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Desolation
- The Demon Road Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Kathryn Griffiths
- Series: Demon Road Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Summary
The epic new thriller continues. Book two in the mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from best-selling author Derek Landy, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.
Reeling from their bloody encounter in New York City at the end of Demon Road, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell - five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master. Amber and Milo's only hope lies within Desolation Hill - a small town with a big secret; a town with a darkness to it, where evil seeps through the very floorboards. Until, on one night every year, it spills over onto the streets, and all hell breaks loose. And that night is coming....
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"Derek Landy has been something of a publishing phenomenon." ( Irish Post )
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- ryan
- 19-05-17
Bravo! loved it! What an ending!
The voice acting is top notch
The story is great, very funny, lots of nail biting moments couldn't stop listening till it was done. 10/10
Now onto the 3rd book
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- Kaz Whymark
- 14-04-20
a AWESOME 👏🏾 BOOK 📖 🧡😊
Amber and Milo are still running 🏃♀️ from her crazy 😝 parents and now they have the hounds of hell on there case as well as serial killers and other monsters They team up with some kids who like them are hunting down the bad guys I loved this book and definitely recommend it to anyone who likes Derek Landy 🌈🧡😊🙏🏽👍🏽 x
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- Harmonic 77
- 12-08-19
Awesome Series
I love book one and two so far, can't wait for the third. Gripping Story, well read with a nice voice, great charractorisation.
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- clefairy
- 27-11-18
Better than the first
This story is just getting better, and the voice acting is so good. Can't wait to listen and read the next book in the series.
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- minty-chan
- 09-03-18
it wasn't as good unfortunately
it's a huge change from landy:s previous series. very adult, quite disturbing in places and seemed like a rough draft rather than a complete story. Katherine Griffith's voice acting is amazing tho, and I don't even like to listen to women's voices much.
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- Kerry
- 08-01-17
Wonderful
Get read but to word towards the end felt like he was fill in space just because he could added not to that plot story