Mel Foster and the Demon Butler

Mel Foster and the Demon Butler

First edition cover
Author Julia Golding
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Children's historical fantasy
Set in The Arctic & London
Publisher Egmont Publishing
Publication date
 August 2015
Media type Print paperback
Pages 288
ISBN 978-1405277341
Followed by Mel Foster and the Time Machine

Mel Foster and the Demon Butler is a gothic children's novel by Julia Golding, a multi-award winning writer for children and young adults. Julia Golding also writes under the pen names of Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards. Mel Foster and the Demon Butler has been published by Egmont Publishing in August 2015. The publishing deal was announced in January 2015. The novel is the first book in an adventure series. The next book, Mel Foster and the Time Machine, was published in April 2016.[1]

Plot

Mel Foster is an orphan, growing up in Victorian England, when he is sent away from the orphanage to work on a ship called The Albatross. When The Albatross gets stuck in ice, Mel accidentally discovers the body of a giantess frozen within the ice. Mr Wallace, a scientist travelling on the ship, convinces Captain Mariner to bring the "monster" back to England, to show Queen Victoria, who will surely pay handsomely to see the monster.

Mel, left to look after the frozen specimen accidentally revives the giantess back to life. However, Eve Frankenstein is not actually a monster. Luckily, she does not want to eat Mel―she wants to protect him.

While Eve and Mel become firm friends in the Arctic, back in England there is definitely something fishy going on in Buckingham Palace. The Queen's creepy butler has a peculiar influence over his monarch. It turns out that this butler is hatching a plan that could destroy the British Empire. It is up to Mel, Evie and an assorted bunch of monsters to save the Empire!

The Setting

Mel Foster and the Demon Butler starts off in the Arctic during Queen Victoria's reign. Most of the novel is set in London, England.

The characters

Main characters

Secondary characters

Publishing Details

References

  1. ↑ "Mel Foster and the Time Machine". Amazon. Egmont. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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