Bøger af Greg James

_______________The first book in a laugh-out-loud funny adventure series for readers aged 8+, from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith_______________'So funny, it's almost criminal' - Independent'Outrageous capers' - GuardianSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZEA TOM FLETCHER BOOK CLUB PICK _______________Murph Cooper has a problem. His new school is top secret, and super weird. His classmates can all fly or control the weather or conjure tiny horses from thin air. And what's Murph's extraordinary skill? Um, oh yeah - he hasn't got one. Just as well there are no revolting supervillains lurking nearby, their minds abuzz with evil plans. There are!? Right. Ok, then... It's time for Kid Normal to become a hero!

_______________The epic conclusion to the laugh-out-loud funny Kid Normal series for readers aged 8+, from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith_______________Praise for Kid Normal:'So funny, it's almost criminal' - Independent'Outrageous capers' - Guardian_______________Murph Cooper is famous . and he's not happy about it.Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes used to save the day in secret. But suddenly everyone knows who they are.Oily villain Nicholas Knox has told the public that superheroes are dangerous. He wants to lock them all up and take over the world! *Cue evil cackling*Murph must expose Knox's evil plan, or the world of heroes is doomed forever!

The third book in the bestselling, award-winning, laugh-out-loud funny KID NORMAL series by Greg James and Chris SmithPraise for KID NORMAL:'So funny, it's almost criminal' INDEPENDENT'Outrageous capers' GUARDIANYOU DON'T NEED SUPERPOWERS TO BE A HERO ... Or do you?Despite having no powers, Murph Cooper is part of the best team in the Heroes' Alliance. So when supervillain Magpie declares all-out war, Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes lead the charge. But Magpie believes that a powerless hero is no hero at all. And he's building a dastardly device to prove it. When Kid Normal enters the Shadow Machine, THE WORLD WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ...

A wickedly funny and prank-filled adventure starring one of Roald Dahl's most hilarious and popular creations, The Twits. This brand-new and deliciously revolting story is brilliantly written by internationally bestselling authors and children's literacy advocates Greg James and Chris Smith and illustrated by Emily Jones.Mr and Mrs Twit are just about as nasty and revolting as two people can get. The only thing that brings the two of them pleasure is playing pranks on one another. But, when a new family called the Lovelies move in next door, with their lively 10-year-old twins, they teach The Twits to stop being so mean and horrible and they all live happily ever after . . . Ha! Not really. The Twits HATE the Lovelies. But how far will The Twits go to rid themselves of their horribly nice new neighbours? And what happens when these new neighbours, who are armed with utter loveliness, start to fight back?

Sarah Bean lives a quiet life in Okeechobee, Florida until the day when she is transported from our world to the fantastic realm of Seythe. She meets a wayfaring wizard called Ossen who saves her from the dreaded black riders, servants of a being known only as the Fallen One. Together, they will have to undertake a treacherous journey to the far-away Fellhorn mountain where Sarah must find the one weapon that can save them from the black riders pursuing them - The Sword of Sighs.

Khale: a wanderer no more, he sits on the throne of Tumenfell as usurper. The Gorenwald: the endless forest-sea where a nameless evil lurks. The White Sons: zealots who have bred a monstrous army to conquer Tumenfell. Leste the Red: tortured for years - full of hate and pain - she comes to take Khale's head. Could this be the end for Khale? Will he fall to the approaching hordes of chaos, or to Leste's avenging blade?

Khale the Wanderer: dark warrior of legend, a reaver with a demon's soul. King Alosse: ruler of Colm, willing to risk everything to save his city and its people. Princess Milanda: an innocent, kept pure since birth, unknowing of her fate. Neprokhodymh: the cursed city of sorcerers where Khale must make a choice that will scar him for life, or fall into darkness forever.

'Angus had never been very interested in history until he visited it by accident one Tuesday night.'History has always seemed pretty boring to Angus. Who cares about things that happened thousands of years ago? Totally pointless! That's what Angus thinks until the day he accidentally falls into a shopping trolley and ends up travelling through time with Marge, the lady who runs the cheese counter at the local supermarket, and who is also FROM THE FUTURE.And so begins the most epic adventure of his life - exploring a market in Roman Britain, hanging out with Shakespeare, making new friends in Ancient Egypt. Oh, and trying to escape the Evil Emperor Kragg from the 99th Century who is determined to destroy the planet.Can Angus and his new friends make it out of the past unscathed and, more importantly, is camel cheese really as bad as you imagine? Only time will tell!This epic and hilarious time travel adventure takes you from Roman Britain to the Ancient Egyptians. An ideal read for Key Stage 2 learners.

Willow Grey returns to Tirlane and finds it a place of darkness and despair. The Lamia has laid waste to the land. Its people are in hiding, waiting for the end of all things true. Hope appears to be lost. But, as she journeys towards the Lamia's lair, Willow meets two brave new companions; Viril, a Centaur warrior, and Nastonik, a Beorhan wanderer. Will they be able to survive the perils that lay ahead? Can they face the monstrous Behemoths and defeat them in battle? Or, will they fall under the Lamia's spell and become servants to her evil forever?

From Lovecraftian grotesquerie to Aickmanesque peculiarity all the way along to pure pulp gross-out worthy of Guy N. Smith; this collection has something to offer every discerning horror fan! Above a pub in King's Cross, London, a masked performer entices a select audience to shed their inhibitions. Beneath the ruins of a castle in the Scottish Highlands, the monstrous experiments of a missing scientist live on. Zombies hungrily roam the woods on a dark and stormy night, waiting for unsuspecting prey. A bewildered man awakens to find himself at the end of the world in the company of the dead Japanese writer, Kafu Nagai. On a perfect summer's day, two young lovers are separated but when they meet again, something has been changed between them forever. A nightmarish bus takes passengers on a journey through an urban hell. And Christmas comes but once a year yet it is something a single mother on a run-down council estate will soon wish never ever comes again. You'd better turn the lights down low before reading more as these tales are all of a kind. They are ... Made for the Dark.

Khale the Wanderer: lost in the wilderness, scarred by Milanda's fate. Lord Barneth: the butcher of Colm hosts a feast in Khale's honour - but to what end? Cacea Selwen: a mysterious servant-girl whose fortune becomes bound to Khale. The Thoughtless Dark: a figure emerges from its shadows to decide if, this night, the Wanderer shall die. "Greg James has a wonderfully vivid and creative imagination which sets him apart from other writers in the Fantasy genre." - Cheryl Bradshaw, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Sloane Monroe Series "James' writing is flawless and strong. There were many moments when I forgot anything existed but the world he had built." - Heather Marie Adkins, Author of Abigail, The Temple & The House "This is dark fantasy of the highest calibre." - Adrian Chamberlin, Author of The Caretakers

The land of Tirlane has fallen to the evil Lamia, but Willow Grey and Henu the Wealdsman escape her clutches aboard the legendary Pale Ship. To free Tirlane, they embark on a voyage that will take them to islands where cats rule over men, ruined cities are inhabited by living statues, and stranger places where spirits can make the wildest and darkest of dreams come true. But it is beyond these isles that the real challenges lie; can Willow Grey survive the perilous trials of the Skeleton Tower? Will Henu face his fears, or be consumed by the darkness growing within him? And what awaits them in the Giants' Graveyard at the edge of the world - the chance for redemption, or the end of all things true?

Emma Ashley has never liked clowns, so when she meets one on an afternoon walk through the woods she is certain he is up to no good. After he attacks her and she runs deeper into the woods, she discovers a conclave of clowns performing a sacrifice. Their leader appears to be the spawn of her childhood nightmares. How can a figment of her imagination have come to life? Will Emma escape with her sanity intact? Or, will she become another victim of the clowns outside?

Come here, into the space that exists between the light and the dark...where a masked god plays with the blind puppet-folk who worship him...where a woman dying to get out of this life finds black salvation in an old shop across the street...where churches and theatres become places of dismal communion...where dreams and nightmares guide the unwitting and unwilling through the broken patterns of their lives. These are fragments, thoughts and memories of a shadow world that linger on in the brain after waking. These are the night's residue.

The Old School stood alone and abandoned on the edge of the Old Town, somewhere in the South-East of England. It was a place of horror and old nightmares; where shadows gathered and the silence was haunted by the voices of the dead. Clifton, Jenna and Louise are being drawn back to the Old School, drawn by something shaped from their own darkness and despair. It waits for them, it calls to them, and it yearns to take everything from them. Because it was once like them but now it is something else. Forgotten and unloved. Unforgiven and hated. It is the Thing Behind the Door.

Vampires are loose in the trenches of the First World War. Passchendaele, 1917. Private Reg Wilson is a man with a name but no memories. A soldier who remembers nothing of life before the fighting began. Until he comes to Black Wood, a tainted place that knows him intimately. There, he will discover a darkness buried long ago by time and dust. An appetite that has been awoken by war. A hunger that will feed upon his blood, his regrets and his worst fears. It will show him what he has forgotten. It will show him nightmare made flesh. And, before he dies, it will make him look deep into the eyes of the dead.

A Dystopian Cyberpunk Adventure for fans of Blade Runner, Altered Carbon and Neuromancer! Celeste Walker's home is the Crawl: a dystopian mega-city covering two-thirds of the Earth's surface. The entire population are interconnected through a cyberspace network called the Flood. Celeste hunts down and defuses rogue memories in the Flood for a living. Her life is well-ordered, calculated, and routine - until the memories she hunts start fighting back. What is real and what is not begins to blur. Her work colleagues are found dead - is she the murderer? With her life and sanity at stake, Celeste finds her way to the forbidden Zero Sector, where the shocking truth awaits. Will she be the one to lead a revolution against the hi-sector elite and the mysterious Man in the Moon? Or, will she betray and ultimately destroy the human race? Includes bonus short stories: Neon Dawn, A Sculptor's Dream and End Program. "To call Neuroseed a roller-coaster wouldn't do it justice, it's more like an acid-trip on an alien dimension." Autumn Christian, acclaimed author of The Crooked God Machine and We are Wormwood "One of the bleakest things I've ever read." The Booze and Books Review Blog

A BRAND NEW YOUNG ADULT DARK FANTASY / FAIRY TALE ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BEST-SELLING AGE OF THE FLAME TRILOGY!Once upon a time, there was a girl with no time for fairy tales. Her name was Willow Grey. The doctors had told her she was sick and she wasn't going to get better. But then, she found the magical land of Tirlane where she met Henu, the sprightly wizard of the woods. He tells her of the Lamia; a demon who has cursed the land. In order to save Tirlane and herself, Willow must face the Lamia. Will she be able to overcome her darkest fears and find a happy ending? Or will she become lost in fantasy forever?

John Greyerson is the same as you and me. He gets up in the morning. He goes to a tedious dayjob. He goes home afterwards and tries to forget about what his life has become. Every day the same. Not much changes. Little worth living for. John Greyerson is not quite the same as you and me. He has met a ghost. Her name is Daria Lee and she has introduced him to the strange, twilight world which exists between sanity and nightmare, love and hate, sex and death. John Greyerson is nothing at all like you and me. He has fallen in love with a ghost. He has also discovered that not only do the dead haunt the living but the living also haunt the dead - and no-one can be truly sure of what is real and what is not.

Armies of Fellspawn march upon Highmount. The Iron Gods have awoken from their slumber. E'blis, the Prince of Pain, is preparing a very special sacrifice to raise the Fallen One from his tomb. Sarah Bean must beseech the Kay'lo to join the war and help her to save Seythe from total destruction. Will they agree to help her? Can Highmount survive such an onslaught of evil? Or will this be the beginning of the end for the Thirteen Worlds?

The armies of the Fallen One have invaded the Three Kingdoms. A traitor sits upon the throne of Highmount. Malus, the Necrodragon, has been unleashed to lay waste to Seythe. The only hope left is Sarah Bean. But she has disappeared. Will she return and fulfil her destiny as the Living Flame? Or will she let the armies of the Fallen One conquer Seythe and plunge it into the Age of the Shadow forever?

Out at sea, off the coast of Gallipoli, the black teeth of Cape Helles await! Gallipoli, 1916. The campaign is lost. The Turks are driving the Anzacs from their dugouts. Amongst them is Tom Potter, a man who left England in disgrace, hoping to start his life over in New Zealand. But his ghosts have not let him go and, when he is cast adrift, lost at sea, they seek him out, they maroon him upon a grey and dismal island. A place where Tom discovers he is not alone, that he is being watched by horrors who have fed upon the blood spilled in the trenches of Passchendaele and the streets of London, and now, they wish to feed upon him.

London's most notorious murderer walks its streets once more. Whitechapel, 1917. Jerry Reinhart, an American fighter-pilot, returns to London to convalesce after losing an aerial joust with the German ace, Baron von Richtofen. Sick and unstable, he loses himself in the seedy streets, unaware that he has brought back something unspeakable with him from the Western Front. Something that begins to take on the shape of a killer who was never caught. As the bombs rain down on old London town, a man named Jack is being reborn.

The City is a house of flies, slowly rotting away. Soho Ghetto is a place of riots, sex, abuse and disease but it is no worse than the corporate meat-markets that staff their offices with the corpses of recently-deceased employees. Have you ever been to The Shop? Would you know a Bottom-Feeder if you saw one? Do you know what it feels like to be eaten alive by a Redundancy Package? Would you like to meet a Fallen Angel? All of these things and more are here. This is the bestiary of the 21st Century. This darkness mine.

God is dead: Mother has killed him. After the Religious World War the future Earth is left ravaged by the conflict between the religious and the secular world. Forced underground, the PORCs - people of religious conviction- inhabit subterranean caves, and run secret cells to recruit others to their cause, plotting and planning their revenge. But the supercomputer who controls the world - Mother - has a force of brutal and deadly clones at her command to hunt them down and destroy them - they are The Faith Seekers.They say that Faith Seekers don't have souls - that they are genetically engineered not to have one. Faith Seekers are like tanks. They are incredibly strong, fierce and full of technology, but rogue Faith Seekers Sunetra and Mandrake endure torture and horror in their fight to escape this savage and war-torn Earth in their search for The Idyll - a perfect world of freedom and happiness - but does it exist or is it a fantasy like the heaven of long ago?

_______________The second book in the laugh-out-loud funny Kid Normal series for readers aged 8+, from radio stars Greg James and Chris Smith_______________Praise for Kid Normal:'So funny, it's almost criminal' - Independent'Outrageous capers' - GuardianKid Normal was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize_______________Not all heroes have superpowers. Don't believe us? Well Murph Cooper is living proof. Since becoming Kid Normal, he and the Super Zeroes have been catching baddies all over the place. But being a hero is about to get a whole lot harder ...Far away in a top-secret prison, the world's most feared supervillain has broken a thirty year silence. His first words? 'Bring Kid Normal to me!'