Author(s): Curtis Jobling

Fantasy

Now the hunter has become the hunted bummer. Max is just your average kid growing up in Gallows Hill, a small town outside of Boston well, except that he lives in a gothic mansion with an old former prizefighter, and his after-school job is carrying on the monster-hunting tradition of his family, the van Helsings. Despite the bloody legacy he s inherited, Max always tries to be kind and fair to the ghouls, demons, and other creatures he encounters. So he s confused when monsters start attacking him willy-nilly even those he thought of as friends. Max discovers he s been cursed by an evil Warlock who intends to reclaim the earth for the monsters. To save his life, Max must rely on his gearhead friend Syd, his boy-genius neighbor Wing, and his brand-new puppy for help. But time is running out, and if they can t figure out how to break the Thirteenth Curse, Max and the world as we know it will be in deep, deep trouble "