WARNING! As of today, there are only 7 children who have ever read this book and lived to tell about it. 95 children successfully read the first chapter, but upon beginning chapter 2, they started blabbering in some language known only as "flibberish." 38 children made it halfway through this wretched book before they began sucking their thumbs through their noses. If you're very brave, perhaps you are willing to take your chances. Be sure that you have told your family who gets your favorite toys if you do not survive this book. Read it now, if you dare. But don't say you haven't been warned, for this is the story that unfolds the mysteries of the underworld.

For most kids, accidentally starting an interspecies war on Halloween would be the biggest event of their lives. For Elliot Penster, it was only the beginning. Now, three years later, the Brownies, who are hopelessly losing the war against the Goblins, make 11-year-old Elliot their king.

Elliot, the King of the Brownies, might be able to survive some unusual self-defense lessons and a king-napping plot, but withstanding the friendship of his arch-nemesis, Cami Wortson, may be more than even he can handle.

Elliot comes to realizes the challenges of being King of the Goblins when he is tasked with stealing a hair for the Pixie Princess and a sock from a demon.

The conclusion to the hilarious fantasy adventures of Elliot, King of the Brownies WARNING: If you care at all for planet Earth,you will pay very close attention to the lessons inside these pages. We usually ask you to run away from dreadful things. But now, you are warned to turn the pages as fast as you can read them. You must know what happens inside this book to learn whether Earth gets destroyed. Because let's face it—that would be a bad thing. As King of the Brownies, Elliot has battled Goblins, tricked Pixies, and trapped a Demon. But now, that Demon has escaped and he's ready for revenge. Elliot will face a challenge unlike any he's seen before. The Last Underworld War is about to begin...

Experience all three tales of the Underworld Chronicles in one volume! It all starts on Halloween night, when Elliot Penster chases off some bullies attacking a girl in a brownie costume—except she wasn't in costume. And her attackers weren't bullies, but goblins! What Elliot thought was a simple act of bravery sets into motion an adventure beyond anything he could have ever imagine. By his eleventh birthday Elliot will be named the King of the Brownies, provoke a war with the goblins, wind up alone in the Underworld on a quest to Demon Territory. Join Elliot on his epic journey through the dangerously thrilling Underworld. But before you start, you should know that an entire floor of St. Phobics Hospital for Really Scared Children has been set aside just for readers of this series. You may wish to take a minute before you start reading and reserve yourself a bed there.

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