Marius and the Band of Blood
Tales from Schwartzgarten Series
Author: Christopher William Hill
Book 4 in the Tales from Schwartzgarten series
Pages: 304
Published: 2015
Age: 10+
A gruesomely funny series for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket.
Meet Marius Myerdorf, the newest recruit of Schwartzgarten's most secret of societies.
His is a tale of adventure and abduction, friendship and fearlessness, as The Band of Blood race against time to unmask two of the foulest fiends in the history of the Great City.
The deeds are DASTARDLY.
The twists are TERRIFYING.
And happy endings are NOT always guaranteed.
If you prefer CLEAVERS to KITTENS and FIENDS to FAIRIES...
...then welcome to the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten!
About the Tales from Schwartzgarten Series
Books in series order
- 1.Osbert the Avenger(2012)
- 2.The Woebegone Twins(2013)
- 3.The Lily-Livered Prince(2014)
- 4.Marius and the Band of Blood(2015)
Reading age: 10+ years
If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies, then welcome to the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten.
Schwartzgarten is a strange city with an even stranger collection of inhabitants. It might remind you of Prague or Paris in the 1920s - only with more murder, mischief and mayhem.
The dark humour of Tales from Schwartgarten will appeal to fans of Adam Gidwitz and Lemony Snicket. Certain elements are also evocative of some of Roald Dahl's darker tales, such as Matilda, but don't expect any 'happily ever after...' in the city of Schwartzgarten. You have been warned...