Rayleigh Mann in the Company of Monsters

About this book

Rayleigh Mann has never had a Halloween like it. He thought the most challenging thing about it would be sneaking out of the flat to go trick or treating without Nana seeing him – or getting back before curfew.

But even in his wildest imaginings he hadn’t foreseen the monstrous battle (yes, a battle between actual monsters) that ended with him being snatched and abducted, via a laundry hamper, to Below-London.

As if that weren’t enough, he finds out his dad is the actual Bogey Mann. And all he has to do to stay with him forever is pass a series of monstrous induction tests. What could be simpler?

In Below-London, normal rules do not apply so readers should be prepared to have their brains tangled up in some fairly fiendish knots. And to get to know a whole host of outlandish characters.

Incorporating elements of Caribbean myth, a puzzling quest and celebrating difference in many forms, Rayleigh’s adventures offer committed readers hours of anarchic fun in the company of fantastical and devilish companions. A complex and sinuous fantasy adventure set in a world of monsters where being bad isn’t just good, it’s compulsory.