Thrash Force
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
"Raj Sidhu has crafted a thrilling adventure that empowers its audience. A reminder that those kids in the basement may just be preparing to save the world." –Justin McElroy, co-creator of The Adventure Zone
In this hilarious fantasy adventure, when Riley Singh unwittingly offends a multiversal sorcerer, he and his friends are whisked into a freaky new reality—perfect for fans of Dungeoneer Adventures and Once Upon a Tim.
Seventh grader Riley Singh is a smart kid. Smart enough to know that he could be an exceptional student in school if he wasn’t always playing Dungeon Brawl: a role-playing game where he and his friends embark on radical quests to slay demon lords and rescue the occasional village.
The only problem is that Doomface, the villain of their newest adventure, is listening in on their game and may just be maniacal enough to pull four middle schoolers through the folds of reality to satisfy his ego.
Stranded in a strange world with magical powers as their characters, Riley and his friends will have to find a way to defeat Doomface and return to Earth. And Riley will do whatever it takes to get home before his parents realize he's missing—even if that means dooming his friends along the way.
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Debut author Sidhu's good-humored and gleefully self-aware fantasy adventure draws on familiar gaming tropes and mechanics to offer an epic, comedic tale of good vs. evil. Seventh grader Riley Singh would rather use his academic aptitude and computer skills to play online RPG Dungeon Brawl than apply himself at school. Though his parents assert that he's one bad report card away from being sent to boarding school, he takes comfort in his steadfast relationships with his friends: intellectual Simon Plotts, fiercely athletic Georgie Chen, and Georgie's exuberant younger brother Jasper. Upon beginning a new Dungeon Brawl game, however, the group is transported into the virtual landscape by the video game's antagonist, the dark necromancer Lord Doomface. Trapped in an alternate dimension with only a few spells and tricks to their names, Riley and company must complete quests, fight evil, level up, and defeat Lord Doomface if they want to get home in time to intercept their report cards. Dungeon Brawl's lively and vibrantly rendered setting provides the ideal backdrop for a satisfying story across which tween characters kick butt and uncover previously untapped self-confidence. The cast is racially diverse. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 8–12.
