The Ruler of the Grotesques

Groteskernes hersker

An action-packed choose-your-own-action novel aimed at 10-14-year-olds, who will have to put their moral compass to work to determine the plot and the ending.

Julie Midtgaard is an award-winning Danish YA Fantasy author.


The Ruler of the Grotesques

Groteskernes hersker

An action-packed choose-your-own-action novel aimed at 10-14-year-olds, who will have to put their moral compass to work to determine the plot and the ending.

Julie Midtgaard is an award-winning Danish YA Fantasy author.


Synopsis

The world has ended. Only three islands remain. And the grotesques are approaching.

Sander and his friends live on the Middle Island. But the island is a prison of rules, sakm and eternal fear, and beyond the Wall lurk the grotesques - disgusting, bloodthirsty creatures that threaten to devour everything.

Together with Amara and Miki, Sander defies the island's tyranny and sails into the unknown. Among the grotesques they find incomprehensible mysteries and dark truths. How far will they go to reveal them when what feels right is not always what is rewarded?

The choice of the reader determines their fate.

'The Ruler of the Grotesques' is a stand-alone volume in the series Are You the Hero or the Villain? - captivating stories by various Danish authors that let the reader's moral compass determine the plot and, not least, the ending.

Illustrated by Mikkel Schmidt Maltesen.


The Ruler of the Grotesques
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Original Language: Danish
Original Publisher: Forlaget Carlsen
Published: November, 2025
200 pages
Category: Children's Books
Sub-category: Tween
Genre: Fantasy
Available material: English sample upon request

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World except: Danish