A Game of Ghouls

The Phenomenals #2

by F.E. Higgins

An earthquake has rumbled through the twisted city of Degringolade, stopping the town Kronometer and the infamous Phenomenals in their tracks. Legend has it that if the ancient clock stops ticking a terrible fate will befall the people of Degringolade, and there's no denying that the super-mundane entities of the tar-pits are behaving strangely. They know something that the townspeople don't: deep below the city, something has woken up. And it's hungry . . .

Genres: Fantasy

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

F.E. Higgins has been fascinated by the macabre ever since seeing a ghostly apparition as a child. Nowadays Higgins travels the lands that these books describe, collecting strange artifacts and the even stranger stories behind them. When not in pursuit of a story, Higgins may be found in a haunted house in Kent, where a dismembered hand cradles a large diamond on the mantelpiece.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read these two books with my daughter and we both absolutely loved them. There is just enough goo and gore to keep her happy, but not over the top. The different world and contraptions are described so well we could picture everything in our minds.
There is some tricky language in here, new made up words, but we just found it fun taking our time with them and working out how we wanted to pronounce them.
This book left us on a bit of a cliffhanger so we can’t wait for the third.

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic! Higgins is the only author I read that I take the time to highlight fabulous word choice. She's outstanding! Creepy good reading!