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Beast Quest: Master Your Destiny #1
The Dark Cauldron
Be the hero in this exciting adventure! Join Tom and his companions on a brand new Beast Quest, where your decisions determine the outcome. Meet old favourites Ferno and Sepron, and do battle with two new and terrifying Aldroim - a huge shape-shifting Beast, and Cornix - a crow-like skeletal Beast who lures victims to their deaths!
112 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2014
About the author
Adam Blade
826 books217 followersAdam Blade is the house name for the Working Partners Ltd. ghostwriters who write the Beast Quest and Sea Quest series.
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.
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.
When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas – until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age… And still does, even though he’s grown up!
When he’s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets – a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest – Arachnid and Claw.
Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
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.
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.
When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas – until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age… And still does, even though he’s grown up!
When he’s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets – a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest – Arachnid and Claw.
Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
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December 17, 2017
This is a choose your own adventure book. Tom and Elenna are helping you practice sword fighting when a dark wizard steals a magic cauldron and summons two fierce beasts. You need to keep picking paths and actions to try to resolve the problems.
I am not giving it five stars because a lot of the outcomes are bad ones rather than giving a longer more complex story. That said, there is more than one way to get the right outcome. Just reading the book doesn't take long.
We find many fights, traps and scrambles, with a few previous book characters like Ferno the fire dragon, Storm and Silver, and natural hazards like wasps and rapids.
I am sure young readers will have fun with this book and the glossy collecting cards in the back. If buying this secondhand, make sure the cards are intact.
This is an unbiased review.
I am not giving it five stars because a lot of the outcomes are bad ones rather than giving a longer more complex story. That said, there is more than one way to get the right outcome. Just reading the book doesn't take long.
We find many fights, traps and scrambles, with a few previous book characters like Ferno the fire dragon, Storm and Silver, and natural hazards like wasps and rapids.
I am sure young readers will have fun with this book and the glossy collecting cards in the back. If buying this secondhand, make sure the cards are intact.
This is an unbiased review.
June 10, 2015
J (age 6-1/2) really enjoyed this and has asked for more like it. She is usually happy with choose your own adventure books if she manages to get through to a good ending - feels like trying more choices is pretty risk taking! (maybe for the younger age groups every choice should lead to a positive outcome - or at least no more than one leading to a less than desirable outcome!).
This series (which has a map of the country in it at the front) makes me think there might be a market for "map it yourself" choose your own adventure type books. If you know of anything like that - let me know! (note to self: google/bing "map adventure books").
This series (which has a map of the country in it at the front) makes me think there might be a market for "map it yourself" choose your own adventure type books. If you know of anything like that - let me know! (note to self: google/bing "map adventure books").
December 8, 2010
it's so so cool
July 11, 2014
Better luck! I did it in 1 and a 1/2 tries! :D
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