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Spellbinder #3
The Blood Binding
"Blood binds strongest."
"But ... you're dead. You don't have any blood. Your body isn't even here. It's over there in the museum."
Belladonna Johnson is getting used to being the Spellbinder. Saving the world, seeing ghosts, and taking regular trips to the Land of the Dead have become positively humdrum. But when she and Steve discover a girl who has been waiting two thousand years for someone to rescue her, they find themselves involved with Old Magic and people and spirits unknown to even the mighty Queen of the Abyss. This time they are on their own, and to make things even more complicated, it's Halloween, the one time of year when ghosts can go wherever they want, which means it's even more difficult for Belladonna to work out exactly who is alive ... and who is dead.
"But ... you're dead. You don't have any blood. Your body isn't even here. It's over there in the museum."
Belladonna Johnson is getting used to being the Spellbinder. Saving the world, seeing ghosts, and taking regular trips to the Land of the Dead have become positively humdrum. But when she and Steve discover a girl who has been waiting two thousand years for someone to rescue her, they find themselves involved with Old Magic and people and spirits unknown to even the mighty Queen of the Abyss. This time they are on their own, and to make things even more complicated, it's Halloween, the one time of year when ghosts can go wherever they want, which means it's even more difficult for Belladonna to work out exactly who is alive ... and who is dead.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
About the author
Helen Stringer
16 books80 followersHelen Stringer is the author of the middle grade fantasy novels Spellbinder (UK title: The Last Ghost) and The Midnight Gate, as well as the novelette The Blood Binding. Her most recent novel, Paradigm, is a fast moving scifi adventure set in the not too distant future. Helen was born in Liverpool, England, and now lives in a barn in Northern California, where she reads, writes, and looks after an embarrassing number of cats.
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December 9, 2013
So we only get 64 pages???? What's going on? Is this just a teaser?
March 27, 2024
7 years later and still no update :(
August 2, 2016
I don't normally read short stories, partly because they can be tough to find, and partly because they don't typically feel like they belong in the larger story. This is, definitely, an exception. It felt very much like a part of the Spellbinder story. I loved it. It made me want more. C=
October 13, 2013
the storyline of this book is so god damn good... really wanna read it...can't wait.. :D
April 25, 2016
not book #3, a short but fun teaser
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