{"product_id":"the-hand-of-the-necromancer-paperback","title":"The Hand of the Necromancer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Bellairs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrad Strickland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a Massachusetts town, an evil wizard is about to come back from the dead and a young hero must fight to stop him . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the days of the Salem witch trials, the sleepy hamlet of Duston Heights had just one practitioner of the dark arts: the notorious necromancer Esdrias Blackleach. As the fever for witch hunting reached its terrible peak, Blackleach was accused of using powerful black magic against his fellow townsfolk. But just before he could be brought to trial, he dropped dead, escaping justice forever. Or so it seemed . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fast forward to the 1950s, the inquisitive young sleuth Johnny Dixon and his mentor Professor Childermass are getting ready to donate a box of Blackleach artifacts to the local museum when a descendant of the sorcerer shows up and attempts to steal his ancestor's wooden hand. He has a fiendish plan to raise the old necromancer from the dead, and only Johnny and the professor can stop him and make the town safe from black magic forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Johnny Dixon stories, from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe House with a Clock in Its Walls\u003c\/i\u003e, have been acclaimed for their \"believable and likable characters\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"spine-tingling\" supernatural adventure (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Bellairs is beloved as a master of Gothic young adult novels and fantasies. His series about the adventures of Lewis Barnavelt and his uncle Jonathan, which includes \u003ci\u003eThe House with a Clock in Its Walls\u003c\/i\u003e, is a classic. He also wrote a series of novels featuring the character Johnny Dixon. Among the titles in that series are \u003ci\u003eThe Curse of the Blue Figurine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull\u003c\/i\u003e. His stand-alone novel \u003ci\u003eThe Face in the Frost\u003c\/i\u003e is also regarded as a fantasy classic, and among his earlier works are \u003ci\u003eSt. Fidgeta and Other Parodies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pedant and the Shuffly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bellairs was a prolific writer, publishing more than a dozen novels before his untimely death in 1991. \u003cbr\u003e Brad Strickland has written and cowritten forty-one novels, many of them for younger readers. He is the author of the fantasy trilogy \u003ci\u003eMoon Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Nul's Quest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWizard's Mole\u003c\/i\u003e, and the creator of the popular horror novel \u003ci\u003eShadowshow\u003c\/i\u003e. With his wife, Barbara, he has written for the Star Trek Young Adult book series, for Nickelodeon's \u003ci\u003eAre You Afraid of the Dark?\u003c\/i\u003e book series, and for \u003ci\u003eSabrina, the Teenage Witch\u003c\/i\u003e (Pocket Books). Both solo and with Thomas E. Fuller, he has written several books about Wishbone, public TV's literature-loving dog. When he's not writing, he teaches English at Gainesville College in Gainesville, Georgia. He and Barbara have two children, Amy and Jonathan, and a daughter-in-law, Rebecca. They live and work in Oakwood, Georgia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.33 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760644489504,"sku":"9781497637757","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7397de0a4ad7bdcdb34c3c9b4d7d8a4c.webp?v=1780185702","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hand-of-the-necromancer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}