The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment #2 - (The Horrible Bag) by Rob Renzetti

About the Book

"Plagued by forgotten memories and cryptic notes, Zenith Maelstrom catches his sister sneaking back to the bag in the basement and follows her on a perilous journey to confront their past mistakes in the surreal realm of GrahBhag, as they striving to protect each other from imminent peril and the looming threat of Eternity Tower"--]cProvided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

From the creator of My Life As a Teenage Robot comes the second story in a middle-grade horror series about a horrible bag, the spine-chilling world hidden within it, and a terrifying adventure into the world of GrahBhag.

Perfect for fans of Coraline, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and Small Spaces.

Zenith Maelstrom knows he's forgetting something...

But he can't quite remember what. He wakes up to notes in his handwriting with messages like, "Prepare for battle!" - but what battle? - and his sister Apogee seems to grow angrier with him by the day. It's not until he finds Apogee sneaking back into the horrible bag hidden away in their basement that all the dreadful details about GrahBhag resurface. The spiderlike Shlurps. The trio of foul mouths that hunger for blood. Eldritch horrors around every corner.

Desperate to save Apogee from her ill-planned attempt to right the wrongs of their last trip into the bag, Zenith is forced to follow her into the bizarre world that has certainly not forgotten them. Between old foes set on vengeance like Raggedy Albert and terrifying new ones like the haunting Wraith, Zenith will have to put things right with his sister without falling into the clutches of those who would do him harm. For if he is caught, Eternity Tower awaits...

With a combination of dry, absurdist humor and no-holds-barred horror, Rob Renzetti has crafted a delightfully imaginative fantasy world that will hook readers as surely as it will send chills down their spines.

Review Quotes

"Renzetti's imaginative world and its creatures are delightfully dark and twisted... A well-paced follow-up full of deliciously nightmarish creatures and scenes."--Kirkus

Praise for The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things

"This book is Terrible, Horrible, and a fiendish delight. Rob Renzetti will send a shiver down your spine and give you a phobia of bags that you never will recover from. Open at your own dismay!"--Alex Hirsch, New York Times best-selling author and creator of Gravity Falls

"Exhilarating, spooky, and reminiscent of Through the Looking Glass--if everyone and everything in Wonderland was trying to kill Alice."--Shelf Awareness, starred review

About the Author

Rob Renzetti is a veteran of TV animation whose work on Cartoon Network's Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends earned him an Emmy. He created the Nickelodeon show My Life as a Teenage Robot, acted as the supervising producer for Disney's Gravity Falls, and served as executive producer on the first two seasons of Disney's Big City Greens, among other projects. Recently, he has published four books for Disney Publishing, including the New York Times #1 Best Seller Gravity Falls: Journal 3 and Onward: Quests of Yore.