A Night in Terror Tower
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| Author | R. L. Stine |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Goosebumps |
| Genre(s) | Horror fiction, Children's literature |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Released | January 1995 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 129 pp (first edition, paperback). |
| Preceded by | My Hairiest Adventure |
| Followed by | The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom |
A Night in Terror Tower is the twenty seventh book in R. L. Stine's popular Goosebumps series of scary stories for young people.
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[edit] Plot summary
The story centers around two siblings on "vacation" in London who go on a tour which takes them to an historical tower, but somehow go back in time to the medieval period where a wizard reveals that the siblings are a prince and princess who escaped being executed by being put in the modern age.
"Eddie" & "Sue", despite it being unknown to them are really "Edward and Susannah", the Prince and Princess of York. On tour in twentieth century London, the two siblings encounter eerie moving sculptures, and when they reach the cell at the top of the tower, a strange inscription, "Long Live Freedom". When they leave the cell, however, they discover that their tour group is gone. The lone man in the castle appears to be a mysterious man in a black cape, later revealed to be the "Lord High Executioner". Eddie and Sue flee to the hotel, narrowly escaping a cab driver when they discover they don't have British Pounds to pay for the ride.However, the Lord High Executioner catches up with them, and takes Eddie prisoner, while managing to bring himself and the two siblings back to the middle ages.
Sue's search for her brother leads her through a peasant village, where she is eventually found by the Lord High Executioner and taken back to the tower. There, they encounter Morgrid, the King's sorcerer, who reveals the Lord High Executioner used three magical white stones to bring them back, after Morgrid sent them far into the future with new, but incomplete memories and identities. At the last moment before their execution, Eddie reveals he swiped the stones from the Lord High Executioner, and the siblings manage to escape into the future, bringing Morgrid with them. What happened to them afterwards remains a mystery.
[edit] Trivia
- The premise of two heirs to the British throne mysteriously vanishing, is actually based on true events. In 1483, Richard III placed his two nephews, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, in the Tower of London. The two boys were never seen again. It is not known what happened to the two young princes but they were most likely killed.
- A film version of this book was also made. The medieval-style Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario served as the setting for much of this film.[citation needed]
- There were two alternate endings; one for the book, and the other for the film based on it. The book ends with Eddie, Sue, and Morgrid going out for some "20th century burgers and fries", while the film ends with much more suspense and dark implications. In the film, the Lord High Executioner manages to grab one of the three white stones, though it is never explained if one would be enough to make any difference.
