Sir Justin of Tarzana

Justin Brubaker just wanted to play a game. Now he has to kill a monster.

Justin is a regular middle-school kid from Tarzana, California, playing a fantasy game on his phone. But in a flash, the app sucks him back to the days of knights, wizards, magic, and danger.

Mavis the Magician appears and tells Justin he's been brought here to kill a terrifying monster called the Brymwolf. He was chosen because of his "noble heart." Justin doesn't care about his heart. He just wants to go home.

But before he can open the app again, Mavis turns his phone into a bird that flies away.

Now Justin is stuck in this strange world. To get his phone back and return to his own time, he'll have to pass dangerous tests and battle weird creatures. With a Saxon boy named Cuthbert and his pet pig Walter, Justin heads out on his quest.

But each step he takes may be his last.

Readers who crave action and adventure will be swept up in this tale of magic, danger, friendship, and courage.

JAMES SCOTT BELL writes high-stakes thrillers with danger around every corner. A winner of the International Thriller Writers Award, he now turns his storytelling skills toward young readers, because he believes every kid should get a shot at being the hero. Jim lives in Los Angeles, where he has not yet been knighted...but feels it's only a matter of time.