The Claus Effect
โ Scribed by Nickle, David; Schroeder, Karl
- Book ID
- 108586108
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Canada
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 467 KB
- Series
- v5.0 epub
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781771483421
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โฆ Synopsis
**It's the 1990s. The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is down for the count --and the Free World is getting ready for its first nuclear-free Christmas in decades. Only one thing in the world can ruin it.
Santa Claus.**
Who can forget the horrifying events of "The Toy Mill" (Nickle & Schroeder's 1993 Aurora-Award-winning story), in which a malevolent, post-industrial-revolution Santa Claus granted Emily, a little girl, a Christmas wish--and her desire to be a Christmas Elf nearly destroyed the world? It's eight years later, and Christmas should be a joyful time--shouldn't it? Not with Santa on the loose! Events propel the now-teenaged Emily and West Point Cadet Neil Nyman on a breakneck journey through suburban shopping malls, Ontario cottage country, and the frigid northern wastes of the former Soviet Union--battling displaced Cossacks, blue-blooded cottagers and homicidal, downsized elves along the way. Finally, they must face...
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