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Dark Lord, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, Interest age: from c 9 years, Fiction, Children's Fiction, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage)
Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure... Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best.
Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk's other worldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to the Ring of Power given to her by Dirk, his minions recognise her as their ruler. Sooz immediately sets about redecorating Dirk's Dark Tower to the taste of a young girl.
But Sooz has to face her toughest challenge when an army of fanatical paladins and orcs gather to march against her. Despite their centuries of hostility to each other, they prefer to form an alliance rather than accept Sooz's new regime.
And what of Dirk? He continues on slaving away at school, plotting ways to rescue Sooz. Eventually he is able to advise her on life in the Darklands and Sooz is able to hold back the fanatical paladins.
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Praise for Dark Lord: A Fiend in Need: Book 2
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An hilarious read. - Carmarthen Journal
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Lots of fun... enjoyable and very inventive. - Books For Keeps
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Combining hilarious humour with great suspense and an action-packed narrative. Will be a hit with its readers. - School Librarian
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Boys of 11+ love Jamie Thomson's second laugh-aloud page-turner. - The Times
Jamie Thomson
Jamie Thomson is the minion and slave of the Dark Lord, Dirk Lloyd. He's an author and games developer who has written numerous choose-your-own-adventure style gamebooks and worked on many computer games from the Tower of Despair (1984) to Warrior Kings: Battles (2003) Jamie Thomson lives in the dungeons below his Master's Iron Tower in East Sussex, where he spends every day writing for his overlord.
His book, Dark Lord: The Teenage Years, was the 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner.
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