A Hero at the End of the World
Erin Claiborne
Fiction C521h
Sixteen year-old Ewan Mao knows one thing for certain: according to
prophecy, it's his destiny to kill the evil tyrant whose dark reign has
terrorized Britain for as long as he can remember. Although he's just a
normal boy, deep down Ewan is confident that he has exactly what it
takes to be a hero. But when Ewan's big moment comes and his best
friend, the clever and talented Oliver Abrams, defeats the villain for
him, Ewan's bright future crumbles before his eyes.
Five years
later, while Ewan is living at home and working a minimum wage job,
Oliver has a job as an Unusual in the government's Serious Magical
Crimes Agency, the life he and Ewan always dreamed of. A routine
investigation leads him and his partner, Sophie Stuart, to uncover a
dangerous and powerful cult... one that seems to have drawn his former
best friend into a plot to end the world.
A deftly plotted,
hysterically funny journey through magical London and beyond, A Hero at
the End of the World expertly walks the fine line between satire and
sincerity. Its sensitive depiction of a broken friendship and wry
takedown of unfairly great expectations will appeal to all readers of
modern fantasy.
(From publisher.)
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