Author(s): Platte F. Clark

Fiction (8 to 12 years)

In this start to a hilarious middle grade fantasy trilogy, Max Spencer discovers that he could be a powerful wizard and a killer unicorn is hunting him. It wasn t Max Spencer s idea to fight robots, lead an army, or save the world it just so happens that he s the only living person who can read the most fantastical book ever written: The Codex of Infinite Knowability. The Codex is no ordinary book, and among other things, it describes a unicorn named Princess the Destroyer. Princess the Destroyer is not an average unicorn. She loves nothing more than hunting down, killing, and eating other creatures. After all, what s the point of having a sharp horn on your forehead if you don t use it for destructive purposes? And right now Princess has a very definite purpose: Find Max and retrieve the lost Codex for an evil sorcerer and his mysterious master. If she can do that, she s been promised an all-the-humans-you-can-eat buffet in Texas. Stuck in another world and with a carnivorous unicorn on his trail, Max must find the courage to save himself, his friends, and, oh yeah the entire human race."""