Archie Wilde and the Curse of Baldizar: 1 (The Archie Wilde series)

Summary

Press-ganged into a perilous life-or-death race against time, Archie Wilde must battle terrifying monsters and a fiendish dictator, just to survive. Accompanied by his sea creature sidekick Boff and a tiny brain bug forcibly inserted into Archie's skull, they have only twelve hours to decipher an assortment of diabolical clues to find a lost ancient dagger, before facing certain death. Travelling to many weird hostile planets, Archie must use his technological cunning to turn adversity to his advantage. In an epic climax full of twists and turns, they fight for their lives to save their newfound friends and the fate of the Genieverse.