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What fix-it man Howard Bell believed to be the key to the Executive Washroom in a brand-new Boston office building actually unlocked a portal to the Fading Worlds, catapulting Howard into the middle of some decidedly lethal alien war games. With courage, ingenuity and the aid of a few unique allies, he rose to leadership of his very own battle-gang, and soon he and his Breakneck Boys had dedicated themselves to the destruction of their hidden masters, the cruel Keyholders. But a mysterious force kept pulling Howard and his Key back to that washroom door and threatening all that he held dear in…mehr

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What fix-it man Howard Bell believed to be the key to the Executive Washroom in a brand-new Boston office building actually unlocked a portal to the Fading Worlds, catapulting Howard into the middle of some decidedly lethal alien war games. With courage, ingenuity and the aid of a few unique allies, he rose to leadership of his very own battle-gang, and soon he and his Breakneck Boys had dedicated themselves to the destruction of their hidden masters, the cruel Keyholders. But a mysterious force kept pulling Howard and his Key back to that washroom door and threatening all that he held dear in his new-found life. The solution was clear: Before he could bring freedom to the Fading Worlds, Howard would have to return to where it had all begun--and face the deadly perils that awaited him on Earth . . .
Autorenporträt
GEARY GRAVEL is the author of 11 science fiction and fantasy novels, the SF in two series. The Autumnworld Mosaic is comprised of The Alchemists (1984; Philip K. Dick Award finalist) and The Pathfinders (1986), with more books projected. A Key for the Nonesuch (1990) and Return of the Breakneck Boys (1991) are books I and II of The Fading Worlds, with more on the way. His lone piece of short fiction to date appears in Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988/Norton, ed.) Gravel is also the author of several novelizations: Hook (1991) based on the Steven Spielberg film; three Batman: The Animated Series adaptations (Shadows of the Past,1993; Dual to the Death, 1994; The Dragon and the Bat, 1994), and Mask of the Phantasm (1994), based on Batman: The Animated Movie, as well as two books suggested by the computer role-playing game Might & Magic, The Dreamwright (1995) and The Shadowsmith (1996). Gravel lives in western Massachusetts, where he has worked as a professional Sign Language Interpreter since 1977.