The Creeps
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Samuel Johnson is not in a happy place.He is dating the wrong girl, demons are occupying his spare room, and the town in which he lives appears to be cursed. But there is some good news on the horizon. After years of neglect, the grand old building that once housed Wreckit & Sons is about to reopen as the greatest toyshop that Biddlecombe has ever seen, and Samuel and his faithful dachshund Boswell are to be guests of honour at the big event. A splendid time will be had by all, as long as they can ignore the sinister statue that keeps moving around the town, the Shadows that are slowly blocking out the stars, the murderous Christmas elves, and the fact that somewhere in Biddlecombe a rotten black heart is beating a rhythm of revenge. A trap has been set. The Earth is doomed. The last hope for humanity lies with one young boy and the girl who's secretly in love with him. Oh, and a dog, two demons, four dwarfs and a very polite monster.
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This is the third outing for Samuel Johnson, a young boy with a faithful little dog named Boswell. In his first adventure, recounted in The Gates, the Large Hadron Collider opened a portal to Hell and lots of weird bad things happened and Samuel averted a catastrophe. Now he's got two ineffectual demons living at his house, Nurd and Wormwood. And the craziness returns. Also returning for the craziness is an ex-ice cream truck vendor who represents four larcenous dwarves named Jolly, Dozy, Angry, and Mumbles. The story isn't as coherent as The Gates, and Samuel often takes a backseat to the dwarves. But that's mostly okay as the dwarves are hilarious. I can't tell you how often I was chuckling at the absurd goings-on and bizarre dialog. But it was fun. If you're at all interested, you have to check out The Gates. As in the previous two books, this one is chock full of funny footnotes as well.
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3 primary books4 released booksSamuel Johnson is a 4-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by John Connolly.
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