MISTER MONDAY

Meet Arthur, an ordinary boy with a few problems on his hands. And his week has only just begun...

Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero. He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death. But his life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.

Arthur is safe - but his world is not. Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm. A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with blood stained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the Key back - even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.

Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house - a house only he can see. It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the Key - and discover his true fate....

When the Great Architect of All disappeared ten thousand years ago, she left a Will to be executed by her seven Trustees. But Mister Monday and his fellow traitors from the house broke the Will into seven fragments, scattered them across space and time, and seized the seven Keys to the Kingdom for themselves. Now a fragment of the Will has escaped and seeks its Rightful Heir. Arthur, a reluctant hero, is the one who must solve the great mystery - day by day, key by key, realm by realm - and restore order to a universe in chaos.

Read an extract from Mister Monday, the first book in the Keys to the Kingdom series.

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