In the Lair of the Mountain Beast (Doomsday Series)

Book Four in the exciting Doomsday Rats series. Berrin and the Rats return to battle against the evil of Malig Tumora. On the streets of the city, the Gadges are on guard. There is no way to destroy the purple flowers which keep the grown-ups in Malig Tumora's power. Or is there? Berrin has heard of a special moth that feeds on the purple flowers. It might be the weapon the Rats are looking for. The moth is said to survive on Mount Windenback, but no one has heard of such a place. Can Berrin and his team of Doomsday Rats find the precious moth before Malig Tumora discovers it for himself and destroys their last hope? Angus & Robertson Fantatsy / genetic engineering / fourth book in series The brilliant scientist, Malig Tumora, has turned his genius against the city's people and enslaved them using a gas that steals away their will to resist. Only a ragged gang of children, 'The Rats', have been able to defy him by hiding in the stormwater drainage tunnels beneath the city. The gas is produced in massive greenhouses filled with millions of purple flowers. Thanks to Berrin's courage in the earlier adventures, the Rats now know that this purple flower is vulnerable to a special moth said to live on mysterious Mount Windenback. Berrin and his close friend Olanda set out to capture specimens of this moth, along with their leader Dorian and a boy named Aden. Outside the city, they encounter a rag-tag band of adults who jeopardize their mission, but from whom they learn the whereabouts of Mount Widenbeck, an extinct volcano hollow at the centre. Despite the ominous growls that echo from the crater, they climb down and find the moth they seek, only to discover just as quickly that they have been tracked all the way by Malig Tumora's forces. An act of breathtaking self-sacrifice saves them from annihilation, but all the moths have been killed Berrin and the Rats return to battle against the evil of Malig Tumora. On the streets of the city, the Gadges are on guard. There is no way to destroy the purple flowers which keep the grown-ups in Malig Tumoráђøs power. Or is thereBerrin has heard of a special moth that feeds on the purple flowers. It might be the weapon the Rats are looking for. The moth is said to survive on Mount Windenback, but no one has heard of such a place. Can Berrin and his team of Doomsday Rats find the precious moth before Malig Tumora discovers it for himself and destroys their last hope Berrin and the Rats return to battle against the evil of Malig Tumora. Berrin has heard of a special moth that feeds on the purple flowers that keep the grown-ups in Malig Tumora's power. Can Berrin and the Doomsday Rats find this precious moth before Malig Tumora discovers it and destroys their last hope? Ages 8-13