WARNED : The Astrologer's Prophecy (Eerie Tales from the East, #1)

An astrologer at a local fair predicts that 12-year-old Avi will die a horrible death, but Avi thinks it's superstitious nonsense. Sent to stay with relatives in a remote village while his parents are away, Avi feels trapped in a crumbling mansion with a grandfather he barely knows and his sinister servant. As, one by one, the astrologer’s dire predictions start to come true, Avi fears his time may be running out. But he's too young to die! Can he trust Lalita, a social outcast, to help him solve the mystery of the astrologer’s ominous prophecies? Or is he doomed for ignoring the warning? Eerie Tales from the East brings you supernatural stories with a contemporary twist. Each story in the series highlights a myth, superstition, or ghost story from an Asian country, set in a modern world. Ordinary characters must rise to extraordinary challenges...or risk losing the ones they love. 12-year-old city boy Avi just got dumped at a crumbling mansion in rural India while his parents are away on a medical mission. No Wi-Fi. No cell signal. No company besides a grandfather he barely knows and his sinister servant. The only glimmer of excitement on the horizon is when an astrologer at the local fair predicts Avi is about to die a horrible death. Of course, that's just superstitious nonsense. But when the astrologer's dire predictions start to come true one by one, Avi fears his time may be running out. He's too young to die! Can he trust mysterious town outcast, Lalita, to help solve the mystery of the ominous prophecies before his own untimely death? Eerie Tales from the East brings you scary stories from around the world. Each story in the series can be read as a standalone and highlights a myth, superstition, or ghost story from an Asian country, set in a contemporary world. Ordinary characters must rise to extraordinary challenges or risk losing the ones they love