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

About the author

Stuart Wilson

Stuart Wilson lives in Naarm/Melbourne with his wife and son. He is the author of The 113th Assistant Librarian and the Prometheus High books. Quite the oxymoron, he can frequently be found lost in a book.

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The 113th Assistant Librarian 2: Lost in a Book

Prometheus High 2: The Books of the Dead

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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