β Scribed by Sam Enthoven
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Jack doesn't know what he's got himself into. One minute he and his best friend Charlie were up in Chinatown having crispy duck with Charlie's dad (and Jack was having to listen to Charlie shouting at his dad for leaving his mum) - then next minute they were in a mysterious room above a theatre, with some of the strangest characters they'd ever encountered. And they were about to take The Test. . . and something very very weird was about to begin. The Test transforms Charlie - leaving him with the distinctive markings of the Black Tattoo - and with a temper that seems out of control. The boys' meeting with Esme, a young girl with the most impressive martial arts skills this side of Bruce Lee, her huge and hairy father Raymond, and the mysterious Nick seem to have swept Charlie and Jack into a world they had no idea existed. And it is only going to get stranger. . . This epic tale of good and evil, demons and hell, vomiting bats and huge battles marks the debut of an incredible new talent for children's books. Drawing on influences such as comic books, computer games and Eastern martial arts, The Black Tattoo is a book no self-respecting teenage boy will want to miss.
The stuff of teenage dreams, here executed with pace and panache (Kate Agnew Guardian 20060930)
This densely written novel is fast-paced with excellent, detailed descriptions of battle scenes that literally take the reader's breath away. It kept me spellbound on the edge of my seat (Davy Hall Carousel 20080301)
He's clearly loving telling this story - there are some pleasing twists - and his energy creeps into the words on every page (Philip Ardagh Guardian 20061021)
Imagine a literary world where Philip Pullman meets Darren Shan and you have some of the flavour of this ambitious novel (Books for Keeps )
An exhilarating cross between The Matrix and Hellboy, this is an impressive debut. Battles with powerful magic, demonic possession and vomiting bats combine to produce and action-packed and entertaining adventure (Becky Stradwick Publishing News 20060428)
Demons, martial arts and vomiting bats combine to make a fabulous fiction debut from a HUGE new talent.
Library : Fantasy
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781595141330
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