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Max Helsing, Monster Hunter

Book 1: by the author of Wolf King

Curtis Jobling, Author

Paperback

Series: Max Helsing

Imprint: Orchard Books

Publication date: May 5, 2016

Category: Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781408341780

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Percy Jackson meets Dracula in this action-packed monster hunting series! With the perfect combination of humour and heroism, Max Helsing will keep readers aged nine and up on the edge of their seats.

Descended from a long line of monster hunters, Max Helsing does a pretty good job of being an ordinary kid by day and keeping his town safe from demons, ghouls and the occasional mummy by night. That is, until he turns thriteen and discovers he’s been cursed by an ancient vampire who wants him dead at any cost. To save the world – and his life – Max must rely on his wise-cracking best friend, cantankerous mentor, computer genius neighbour, and brand-new puppy. He’ll need all their help and more to break the Thirteenth Curse!

Reviews

You'd expect horror, but what surprises with this book is the clever way that there's plenty of humour too, as well as a hero who isn't just out to destroy by force; he is much more clever than that.

Parents In Touch

Curtis Jobling's writing is crackingly good in this story injected with wisecracks, bone-cracks and crooked crucifixes as Max confronts an ancient evil. Fans of Percy Jackson are going to absolutely lap this one up.

Read it Daddy

The vocabulary is electrifying - Jobling's first description of a monster in the book is tremendous and reels the reader in for more. [...] Overall, it feels written with love. They say you should write the book you'd want to read for yourself - I imagine that's exactly what Curtis Jobling has done. Kids will monster munch it up.

Minerva Reads

As you'd expect this is full of thrilling action sequences but Max is a proper character, a decent young man at that, and his sardonic commentary on the gruesome goings on keep the balance between frightening and funny. Monstrous fun!

Love Reading 4 Kids

This action-packed thriller sets up what promises to be a series filled w ith legend, lore, and epic battles.

Publishers Weekly

Curtis Jobling

Curtis Jobling was born in Blackpool. He grew up in Warrington and describes himself as a small and freckly child (Ginger, according to his cousins). He works as a model maker and designer for HOT animation, the creative arm of HIT, on the popular children’s television show ‘Bob the Builder’. He has a number of his own shows in development and has also worked on Aardmans ‘A Close Shave’ and Tim Burtons ‘Mars Attacks’ as well as recently writing, designing and directing a series of interstitial animations for Nickeldoeon, ‘Curious Cow’. He has two cats called Scully and Mulder (named when the x-files wasn’t so popular) and a baby boy, called Andrew.