The Fall of the Templar
Encyclopedia
The Fall of the Templar is the third volume of the Grey Griffins series written by American authors Derek Benz
and J. S. Lewis, and published by Orchard Books
, an imprint of Scholastic Press
. The book centers upon the adventures of the Grey Griffins: a secret club of four best friends living in the fictional town of Avalon, Minnesota
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, unleashing a power that threatens to bring a second Ice Age
. All hope seems lost until the Templar Knights discover clues that may lead them to a relic with the power to stand against the Spear.
Now Max Sumner, Natalia Romanov, and Harley Eisenstein must join the Templar in a treacherous journey into the Underworld as they hunt for that lost relic and try and save the planet from extinction. But even if they make it through the underground labyrinth, an ageless dragon awaits at the end of their quest.
Derek Benz
Derek Benz is an American author of fantasy fiction for children and co-author of the popular Grey Griffins, originally published by Scholastic, Inc. Benz works in collaboration with J. S...
and J. S. Lewis, and published by Orchard Books
Orchard books
Orchard Books is a publisher of children's books active in the US and UK.Orchard Books was founded in 1986 by Grolier, an encyclopedia publisher, as a children's publisher. Grolier was acquired by Hachette two years later...
, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Scholastic Press
Scholastic is a global book publishing company known for publishing educational materials for schools, teachers, and parents, and selling and distributing them by mail order and via book clubs and book fairs. It also has the exclusive United States' publishing rights to the Harry Potter book...
. The book centers upon the adventures of the Grey Griffins: a secret club of four best friends living in the fictional town of Avalon, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
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Plot summary
Lord Sumner has unlocked the secrets to the Spear of RagnarökRagnarök
In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures , the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water...
, unleashing a power that threatens to bring a second Ice Age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
. All hope seems lost until the Templar Knights discover clues that may lead them to a relic with the power to stand against the Spear.
Now Max Sumner, Natalia Romanov, and Harley Eisenstein must join the Templar in a treacherous journey into the Underworld as they hunt for that lost relic and try and save the planet from extinction. But even if they make it through the underground labyrinth, an ageless dragon awaits at the end of their quest.
Reviews
- The Fall of the Templar: Grey Griffins, Book Three (Book review).Kirkus Reviews 12/1/2007, Vol. 75 Issue 23, p1242-1242.
- The Fall of the Templar: Book Three (Book Review). in Then What Happened?. Publishers Weekly. 1/14/2008, Vol. 255 Issue 2, p59-59.