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The Revenge of the Shadow King

By: Derek Benz, J. S. Lewis
Narrated by: Erik Steele
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The first installment of Derek Benz and J. S. Lewis' Grey Griffin series follows sixth-grader Max Sumner and his three friends, whose lives in their "perfect and boring" Minnesota town get turned upside down when the nefarious goblins and witches featured in their favorite role-playing fantasy game suddenly spring to life and begin terrorizing their idyllic community.

This imaginative, phantasmagorical teenage fantasy is powered by the entrancing, shape-shifting quality of Erik Steele's performance; he enlivens depictions of treacherous kings and benevolent faeries with equal aplomb.

Publisher's summary

Max Summer and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia - who form the secret club The Grey Griffins - seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When creatures like goblins and fairies and unicorns, all characters from a card game the Grey Griffins play, begin to make appearances in Max's backyard, Max and his friends know something is terribly wrong. And it's up to them to stop the wicked creatures of the cards from destroying their town - indeed, their world!
©2005 Grey Griffin Industries, LLC (P)2006 Scholastic Inc.

Critic reviews

"Erik Steele entices his listeners into this adventurous story....Steele offers an excellent portrayal of the children, their protectors, and their foes. He presents the four main characters and their personalities with equal flair and differentiation, and incorporates the secondary characters with verve." ( AudioFile)

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need the rest of the series on here

loved the book but I wish you had the rest of the series on here

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Can’t wait for the next book!!

This was amazingly done. High praise for the Narration by Erik Steele. Such an engulfing story! I can’t wait for the second book to be done. Please have Erik do it as well!! It wouldn’t be the same without him!

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very entertaining

I enjoyed reading the bin the first time I heard about it. The narrator was very talented and kept me interested the whole time

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FANTASTIC!

I loved this! I seriously hope they'll continue the rest of the series! The voices were portrayed perfectly!

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One Of My Favorite Books

Erik Steele gives a great performance while the story is an absolute masterpiece. Would definitely recommend.

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Best book ever

I love everything about this book, especially sprig and the slayer, I always stay up all night reading this

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Fabulous — where is the rest of the series?

Fantastic story! Want more. Where is the rest of the series?
You should really indicate when you do not make all of the series available before someone starts with volume 1

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Where is the rest of the series?

I loved this book as a kid, and being able to listen to it now is amazing. But I’d like to listen to the rest of the series since I never got the chance to read them and don’t have time to read now days. Please make this happen! Preferably with the same reader.

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Great but where is the rest of the series?

I love this book but they need to get the rest of the series on here asap like rn.

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Revenge of shadow king

Love this book. It was my favorite as a kid. Disappointed they don’t have the entire series on here.

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