Grimstink

About this book

Grimstink, son of Grimstink, has travelled 90,000 light years to annihilate all life on Earth. In doing so, he’s swapped places with 13-year-old Layla Tenby, who’s been zapped onto an alien planet where flying metal balls are shooting lasers at her. They both have to survive these strange new places. 

Luckily, Grimstink can think fast. Calling himself ‘Ed Sheeran’, and enlisting Layla’s younger brother Reece as a helper, the alien must engineer a gateway between the planets, allowing the deathbots to travel through it and kill everything on Earth. First, he just has to navigate wearing clothes, visiting an old people's home and ordering a sandwich at Subway. 

Meanwhile, Layla must escape from the deathbots and face a powerful, evil alien monster. Can she stop the destruction of the galaxy? Will she ever get home? And will Grimstink, son of Grimstink, actually destroy the Earth – and his new friend? 

This hilarious story will have readers laughing out loud. It’s always fun when the reader knows more than the character (for instance, what a traffic warden is), and it has a pacy plot too. There is much to enjoy, plus the theme of friendship to muse on. Great fun.