Título: DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test (Volume 1)
Autor: Hamish Steele
Sinopse: From the creator of Netflix original series Dead End: Paranormal Park comes the graphic novel series that started it all!
“DeadEndia is immediately appealing with its colorful art, unique setting, and funny jokes, but I especially loved the complicated emotional arcs of the characters and the weird, spooky magic underlying everything!”
—Molly Knox Ostertag, creator of The Witch Boy
“Heart-warming, heartbreaking, heart-pounding, and heartfelt!"
—Marika McCoola, The New York Times bestselling author of Baba Yaga’s Assistant
Barney Guttman’s life has been turned upside down. His family is struggling to fully embrace his trans identity, but thanks to his best friend Norma, he’s just landed a job at Phoenix Parks, a Dollywood-esque amusement park inspired by the long life and career of mysteriously youthful actress and singer Pauline Phoenix. Soon, Barney and his dog, Pugsley, secretly move into the haunted house attraction. Little does Barney know, the house contains a portal to the demonic planes of Hell. When Courtney, Barney’s devilish new roommate, invites a demon king to Earth through the portal, they offer Barney and Norma as flesh vessels for the king, but in a strange twist, Pugsley is possessed instead! It’s a race through the park to save Pugsley—and the world—from the demon king’s reign of terror that leaves Pugsley with strange and magical side effects. With all of this chaos going on, Barney is also discovering he has crush on park employee, Logan, so he must face his biggest fear of all… talking to someone he likes.
Follow the lives of this diverse group of friends in this hilarious and moving graphic novel series, complete with talking pugs, vengeful ghosts, and first love.
Part workplace comedy, part supernatural horror adventure, with a splash of LGBTQ+ romance, The Watcher’s Test is perfect for fans of author Hamish Steele’s TV series Dead End: Paranormal Park who are in search of more adventures, for graphic novel lovers who want more diversity in their reads, or simply as an introduction to the zany, creative, and laugh-out-loud funny world of DeadEndia.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test (Volume 1)”, de Hamish Steele, publicado pela editora Union Square & Co., em 2023 e com 240 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Union Square & Co.
Páginas: 240
Ano: 2023-05-02
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1454948957
ISBN13: 9781454948957
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Union Square & Co. apresentam uma variedade que vai do romance contemporâneo com toques de humor e tensão, até narrativas de fantasia jovem adulta e mistérios envolventes. O catálogo inclui obras que exploram relações humanas sob diferentes luzes, como conflitos familiares, romances que se desenvolvem em ambientes cotidianos e histórias de vingança ambientadas em cortes antigas. Também há títulos que convidam a uma experiência mais prática e visual, como guias ilustrados para a natureza e manuais com instruções passo a passo, além de obras que misturam arte e ciência de forma acessível. O tom das narrativas varia entre o atmosférico e o direto, com algumas histórias que privilegiam o ritmo acelerado e outras que se aprofundam em atmosferas densas e reflexivas.
