Claw: The giant monkey - Adam Blade (Beast Quest #8)

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New Beasts. Old Magic.

Everyone in Avantia knows the terrors of the creatures that pluck men from the ground and eat them whole; plants whose rich scents could overwhelm a person at twenty paces. Few dare to enter--and fewer still return.

But Tom has no choice. The next stage of his journey lies at the very heart of the jungle, where a terrible creature resides, evil as the wizard who created him.