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Beast Quest #39
Krestor the Crushing Terror
The third book in the seventh series of the exciting adventure stories that are as gripping as a computer game! Great for boys, with a huge collectability factor bolstered by the collectors' cards in the back of the books, and links to an excellent interactive website. Evil Wizard Malvel is steering the land of Tavania towards total destruction. Tom must stop him by defeating six rampaging Beasts and sending them back to their rightful homes. Krestor the Crushing error awaits him...
145 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 3, 2013
About the author
Adam Blade
826 books216 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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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
June 28, 2018
I liked this book because it was very exciting. It was exciting because it had a lot of action and suspense. I liked the part when aTom defeated Krestor. I think this series is kind of repetitive because Tom defeats the beast EVERY single time!
February 25, 2025
I went in with really low expectations (seeming as this is the 39th book in the series) but this was pretty good.
My son liked the pictures. He found the beast sufficiently scary. The action was good and we explored a little bit of the world. There were nods to the other books and the total story, but this still worked on its own.
My son liked the pictures. He found the beast sufficiently scary. The action was good and we explored a little bit of the world. There were nods to the other books and the total story, but this still worked on its own.
May 29, 2023
Tom lost his sword in the previous book. Now it's back, despite Tom not actually retrieving it. The ghostwriters forgot about Tom's Gwildor tokens once again, this time the scales of balance; additionally, the ghostwriters forgot about the healing talisman Tom has in his belt. There were a number of times in this book it would've been useful, and yet wasn't used at all. I noticed in this book that the illustrator was starting to lose the plot too. Tom's shield was partially broken in the first book of this set but is illustrated as an undamaged one in this book. Not a big deal, it's just nice to be able to point out an inconsistency that's not the fault of the ghostwriters. A more important inconsistency is that Tom used his shield in his left hand and his sword in his right, and yet in an illustration (man, what's with the illustrator being the screw-up in this book?) where Tom's getting acid splashed on his shield he has his sword and shield in the opposite hands. Tom has his sword partially eaten away by acid, and his shield pretty well and truly destroyed. That's important for the next book.
Three stars for interesting acid-shooting Beast and the inconsistencies being partially from the illustrators this time.
Three stars for interesting acid-shooting Beast and the inconsistencies being partially from the illustrators this time.
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November 28, 2021
it is a very interesting book.
January 5, 2024
More than one obstacle awaits on this quest!
September 17, 2014
One word to describe this book... brilliant!!!.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews