I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ARCHIBALD LOX VOLUME 2: ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE KIDNAPPED PRINCE by Darren Shan Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
About the Books:
Title: ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE FORGOTTEN CRYPT (Archibald Lox #4)
Author: Darren Shan
Pub. Date: July 1, 2021
Publisher: Home of the Damned Ltd
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 144
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When a couple of assassins catch up with Archie, he’s forced to flee to the Merge in search of friendship and safety.
As his skills develop, he opens a gateway to a long-forgotten crypt, where
ancient secrets are revealed.
In a city of ice, the greatest gropsters of the six realms have assembled for a
legendary Tourney, but a small group of plotters are more interested in
kidnapping…
Book four of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times
bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.
This is the first of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.
Title: ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE SLIDES OF BON REPELL (Archibald Lox #5)
Author: Darren Shan
Pub. Date: August 3, 2021
Publisher: Home of the Damned Ltd
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 197
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The Tourney has kicked off, and it’s the biggest draw in the Merge.
Archie has a ticket to every match, and is soon caught up in the excitement.
But when a scheming king sets his sights on the young locksmith, all thoughts
of grop are swiftly forgotten, and Archie might fight for his freedom and his
sanity…
Book five of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times
bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.
This is the second of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.
Title: ARCHIBALD LOX AND THE RUBICON DICTATE (Archibald Lox #6)
Author: Darren Shan
Pub. Date: September 1, 2021
Publisher: Home of the Damned Ltd
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 211
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, Kobo
The kidnapping of a prince shocks the Merge and turns the Tourney on its head.
In New York, a desperate Archie and Inez play a cunning game of chess with the
fates.
But if they are to force a checkmate, they must travel to the heart of an enemy
empire and face down the rulers of a merciless realm…
Book six of the Archibald Lox series by Darren Shan, the New York Times
bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss.
This is the third of three books in VOLUME TWO of the series.
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About Darren Shan:
Darren Shan is a globally bestselling author who broke onto the fantasy/horror scene with Cirque Du Freak in January 2000. He has published more than fifty books, for children and adults, including the 10-book Demonata series and 12-book Zom-B series. Cirque Du Freak was adapted into a major Hollywood movie and it was recently announced that the Electric Shadow Company and Fantastic Films have teamed up to adapt his Zom-B series for television. Shanās books have sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, in 40 countries and 32 languages. He has topped the bestseller charts in the US, UK, Ireland, Japan, and elsewhere. He lives in a small village in Ireland, with his wife and children.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC, International.
3 winners will receive ebooks of ARCHIBALD LOX VOLUME 2, International.
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ARCHIBALD LOX EXTRACT
I focus on the people crossing the bridge. Many are tourists. A few joggers pant past. Men and women in business suits march by, talking loudly on their phones. Foreign students on school trips.
And then I spot the girl.
Sheās my sort of age, darker skinned than me. She has black hair cut short, and wide brown eyes, dressed in plain cream trousers and a red, long-sleeved top. Her boots are navy, scuffed and stained with dry mud.
She comes running along the bridge in a panic, stops near where Iām standing and starts grimacing bizarrely. Her nose twitches, her lips gurn, her eyebrows shoot up and down, her tongue flickers out and around.
At first I think sheās pulling faces at me and I open my mouth to snap at her, but then she throws a worried ā no, terrified ā glance backwards, and I realise she hasnāt even noticed me.
Two men are striding towards us. Theyāre dressed in white suits, white shoes and white ties. One is black, the other pale like me. Both are bald, except for a curved, thin strip of white hair that arcs across their foreheads, the tips of the crescents pointing towards the backs of their heads.
The pale man is holding a long, narrow knife, the sort they called a stiletto in the old days. The darker man is carrying an axe, swinging it through the air in short, menacing strokes.
Itās clear that the men are chasing the girl and will kill her if they catch her.
The girl gulps, then pulls more faces. Sheās staring at the paving slabs. I want to cry out and warn her of the danger, but sheās obviously aware of the threat. I canāt understand why she isnāt fleeing, why sheās drawn to a halt and is wasting precious time pulling those ridiculous faces.
I think about intervening ā I could tug the girl away from the onrushing men and help her escape ā but Iām rigid with fear, breathing shallowly, eyes wide, shocked by whatās happening.
When the men are several metres away, a couple of slabs in the bridge shimmer and a hole yawns open. I think itās a trick of the light, so I do a double take, but itās definitely a hole, a gap where a moment before there had been solid stone.
With a victorious yelp, the girl throws herself into the hole. The menās faces twist with rage and they pick up speed, but the girl yells something, and in an instant the slabs are back in place.
The hole is gone.
The bridge is solid again.
The girl has disappeared.