{"product_id":"the-black-bestiary-9780804855785","title":"The Black Bestiary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to train a Filipino dragon and other real-life adventures of three modern monster hunters!Since The Lost Journal of Alejandro Pardo was published, other creature hunters have come out of the woodwork to share their spine-tingling accounts of more discoveries. True? Exaggerated? Out-and-out lies? Read on and decide for yourself!The Black Bestiary adds to the list of powerful and fearsome supernatural creatures we met in The Lost Journal of Alejandro Pardo. Three modern creature huntersRJ, Gus and Stanislav, who draw their inspiration from Pardo's workrelate their own chilling encounters with the sinister monsters that live among us.   In this book, you'll come face-to-face with:The Bungisngis: You've heard of the Cyclops; this is a Cyclops on steroids!The Tahamaling: Never hunt in the forest without permission from these maidensThe Tiktik: Part avian, part human, part something else. These terrifying creatures feed on the unborn.   And many more creatures of horrifying aspect and pr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The advantage to this is that you didn't need to read the first book at all to appreciate \u003ci\u003eThe Black Bestiary.\u003c\/i\u003e The second book effectively stands alone, thanks to Hontiveros' shift in focus to what he calls 'Pardo's Scooby gang'--the motley associates who accompany the gentleman adventurer in his 19th-century monster hunting.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405639655767,"sku":"9780804855785","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804855785.jpg?v=1730493097","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-black-bestiary-9780804855785","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}