"The Merchant of Death" by D.J. MacHale is an epic adventure! This awesome book is one of a kind! A real exciting page-turner! With this 384-page book you'll be enttertained on every single side of the page! Meet Bobby, an ordinary 14-year old boy who was living the life. He had it all. A family, good grades, and was the star athlete on his basketball team. He had an awesome uncle named Press. Press would give Bobby the coolest gifts for his birthday, took him to funnest of places, and was cool to hang around with. Also, Bobby had just gotten a "special kiss" from Courtney Chetwynde, a girl who he had been crushing on for a long time. Bobby was living large. Up until one day, his Uncle Press does something that turns Bobby's life upside down! Press tells Bobby that ever since he was a child, he was destined to be a Traveler. A "Traveler's" duty is to journey to different "territories" and must prevent the territories from utter chaos. However, an evil traveler named Saint Dane stands in the way. His goal is to cause mayhem in territories and destroy "Halla". Or in another word, everything. That way, He can rule over everything. Not good. Now, Bobby Pendragon must go through his first mission on the territory of Denduron. There, he must stop a war between two groups of people using "tak"(small mud-like explosives) to completely eliminate each other and the rest of Denduron. Join Bobby as he goes through his first learning experiences and as he begins to learn what it truly means to be a traveler.
