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The Night of the Scorpion

by Anthony Horowitz · 1985

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An English journalist, his thirteen-year-old ward, and an Incan boy battle the supernatural evil of the Old Ones, who plan to enter our world through a secret gate somewhere in Peru.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
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PeruPeruMore like thisLess of this
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childrens

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