Beast Quest Box Set Pack: Series 1-6 books, (Arcta the Mountain Giant, Epos the Flame Bird, Ferno the Fire Dragon, Nanook the Snow Monster, Sepron ... Serpent, Tagus the Horse-Man)

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The series is published by Orchard Books in the UK and by Scholastic Corporation in the US and is aimed largely at boys aged 7 and over. [5] [6] The novels have been described as "clearly and simply written, [striking] the right balance between adventure and story telling" and a "great series to get kiddies, who normally wouldn't be, interested in reading." [7] The books take place in a world called Avantia, and focus on a young boy named Tom and his friend Elenna as they attempt to restore peace to the land by stopping beasts from causing destruction. [8] [9] Kathryn Flett, writing in London's The Observer, has called the books "almost certainly a work of publishing (if not quite literary) genius... Narnia meets Pokémon via Potter." [9] The books are among the most-borrowed from UK lending libraries. [10] [11] There is also a companion science fiction series called Sea Quest. [12] Adam Blade was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father’s paintings of historic English battles, which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father’s office, said to be a Blade family heirloom. some things were just plain silly or dumb, e.g. a village has been recently attached and all the men and older boys hauled off, except for one (12/13yr old i think?)who is challenging 8yr olds to sword fights and half the village is cheering and applauding him and jeering the 8yr old... what character development there was felt very forced. kids start out fairly normal, then spontaneously become amazing warriors and leaders... I read this book to my nine year old, who loved the fantasy and friendship of the original Beast Quest series. Chronicles of Avantia rejects all that imagination and roots around in a juvenaliac mire of graphic violence, guilt and gloom. Whenever there came a description of villagers being slaughtered or people boiled alive, I would make up a bit about Sheepie, Tanner's pet superhero sheep. Now that beast had some fun and adventures!

Beast Quest is a best-selling series of children's fantasy/ adventure novels produced by Working Partners Ltd and written by several authors all using the house name Adam Blade. [1]anothe issue is that so much of the plot seemed forced, e.g. Main hero is repeatedly about to stop or kill a major bad guy, only to stop at the last second to go do something else. or two of the main characters repeatedly blowing up and brawling with each other? Ferno The Fire Dragon Beast Quest 1 by Adam Blade - review". The Guardian. 21 July 2011 . Retrieved 14 December 2020. Nicholas Clee on the library charts". The Times. London. 4 February 2012. p.19. ProQuest document ID 919738907.

As a boy, Adam would spend days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character – Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all. The idea for Beast Quest was born. Er wordt veel gevochten in dit eerste deel van De Kronieken van Avantia. Complete dorpen worden uitgemoord, mannen en vrouwen worden neergestoken en kinderen verbranden in het vuur. Eigenlijk valt Willem van het ene gevecht in het andere. Dit is allemaal heel spannend, maar hier moet je wel tegen kunnen. Er vloeit behoorlijk veel bloed en het leger van Gor doet gruwelijke dingen. Sommige dingen zijn misschien zelfs wel een beetje te gruwelijk voor jonge lezers. De 15-jarige Willem was nog maar een kind toen voor zijn ogen zijn vader vermoord werd. De kwaadaardige Derzin viel zijn dorp aan en stak alle huizen in brand. Derzins leger nam Willems moeder mee en liet Willems dorp verwoest achter. Derzin zelf werd gedood door Vuurpos, een vlammenvogel die Willem die dag ontmoette. Op die dag veranderde Willems leven voorgoed: Willem bleek namelijk de Uitverkoren Ruiter van Vuurpos te zijn. De eerste ruiter speelt zich af in Avantia: een prachtige fantasiewereld, die een beetje middeleeuws aandoet. Dankzij de landkaart voorin het boek kun je precies zien waar Willem is en waar hij heen gaat. De wereld van Avantia is heel interessant: op het eerste gezicht lijkt het zich alleen in de geschiedenis af te spelen en lijkt er weinig magie te zijn. Maar dan zijn er nog de Beesten. Uit de proloog blijkt dat er vier Beesten zijn, die samen met hun Uitverkoren Ruiters Avantia moeten redden van de oorlog. Willems Beest is een vlammenvogel, een soort feniks. Vuurpos is ontzettend sterk, maar met zijn tweeën kunnen Willem en Vuurpos Avantia niet redden. Gelukkig ontmoeten ze onderweg Gwen en haar Beest Gulkien, een gevleugelde wolf. Kunnen ze met zijn vieren Gor en zijn leger aan? As a boy, Adam spent days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character – Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all.There is also a 2015 mobile video game based on the book, and a 2018 version for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PS4 (Maximum Games). A new mobile version was released in May 2020 by Animoca. [13] See also [ edit ] Flood, Alison (8 February 2013). "Woman of Steel: US writer in most-borrowed list for 30 years". The Guardian. London. p.18. ProQuest document ID 1285161231. Stroud, Clover (12 January 2014). "Rainbow Magic: loathed by parents, loved by children". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 13 April 2015.

In the Battle of the Beasts series, the main protagonist, Tom, starts a training camp where he invites some people who have performed heroic acts to help protect Avantia from evil. Each book has a different hero who uses a different beast to defeat a controlled beast. a b Flett, Kathryn (6 December 2009). "Dragons, wizards and a mother in search of a glass of red... At last, a boys' own bedtime story they actually want to read". The Observer. London. p.5. ProQuest document ID 250388970. Adam Blade is the house name for the Working Partners Ltd. ghostwriters who write the Beast Quest and Sea Quest series.Mountford, Janet (15 March 2008). " Vedra And Krimon Twin Beasts of Avantia". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. p.6. ProQuest document ID 426828385. The Sea Quest series is a companion science fiction series that has a new protagonist who battles robotic creatures. Coolabi Group unleashes brand new 'Beast Quest' mobile game". coolabi . Retrieved 14 December 2020. The prologue to the story is that the bad guy who can control all the "beasts" kills a boys father, then the boy's beast kills him (or at least attempt to) No explanation of how he couldn't control this beast..

Na die rampzalige dag keerde de rust terug in Willems dorp en Willem groeide op bij zijn oma. Maar nu dreigt er weer gevaar: het dorp wordt opnieuw aangevallen, deze keer door Gor en zijn mannen, en de geschiedenis herhaalt zich. Gor en zijn soldaten zijn op zoek naar het masker van Derzin, dat Willems oma lang geleden in vier stukken heeft gescheurd en verstopt. De drager van dat masker heeft de macht over alle Beesten in Avantia. Het is dus duidelijk dat Gor dat masker nooit te pakken mag krijgen. Maar als Willems oma weigert informatie te geven aan Gor, kost dat haar haar leven. Willem en Vuurpos gaan op pad om het masker te vinden, voordat Gor het vindt. Maar waar heeft Willems oma de stukken verstopt? Evans, Sophie (8 March 2013). "Kids get dead excited about author's new horror story". Hull Daily Mail. Hull. p.20. ProQuest document ID 1315222469. The Chronicles of Avantia series is a set of four books that take place several hundred years before the events in Beast Quest. This is a list of all published and upcoming books in the Beast Quest series by Working Partners Limited. All books were written under the collective pen name Adam Blade, and the names of the ghostwriters are listed where known.or the main character is given a potion to drink by someone who praises the bad guy, then gets possessed and tries to kill the hero, and then the hero decides to trust them and drink the potion. I read all four books of this series together, so this review is for the whole series. the books start out OK (I'd have given this book 3 stars), but get progressively worse, ruining the whole story for me. Adam Blade is in his late twenties, and was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father’s paintings of historic English battles – which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was also fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father’s office. Adam’s father said they were a Blade family heirloom. the beasts are big enough to ride, carry multiple people,and fling around house sized monsters no problem, but 12yr Olds can sword fight foot soldiers while riding... so how big are these things exacly? How We Work". Working Partners. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013 . Retrieved 23 June 2013.