The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken
“I would say it’s a pleasure to meet thee, Prosperity Oceanus Redding, but truly, I only anticipate the delights of destroying thy happiness.”
Prosper is the only unexceptional Redding in his old and storied family history — that is, until he discovers the demon living inside him. Turns out Prosper’s great-great-great-great-great-something grandfather made — and then broke — a contract with a malefactor, a demon who exchanges fortune for eternal servitude. And, weirdly enough, four-thousand-year-old Alastor isn’t exactly the forgiving type.
The fiend has reawakened with one purpose — to destroy the family whose success he ensured and who then betrayed him. With only days to break the curse and banish Alastor back to the demon realm, Prosper is playing unwilling host to the fiend, who delights in tormenting him with nasty insults and constant attempts trick him into a contract. Yeah, Prosper will take his future without a side of eternal servitude, thanks.
Little does Prosper know, the malefactor’s control over his body grows stronger with each passing night, and there’s a lot Alastor isn’t telling his dim-witted (but admittedly strong-willed) human host.
- File Name:the-dreadful-tale-of-prosper-redding-by-alexandra-bracken.epub
- Original Title:The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding (Fiction - Middle Grade)
- Creator:Alexandra Bracken
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B01NH5FA6B
- Publisher:Disney Book Group
- Date:2017-09-04T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:836.751 KB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Dedication
- 4. Chapter 1: Founder’s Day
- 5. Chapter 2: A Spell of Bad Luck
- 6. Chapter 3: A Worrying Welcome
- 7. Chapter 4: A Family Reunion of Sorts
- 8. Chapter 5: The Test
- 9. Chapter 6: Stranger and Stranger
- 10. Chapter 7: Bone-Tingling
- 11. Chapter 8: Nell and Barnabas
- 12. Chapter 9: The Malefactor
- 13. Chapter 10: Conversations by Candlelight
- 14. Chapter 11: Hag Bait
- 15. Chapter 12: The House of Many Terrors
- 16. Chapter 13: The Witching Hour
- 17. Chapter 14: The New Kid
- 18. Chapter 15: Of Myth and Legend
- 19. Chapter 16: A Taste of Lemon
- 20. Chapter 17: The Head of the Pack
- 21. Chapter 18: Sulfur and Search Engines
- 22. Chapter 19: Cleaned Out
- 23. Chapter 20: Set Up
- 24. Chapter 21: Something Dark and Dreadful
- 25. Chapter 22: A Kind Heart, a Sharp Knife
- 26. Chapter 23: A Too-Close Encounter
- 27. Chapter 24: Alastor, Interrupted
- 28. Chapter 25: Prosper, Awakened
- 29. Chapter 26: Secrets and Slobber
- 30. Chapter 27: Bells, Books, and Candles
- 31. Chapter 28: The Dread of the Dead
- 32. Chapter 29: An Escape in the Night
- 33. Chapter 30: Locked Up, Locked Out
- 34. Chapter 31: Setting the Stage
- 35. Chapter 32: Bewitched and Betrayed
- 36. Chapter 33: What’s Past Is Prologue
- 37. About the Author