Hercules: Serpent's Shadow

by John Escott (Adapter), Timothy Boggs

Penguin Readers, Level 2

Hercules and his comrade-in-arms, Iolaus, battle the deadly sea monster who has been terrorizing the local villagers, while Hercules' old enemy waits in the monster's shadow to achieve his ultimate revenge. Original. TV tie-in.

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2000

About the author

John Escott started by writing children's books and comic scripts, but now writes and adapts books for students of all ages. He especially enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers, and is a member of the British Crime Writers Association.

With Oxford University Press John has published London for the Oxford Bookworms Factfile series; Agatha Christie, Woman of Mystery, Star Reporter, Girl on a Motorbike, The Fly and Other Horror Stories, and The Scarlet Letter for the Oxford Bookworms Library series; The Magician, Time for a Robbery, Star for a day, Tomorrow's Girl, and The Man with Three NAMEs for the Hotshot Puzzles series; and A Pretty Face for the Dominoes series.