The Chessmen of Doom
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Johnny Dixon Book 8
Johnny Dixon, Fergie, and Professor Childermass comply with a strange will left by the professor's brother, which requires them to spend the summer at a desolate estate where they encounter a madman bent on destroying the world.
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- ISBN: 9780575126244
- Author: John Bellairs
- Pub date: 21.12.11
- RRP: $11.99
- Format: Electronic book text
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John Bellairs
John Bellairs is beloved as a master of gothic young adult novels and fantasies. His series about the adventures of Lewis Barnavelt and his Uncle Jonathan, which includes THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS, is a classic. He also wrote a series of novels featuring the character Johnny Dixon. Among the titles in that series were THE CURSE OF THE BLUE FIGURINE; THE MUMMY, THE WILL, AND THE CRYPT; THE SPELL OF THE SORCERER'S SKULL and others. His solo novel THE FACE IN THE FROST is also regarded as a fantasy classic and among his earlier works are ST. FIDGETA AND OTHER PARODIES and THE PEDANT AND THE SHUFFLY. He was a prolific writer, publishing more than a dozen novels before his untimely death in 1991.
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