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The Malifex

by Steve Alton · 2001

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In the Dorset, England, countryside on a family vacation, a video game fanatic reluctantly embarks on a quest to battle an ancient evil, aided by the daughter of a Wiccan and a man once apprenticed to Merlin.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of thiswitchwitchMore like thisLess of this
Themes
wizardswizardsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisDorsetDorsetMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
short · 185 pages

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