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Beast Quest #49
Ursus the Clawed Roar
Evil Wizard Malvel has stolen the treasured Warlock's Staff! If he reaches the Eternal Flame in the mysterious realm of Seraph, he will rule all the kingdoms. Tom must stop him, but first he must defeat a giant Beast: Ursus the Clawed Roar!
120 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2011
About the author
Adam Blade
838 books220 followersAdam Blade is the house name for the Working Partners Ltd. ghostwriters who write the Beast Quest and Sea Quest series.
Adam Blade is in his late twenties, and was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father’s paintings of historic English battles – which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was also fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father’s office. Adam’s father said they were a Blade family heirloom.
As a boy, Adam would spend days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character – Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all. The idea for Beast Quest was born.
When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas – until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age… And still does, even though he’s grown up!
When he’s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets – a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest – Arachnid and Claw.
Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
Adam Blade is in his late twenties, and was born in Kent, England. His parents were both history teachers and amateur artists, and Adam grew up surrounded by his father’s paintings of historic English battles – which left a lifelong mark on his imagination. He was also fascinated by the ancient sword and shield that hung in his father’s office. Adam’s father said they were a Blade family heirloom.
As a boy, Adam would spend days imagining who could have first owned the sword and shield. Eventually, he created a character – Tom, the bravest boy warrior of them all. The idea for Beast Quest was born.
When Adam grew up and decided that he wanted to be a writer, he was stuck for ideas – until he remembered the old sword and shield, and the imaginary boy he had created when he was young. Adam decided to bring Tom fully to life so that readers could go on the kind of adventures that he always wanted to when he was that age… And still does, even though he’s grown up!
When he’s not writing Beast Quest books, Adam enjoys visiting museums and ancient battle sites. His main hobbies are fencing and football. He also spends a lot of time at home running around after his two exotic pets – a tarantula named Ziggy, and a capuchin monkey named Omar. These little rascals were the inspiration for two of the Beasts that Tom faces on his Quest – Arachnid and Claw.
Sadly, Adam does not have his own Fire-Dragon or Horse-Man. But he really wishes he did!
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June 1, 2023
Ah yes, time again for the ghostwriters to forget how certain tokens work and to not understand basic weaponry. Tom used a gem from his belt that he'd only used once or twice before. The one time that I remember him using it, immediately after he'd first gotten it, the gem created a magic portal from Gorgonia to Avantia. Now suddenly it can be used to emit waves of magic capable of cutting through rock. Yes, those two powers are similar. Of course they are. Elenna gets her bow knocked out of her hands and when she can't immediately find it she takes a piece of bamboo and strings it as a temporary replacement. That's not how bamboo works. Supposedly bamboo can indeed be used to make bows, but it takes shaping and combining with other materials. You can't just string a piece of bamboo and expect to fire an arrow. Odds are the bamboo will just break in your hands. Even if it didn't, an unshaped bamboo bow wouldn't have the necessary power to penetrate a bears fur very far.
Two stars for those issues and the fact that all of a sudden there's a kingdom floating above Avantia that nobody but Aduro and Malvel knew about.
Two stars for those issues and the fact that all of a sudden there's a kingdom floating above Avantia that nobody but Aduro and Malvel knew about.
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August 18, 2020
This book blew my mind because of all of the action like in the beginning of the book malvel stole the warlock staff from Aduro's closet I think and then Aduro nearly died because the Warlock Staff keeps Aduro alive.
June 14, 2021
Interesting story
February 3, 2014
I think this book is so amzing,because this book has so much action in this book.
April 3, 2017
I like this book alot
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