The Revenge of the Shadow King

Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia -- who form the secret club The Grey Griffins -- seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When creatures like goblins and fairies and unicorns, all characters from a card game the Grey Griffins play, begin to make appearances in Max's backyard, Max and his friends know something is terribly wrong. And it's up to them to stop the wicked creatures of the cards from destroying their town -- indeed, their world. A thrilling, new legend is born in the first book of the Grey Griffins' magical adventures. Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis grew up together in a small Midwestern town, not so very different from Avalon, and they have remained the best of friends ever since. Derek Benz has always been interested in archeology, linguistics, mythology, and cosmology, and he currently works for a Fortune 100 company. J.S. Lewis has worked in news reporting, radio production, animation, speech writing, video game development, and now marketing. Both Mr. Benz and Mr. Lewis live in Arizona with their families. The Revenge of the Shadow King is their first novel. Erik Steele has performed on and Off-Broadway, as well as in theaters around the country. He has been narrating books for several years and recently appeared in his first independent feature film.