MISTER MONDAY
By Garth Nix

Arthur Penhaligon is not supposed to be a hero.  He is, in fact, supposed to die an early death.  But then his life is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock.

Arthur is safe — but his world is not.  Along with the key comes a plague brought by bizarre creatures from another realm.  A stranger named Mister Monday, his avenging messengers with bloodstained wings, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers will stop at nothing to get the key back — even if it means destroying Arthur and everything around him.

Desperate, Arthur ventures into a mysterious house — a house that only he can see.  It is in this house that Arthur must unravel the secrets of the key — and discover his true fate.

Excerpt:
They had tried to destroy the Will, but that proved to be beyond their power.  So they broke it, in two ways.  It was broken physically, torn apart, with the fragments of heavy parchment scattered across both space and time.  It was broken in spirit because not one clause of it had been fulfilled.

If the treacherous Trustees had their way, no clause of the Will would ever be executed. To make sure of this, all seven fragments of the Will had been hidden with great care.

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