Deadworld - The Child Guardian series
by Jerzy Jones
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Pub Date 29 Mar 2026 | Archive Date 22 May 2026
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Description
A preteen boy raised on Earth. An arch enemy waiting for revenge. A dying home world only he can save.
George Shilling longs to have a normal life. Struggling to adjust to his father's new marriage, the clever middle schooler tries to focus on keeping his grades up and forget his strange dreams that feel like a warning. But when he passes the Old Curiosity Shop, he discovers an oddly familiar globe and mirror that suddenly transport him to another world.
Shocked to learn he has special powers George must now control them if he is to succeed in saving his home world from dying. But first the brave eleven-year-old must defeat a tyrant ruler determined to end the world for his own gains.
With new found abilities, can George survive a final confrontation and restore peace?
Deadworld is the gripping first book in The Child Guardian middle-grade fantasy series. If you like unassuming heroes who never give up, detailed world-building, and good vs evil, then you’ll love Jerzy Jones’ action-packed children’s novel.
Buy Deadworld to defeat evil today!
A page-turning, imaginative foray into strange new worlds and the responsibility of powers that you didn't know you had but which everything depends on.
Iqbal Hussein, author of The Night I Borrowed Time
Advance Praise
A page-turning, imaginative foray into strange new worlds and the responsibility of powers that you didn’t know you had but which everything depends on. Iqbal Hussein, author of The Night I Borrowed Time.
An enjoyable, engaging, and engrossing fantasy yarn. Shades of The Dark is Rising, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Famous Five, The Never ending Story, and Flatland, uniquely combine in this original, thoughtful, adventurous tale that adults as well as children will love. Mab Jones, poet, writer and radio presenters
Deadworld,' is a fast-paced immersive read. Both plot and characters are well written and the target audience (MG readers) will enjoy spending time with the main protagonists; George and his friend Arianwen.
The writing is richly cinematic enabling the reader to vividly imagine the world that the children are transported to. The friendship between them is a real strength and readers will want them to succeed together their quest. The novel has a touch of the Lord of the Rings and The Snow Spider vibe about it, which made it a delightful, magical adventure that will appeal to the most reluctant of readers. Valda Varadinek, Y4 teacher and Oracy and English Lead, Eldon Grove Academy, Hartlepool
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9798252316352 |
| PRICE | $5.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 304 |