The Night of the Scorpion

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The Night of the Scorpion
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Author Anthony Horowitz
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series The Pentagram
Release number
2nd in series
GenreFantasy novel, adventure novel, thriller novel, Horror fiction
Publisher Patrick Hardy Books (UK)
Publication date
4 January 1985 (UK)
1 November 1988 (US)
Media typePrint Hardback
Pages160 pp
ISBN 0-7444-0053-8 (Hardback edition)
Preceded by The Devil's Door-Bel  
Followed by The Silver Citadel  

The Night of the Scorpion is the second book in the Pentagram series by British author Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the United Kingdom on 4 January 1985 by Patrick Hardy Books and 1 November 1988 in the United States by Putnam Pub Group. Initially envisioned as a pentalogy, only the first four books in the series were ever written and published.

Contents

Between 2005 and 2012, Horowitz released an updated and re-imagined version of each of the first four books in the series, along with a fifth book to conclude the series. This series was marketed instead as The Power of Five (re-titled as The Gatekeepers in the US). The book which The Night of the Scorpion forms the basis of was released in 2006 under the name Evil Star .

Plot summary

After the events of the previous novel, The Night of the Scorpion follows Martin Hopkins and journalist Richard Cole as they travel together to Peru, only to immediately get separated and chased by a sinister Mr Todd. As Martin befriends a mysterious stranger called Pedro, they end up getting caught up with precognitions, ancient secrets, artificial satellites, and the mysterious Nazca Lines in the Nazca Desert. [1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed The Night of the Scorpion for White Dwarf #80, and stated that "it seems a pretty feeble Ultimate Evil of the Universe which, as here, can be sent packing by the direct attack of two psychic kids. Evil should be made of sterner stuff ...." [1]

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