Quest Kids and the Dark Prophecy of Doug

by Mark Leiknes

Overview

It's been six months since the Quest Kids—Ned, Terra, Gil, Boulder, and Ash—saved a village from a furious dragon (no big deal) and turned their questing efforts toward finding Ned’s parents. But when the crew notices a serious sense of doom and gloom across the Seven Kingdoms, they set out in search of Doug, whose mysterious Dark Prophecy has the potential to send the world into even more dire darkness and dread.

With help from new and old friends, the Quest Kids sail through stormy seas, vacation on the newly rebranded Contentment Island, and venture into the Forsaken Lands to find Doug, whose wicked tunes and even wickeder plans are in full force. Can the Quest Kids get it together to counter Doug's plans and find Ned's parents—or must they watch as a triumphant Doug surfs on waves of fire and fulfills his terrible prophecy?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454946298
Publisher:	Union Square Kids
Publication date:	09/26/2023
Series:	Quest Kids
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	241,010
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Mark Leiknes is the author-illustrator of children's books including Quest Kids and the Dragon Pants of Gold. He produced a nationally syndicated comic strip called Cow & Boy for eight years before focusing on writing for kids. He currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with his wife and three kids. He invites you to visit him online at markleiknes.com.

Editorial Reviews

A rollicking romp carries on with a thickening plot.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-06-21
Dueling prophecies and monsters of various sorts keep would-be leader and hero Ned and his friends on their toes as their quest continues.

Battling, or at least escaping, foes ranging from a giant demon baby to a frustrated rock-and-roll minstrel with a madcap plan to lava surf his way to stardom, plus any number of more conventional toothy horrors, the Quest Kids edge closer to finding out what happened to Ned’s vanished parents in this second episode—which is, like the first, cast as a journal that switches in roughly equal measure between block-lettered passages and dialogue-infused ink-and-wash drawings. Forging on through multiple shipwrecks, falls into holes, and digressions from fictive author J.B. Lücastoothé on pirates, the perils of spelunking with ferrets, and similarly helpful topics, the Quest Kids eventually catch up to widely reviled dark lord Doug, outwardly genial author of a fake prophecy that turns out to be just the first step in a scheme for musical world domination. They also discover something shocking about Ned’s parents before closing on a considerable cliffhanger with a narrow escape that leaves Ned in a coma—or worse. An afterword by Lücastoothé promises ominous developments to come. Ned is lighter skinned in the art than some of his doughty companions.

A rollicking romp carries on with a thickening plot. (Fantasy. 8-12)

Kirkus Reviews