The early years paperback january 7, 2014 by jamie thomson author. Bloomsbury publishing usa, oct 2, 2012 juvenile fiction 304 pages. He is soon put in a foster home under the embaressing moniker dirk lloyd. He was weak when he was found so when they asked him his name, they mistook dark lord as dirk lloyd. The early years is about a dark lord who is cursed into the body of a 12 year old boy on earth from his realm. British author thomson stands the humantrappedinafantasyland tale on its head in this cheeky first of a trilogy. Jamie thomson, author of the dark lord series talks about how he came up with the concept for the books, winning the roald dahl funny prize 2012. The dark lord is confounded when he awakens in the middle of a small town on a planet hes never seen before. The early years by jamie thomson, 9780802735416, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The dark lord s misunderstandings of our world and his hyperbolic boasts of evil can be, at times, hysterical.
He is taken to the hospital and has like zero concept of how humans work. When dirk lloyd awakens in the middle of a small town hes never seen. The book begins with the dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands, waking up in a savemart supermarket. The teenage years, was the 2012 roald dahl funny prize winner. As he now appears to be a twelve year old boy, no one believes he is really from another dimension. The early years hardcover october 2, 2012 by jamie thomson author. The dark lord has been defeated by his archenemy, and banished to earth in the form of a teenage boy. The dark lord of the iron tower of despair at the gates of doom.
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