Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster

Stuart Wilson

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A hugely inventive, action-packed, fun and quirky – and occasionally dark – adventure for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant, Nevermoor or Frankenstein.

A rusting ocean liner.
Thirty students learning to resurrect the dead.
A murderous monster on the loose . . .
Just a typical day at PROMETHEUS HIGH.

Athena Strange's first semester at Prometheus High starts with a bang. But when her lessons in reanimation, robotics and skulkers move too slowly and she has trouble making friends, Athena decides to take matters into her own hands.

On a ship where science and magic collide, and the monster under your bed is probably very real . . . will Athena be able to hold her head above water?

Published: 29 March 2022
ISBN: 9781760148157
Imprint: Penguin eBooks
Format: EBook
Pages: 288

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Fiction & true stories

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About the author

Stuart Wilson

Stuart Wilson lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and son. An omnivore when it comes to consuming stories, he reads too many books, watches too many films and plays too many videogames. Like Athena, he also chews on his lip when he's nervous. He is now the co-owner of a top-floor apartment. And lots of his neighbours own cats. And there's a storm brewing. So he's just waiting for the right moment . . .

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Praise for Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster

Wildly inventive, action-packed and with plenty of humour . . . Wilson has created a deliciously dark and macabre world for events to unfold . . . It is a monstrously good read!
Matt Wilson, awordaboutbooks.com

This quirky novel is a lot of fun and Wilson creates a vivid world.
Charlotte Callander, Books + Publishing

If you wanted to add an extra layer of magic and monsters to your mystery, then you can't go past … the Frankensteinian mayhem of Prometheus High 1: How to Make a Monster by Stuart Wilson.
Michael Earp, Sydney Morning Herald

Undoubtably an amazingly fun, creepy, weird and macabre middle grade adventure story.
Sarah Custance, Story Links

A marvellous genre mashup that’s a whole lot of fun and very entertaining to read. If you can imagine Tim Burton teaming up with the writers of the Bioshock game series to work on a kids book about a school for budding young Frankensteins set aboard a dilapidated and rather creepy old cruise ship, then you’re imagining something pretty close to Prometheus High . . . Wilson’s writing style is witty, richly descriptive, evocative, and atmospheric. He has brought together a wonderful and diverse cast of characters for his first book, and I for one am very much looking forward to the next one!
Christian Price, Reading Time