Hell's Underground: The Demon Assassin by Alan Gibbons

Hell's Underground: The Demon Assassin by Alan Gibbons

Having once risked everything precious to him to halt King Lud's progress from the ancient bowels of London to the city's modern streets, teenage Paul Rector knows his task is far from over. Paul also knows that, like his brother John and his great uncle Harry, he is both demon and man. Will it be fate that decides which side wins out? To find out, Paul takes Hell's Underground back to London of the Blitz in World War II and becomes involved in defeating Harry Rector's plot to assassinate Prime Minister Churchill. His main weapons are fire and fear. Along the way, he learns more about the Rector curse and once again endangers not only his own life, but that of the people he comes to regard as a second family.

It is a dark and uncompromising story of evilThere are some gruesome and intense scenes, backed by sophisticated characters and plotting rarely seen in this genre. Well researched and believable. Boys will devour it' THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN 'every detail is recorded until the reader is immersed in the London of the war, while the tension, which is built slowly, adds to the terrifying atmosphere' TEACH PRIMARY

Alan Gibbons is a full-time writer and a visiting speaker and lecturer at schools, colleges and literary events nationwide, including the major Book Festivals: Edinburgh, Northern Children's Book Festival, Swansea, Cheltenham, Sheffield and Salford. Alan is also a key contributor at the QCA/National Literary Strategy 'Writing Together' conferences. He lives in Liverpool with his wife and four children.

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ISBN 13	9781842557518
ISBN 10	1842557513
Title	Hell's Underground: The Demon Assassin
Author	Alan Gibbons
Series	Hell's Underground
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hachette Children's Group
Year published	2009-03-05
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.