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Beast Quest #40
Madara the Midnight Warrior
A ravenous Beast terrorises the windswept plains of Tavania: Madara the Midnight Warrior is on the prowl! If Tom cannot defeat her, the dark portals over the land will continue to destroy the kingdom...Don't miss CONVOL THE COLD-BLOODED BRUTE HELLION THE FIERY FOE KRESTOR THE CRUSHING TERROR ELLIK THE LIGHTNING HORROR CARNIVORA THE WINGED SCAVENGER
119 pages, Paperback
First published January 3, 2013
About the author
Adam Blade
826 books216 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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July 28, 2018
I really liked this book because I think the beast was very cool. I think it was smart how Tom broke off the beast's fur. (The beast's fur was as hard as rock) He broke of the fur by hitting the fur with his sword and arrows.
May 29, 2023
Finally some consistency again! Tom's shield was destroyed and his sword partially eaten away by acid in the previous book. And he starts this book with no shield and a sword partially eaten away by acid. But the consistency doesn't last long. Not only is Tom shown with a shield still in at least one illustration, though at least there's a chunk missing from it in this one like there should be, unlike the previous book, but when Tom has a chance to replace his sword and shield, he doesn't. Instead he takes a spear from some soldiers and Elenna, the character that has almost always used a bow, takes a sword and shield.Tom still doesn't remember his healing talisman, but he does remember a different talisman that he hasn't used in over a dozen books, so that's fun. Elena drops her sword during the fight with the Beast, Tom picks it up, but then later, despite Tom never dropping the sword, Elena suddenly has it again and hands it to him. Let alone not being able to keep continuity between books or even in the same book, this ghostwriter couldn't even manage to keep continuity in a single chapter. The couple of good things the set has going for it is that the Beasts are interesting and the series has been getting darker. Not especially bad, it's still a young adults series, but unlike during the first set of books, consequences are real. Characters have been dying or getting seriously injured, mostly the prologue characters, but that's not an especially big issue, and it lends itself for a better narrative as a result.
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April 16, 2020
Very good book📚📚
January 7, 2024
There's a lot that happens in this book Tom is still pushing through the quest!
September 17, 2014
Another Great Read!!!
March 18, 2014
This book was awsome beacuase in this book was amazing words
October 13, 2013
My 10 yr old son loved it!
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