Dimensions
137 x 202 x 17mm
Alex Van Helsing is the fourteen-year-old descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the legendary vampire hunter, but though Alex is used to the teasing about his last name, he has no idea that vampires even exist. That changes when he gets to his new boarding school: Glenarvon Academy near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. All Alex wants to do is fit in, but between his bully roommates Merrill & Merrill and-oh yeah-the fanged girl he catches on the school's roof-that's not going to happen.
The supernatural intrigue escalates fast when Alex stumbles upon a secret: his literature teacher, Mr. Sangster, moonlights as a vampire-hunting secret agent. Sangster is hunting for the entrance to a hidden school for vampires called the Scholomance, concealed under Lake Geneva, and when he sees Alex's vampire-hunting potential, Alex is quickly recruited. But there's no time for formal training after two of Alex's friends are kidnapped in a vampire attack at the girls' school across the lake-an attack led by a vampire clan lord named Icemaker. Now it's up to Alex infiltrate the Scholomance, free his friends, and put a stop to Icemaker's dangerous plans before it's too late.
Drawing from centuries of vampire lore and literature, including Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Vampyre, Jason Henderson delivers a paranormal thrill ride that will have readers waiting breathlessly for Book 2-ALEX VAN HELSING: ULTRAVOX on Summer '11.
Age: 12+
