back into our world and people beginning to die in bizarre ways.
With the help of a talking fox, an enchanted forest, a long-lost friend haunting his dreams, and some 80s video game consoles turned into weapons, Cisco must now convince his friends to once again help him save the day. Yet they quickly discover that being a ghostbusting hero is so much easier when you don't have schools runs, parent evenings, and nativity plays to attend. And even in the middle of a supernatural battle, you always need to bring snacks and wipes...
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