The Black Tattoo - Softcover

Enthoven, Sam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1595141332 ISBN 13: 9781595141330

Publisher: Razorbill, 2008

Synopsis

Jack’s best friend, Charlie, is in serious trouble, possessed by an ancient demon called the Scourge who plans to use Charlie to bring about its evil ends—which, unfortunately, involve the destruction of the entire universe.

Now Jack and the butt-kicking, sword-wielding Esme must contend with floating sharks, intelligent jelly, oversized centipedes, gladiator pits, and vomiting bats, all for the sake of saving Charlie from the Scourge.

And, hopefully, saving the universe from total and utter annihilation.

About this title

About the Author:

For the last ten years Sam Enthoven worked as a part-time bookseller, living largely on a diet of instant noodles and parsnips while honing his skills as a writer of thrillers for young people. He is passionately – possibly 'certifiably' – committed to the ideal of "books that make kids want to read." His writing desk is made out of a squashed wardrobe. His favourite pastimes include playing lead guitar with the band Sour Mash Daddy And His Sixty Wives and practising tai chi while listening to skull-cracking drum-and-bass. "Hey," he says, "it works for me." He lives in London.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

From where Jack was standing, he could see the back of Charlie's neck. Weird black shapes were appearing under his friend's skin. Needle-sharp points of some inky-black substance were trickling up from under the collar of Charlie's T-shirt, widening into curved slivers of pure liquid darkness as they crawled up around his throat. Now the shapes were creeping down out of Charlie's sleeves: sliding past his elbows and down his forearms with an oil-dark, liquid eagerness.

Jack recognized the shapes: the curves, the hooks, the spikes. He'd seen them that morning, on Charlie's back—

It was the black tattoo.

It was moving.

About this edition

• Publisher: Razorbill
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1595141332
• ISBN 13: 9781595141330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528