The Secret Mummy: Book 4

by Lars Jakobsen, Lars Jakobsen (Illustrator)

Overview

In the sleepy village of Brasov, nestled in a region of Romania better known as Transylvania, seven villagers have been found with fang marks on their necks. Mortensen isn't the superstitious sort, but he heads back to 1891 to find some answers. A trail of stolen antiques, including a priceless mummy sarcophagus, leads him a hundred years later to Prague where a young tourist has suffered a similar attack. This looks like the work of a time-traveling vampire! And Mortensen thinks he's out for more than just blood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467772402
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2014
Series:	Mortensen's Escapades , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	89 MB
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Age Range:	11 - 12 Years

About the Author

Lars Jakobsen lives in Denmark and is the creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Ganske Vist (or Coop Ville, as it's known in English) about day-to-day life in a chicken coop. Lars worked as an animator on two Ganske Vist cartoons. He has also made several documentaries about historic films and events. Mortensen's Escapades was originally published in Denmark in 1993. Lars Jakobsen lives in Denmark and is the creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Ganske Vist (or Coop Ville, as it's known in English) about day-to-day life in a chicken coop. Lars worked as an animator on two Ganske Vist cartoons. He has also made several documentaries about historic films and events. Mortensen's Escapades was originally published in Denmark in 1993.

Editorial Reviews

"Time agent Mortensen has another odd mystery on his hands—what do Romanian vampires in 1891, a tourist in Prague in 1993 who vanishes and reappears minus a kidney, and an antiques auction in Paris in 1954 have in common? Those seemingly disparate things eventually come together in this fourth volume of the Mortensen's Escapades series, which compensates for a sometimes-thin plot with exciting and age-appropriate art. Research notes at the end help tie together the time-travel-meets-urban-legends story." —Booklist

From the Publisher

The jauntily scarved Mortensen returns in his fourth time-bending adventure. Mortensen, an agent dedicated to relentlessly fighting the ever-cresting wave of nefarious time-traveling criminals, now faces vampires in 19th-century Transylvania. Jumping uneasily through time from Prague to Transylvania to Bosnia and Paris, this wayward hero follows a creepy count thought to be a villainous vampire and the shadowy sarcophagus that seems tied to him. The threads in this offering—as in the previous volumes—are many, and readers familiar with them should be ready to apply the patience needed to slowly untangle the tenuous web. Jakobsen's art, utilizing a dark, earthy palette of muted tones, does help create moody atmospherics, a pleasant complement to the foreboding European backdrop. Historical notes provide some interesting background on the subjects covered, from the function of human kidneys (which do indeed play a vital role) to the Bosnian War to the history of Vlad the Impaler. A premise with promise falls short again, for this slim volume feels too crowded, packing in seemingly arbitrary historical events like sardines; a fatal flaw for this series as a whole. A stronger story than its predecessor (The Red Ruby, 2013), but with so many other, excellent series to choose from, why bother starting with a fourth volume? (maps, historical notes) (Graphic science fiction/adventure. 13 & up)

Kirkus Reviews