Worlds Explode
The second book in the monstrously funny and action-packed new series: Darkmouth. It’s going to be legendary.The adventures of the most unfortunate Legend Hunter ever to don fighting armour and pick up a Dessicator continue…On a list of things Finn never thought he'd wish for, a gateway bursting open in Darkmouth was right up there. But that's about his only hope for finding his missing father. He's searched for a map, he's followed Steve into dead ends, but found nothing. And he's still got homework to do.But soon Finn and Emmie must face bizarre Legends, a ravenous world and a face from the past as they go where no Legend Hunter has gone before. Or, at least, where no legend Hunter has gone before and returned with their limbs in the correct order.
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Published in this edition 2017
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For OisÃn
(AND THE MESS THINGS WERE LEFT IN)
It was, everyone on the Council of Twelve agreed, a bit of a mess.
Actually, it was a lot of a mess. In fact, âmessâ understated things a little. It was more of a disaster really. A catastrophe. A complete catastrophe.
It was, everyone on the Council of Twelve eventually agreed, a complete catastrophe.
What was the worst part of the catastrophe? There was so much to choose from.
Darkmouth was the last town left on Earth where Legends of myth still invaded, but Hugo the Great, the only active Legend Hunter left to fight them off, was lost on the Infested Side.
As if that wasnât bad enough â and it was very, very bad â Darkmouth had been left in the hands of his son Finn, a boy still almost eleven months away from his thirteenth birthday when he would become Complete as a Legend Hunter.
Worse yet, this boy was not exactly top of his Legend Hunter class. Which was some achievement given he was the only boy in his Legend Hunter class.
Somehow, that wasnât even the end of the mess.
The Twelve had managed to plant a spy in the town. Steve, a Half-Hunter from a long line of Legend Hunters, had never properly hunted until he arrived in Darkmouth. It turned out he had never properly spied either, as his cover was blown by Finn, the very boy he was supposed to be keeping a close eye on.
There should have been a positive in the form of Steveâs daughter, Emmie, who not only befriended Finn, but also showed a desire and heart for fighting Legends that the boy lacked. Except it was increasingly clear that her enthusiasm would cause trouble someday â and that day came when she helped a Legend, Broonie the Hogboon, escape back to the Infested Side from which all Legends come.
And then, just to add icing to the whole cake of catastrophe, Darkmouth turned out to be harbouring a traitor. Mr Ernest Glad was supposed to be a Fixer, a helper, a lifelong friend to Hugo. Instead, he was collaborating with the Legends and helped them invade. And he ended up opening a gateway to the Infested Side and pushing Finnâs mother, Clara, through it. Eventually, Clara was rescued by Hugo, but he became trapped in the world of the Legends.
