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|title=First Hero (The Chronicles Of Avantia)

|author=Adam Blade

|borrow=Maybe

|isbn=978-1408307472

|pages=192

|publisher=Orchard

|date=July 2010

}}

The latter does at least allow for him to move his troops into a locale well suited to a fairly strongly-written conclusion. The kinetic battle scenes are the only saving grace and selling point for this title - if it weren't for the clarity and drive of the action writing this franchise would be doomed to failure. It's a typical Adam Blade book - young male hero, surprised at finding himself killing people, and with the usual strong whiff of monster-of-the-month, by-the-numbers stuff. And it'll sell in typically Adam Blade numbers, even without the collector's cards and competitions all over Beast Quest titles such as [[Creta the Winged Terror (Beast Quest) by Adam Blade|Creta the Winged Terror]]. Even though it is the template, and not a whole lot else.

There's a better series for children just slightly older than this one's audience, beginning with [[Firestorm (Dragon Orb) by Mark Robson|Firestorm by Mark Robson]].

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