New Releases by Jamie THOMSON

Thirteen-year-old schoolboy, Dirk Lloyd, has a dark secret -- in fact he is a dark secret. Dirk -- according to his own account -- is the earthly incarnation of a Dark Lord, supreme ruler of the Darklands and leader of great armies of orcs and warriors, intent on destruction and bloody devastation.

THE DAY THAT TRAGEDY STRUCK "Gasping back tears of horror and anger, Varren shimmied his way down the well. In the circle of light above his head three ugly, scarred, war-bitten faces appeared, staring down at him. One of them was readying his crossbow. Varren released his grip and fell straight down into the water. A crossbow quarrel whooshed into the water next to him. He hauled himself out, and into a side tunnel just above the water level. He''d used this way in and out of the castle for years. He hurried off down the tunnel, the sounds of battle fading away behind him..." From acclaimed children''s fantasy writer Jamie Thomson, author of DARK LORD: THE EARLY YEARS, comes the first in a thrilling new series of adventure novels for 8-12 year-olds set in the world of the Fabled Lands.

¡SALUDOS, INSIGNIFICANTE HUMANO! Comprad este libro o sufriréis condena en las Mazmorras del Destino, si no acabáis en las Pozas de la Metamorfosis convertidos en embutido. ¡La elección es vuestra, juó, jo, jo! Dark Lord, el Señor Oscuro de un belicoso planeta es desterrado y llega a la Tierra. Para su sorpresa, su cuerpo ha cambiado y ahora tiene el aspecto de un adolescente debilucho. Dark Lord lo vive como una terrible venganza de su gran enemigo interplanetario, pero las personas que lo encuentran solo ven a Dirk Lloyd, un adolescente con amnesia y un pequeño trastorno psiquiátrico. Con una nueva familia adoptiva con la que convivir y un instituto al que acudir, este «adolescente» tendrá que compaginar sus actividades de villano interplanetario con sus actividades escolares. ¡No te pierdas su diario! Reseñas: «Imagínate una mezcla de El diario de Greg con El señor de los anillos.Jamie Thomson es un verdadero genio de la fantasía cómica.» Megan Larkin, Usborne Publishing «Muy divertido y disparatado [...] una idea brillante.» Bookseller «Elegido Libro Infantil de la Semana por este periódico, es sin duda muy divertido y está basado en una idea muy ingeniosa.» The Sunday Times «Uno de los libros juveniles más originales del año.» Daily Express

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure... Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk''s other worldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to the Ring of Power given to her by Dirk, his minions recognise her as their ruler. Sooz immediately sets about redecorating Dirk''s Dark Tower to the taste of a young girl. But Sooz has to face her toughest challenge when an army of fanatical paladins and orcs gather to march against her. Despite their centuries of hostility to each other, they prefer to form an alliance rather than accept Sooz''s new regime. And what of Dirk? He continues on slaving away at school, plotting ways to rescue Sooz. Eventually he is able to advise her on life in the Darklands and Sooz is able to hold back the fanatical paladins.

A choose-your-own-adventure style gamebook that gives the reader a choice of different quests and adventures. The book is open-ended and provides an almost unlimited number of plot lines. You can be a warrior, explorer, priest, wizard, thief or bard. The books in the series are inter-connected, allowing you to travel all across the Fabled Lands. This volume takes you across freezing tundra and northern wastelands dotted with ancient tombs, lost cities and haunted ruins.

A choose-your-own-adventure style gamebook that gives the reader a choice of different quests and adventures. The book is open-ended and provides an almost unlimited number of plot lines. You can be a warrior, explorer, priest, wizard, thief or bard. The books in the series are inter-connected, allowing you to travel all across the Fabled Lands. In this second volume of the series, you adventure in a land of faerie magic, folklore and bucolic whimsy.

A choose-your-own-adventure style gamebook that gives the reader a choice of different quests and adventures. The book is open-ended and provides an almost unlimited number of plot lines. You can be a warrior, explorer, priest, wizard, thief or bard. The books in the series are inter-connected, allowing you to travel all across the Fabled Lands.

A choose-your-own-adventure style gamebook that gives the reader a choice of different quests and adventures. The book is open-ended and provides an almost unlimited number of plot lines. You can be a warrior, explorer, priest, wizard, thief or bard. The books in the series are inter-connected, allowing you to travel all across the Fabled Lands. In this volume you get to sail over the oceans, experiencing fantastic adventures to rival those of Odysseus, Jason and Sinbad.

All the games your brain can...

This title contains over 300 interactive number puzzles, codes and logic conundrums including a 16 page colour section. It is perfect for the ''New Year, New You'' market - discover whether your brain is the size of a pea or the size of a planet! Like the rest of your body, your brain needs to sweat and stretch to improve. Give it the workout it deserves with this interactive book, and develop your concentration, memory and creative thinking! Ranging from the mildly challenging to the almost impossible, each puzzle directs you to another when completed - depending on whether or not you got the first one right! It''s a fiendish interactive maze of riddles, enigmas and fanciful brainteasers, including code-breaking, number-crunching and logic conundrums, all there to test your mind to the limit. With over 200 puzzles, "How Big is Your Brain" can be endlessly replayed to improve your mind - and a brain-boosting score. How big is your brain? - take the challenge and find out!

The land of Hachiman is in grave danger. The Shogun''s control is slipping. Bandits roam the land freely and barbarian invaders have begun to raid across the borders. All this because the Dai-Katana, the great sword, Singing Death, has been stolen from the Shogun. YOU are the Shogun''s champion, a young Samurai. Your mission is to recover this wondrous sword from Ikiru, the Master of Shadows, who holds it hidden deep in the Pit of Demons.

This gamebook is set on the edge of the world in the ancient lands of Uttaku and Old Harkuna, where exotic intrigue and betrayal await those brave enough to venture ashore. It is interconnected with the other " Fabled Lands" books, and readers can play from one book to another.