Almost Free Book (Kindle) - Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help

[koland]

Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help, by Douglas Anthony Cooper, is a single penny in the Amazon Kindle store. Aimed at young readers (age 9-12), this one has only five-star reviews (you can't see them on the Kindle book page, but under the paperback version.

Book Description
No one except Milrose Munce knows that ghosts of former students live in his school. Not only is Milrose aware of these ghouls – he’s on a first-name basis with all of them. Of course, some are more likeable than others: the third floor is the home to nearly all of his good friends. Most of them – like Imploded Ig, Deeply Damaged Dave, and Toasted Theresa – were the victims of science experiments gone wrong though they do manage to maintain a sense of humour about their demise. Then there are the ghost athletes who lurk in the basement – a pretty disagreeable group, the majority of them having died after a particularly clumsy manoeuvre on the school’s sports field.

After Milrose is given yet another detention for offering his teacher an answer that was just a bit too clever, his life takes an unexpected turn. He is sent to a hidden den in the school’s basement to receive Professional Help. Here, he and the quick-witted Arabella, a fellow captive, are put under round-the-clock supervision of the maniacal Massimo Natica. Fortunately for Milrose and Arabella, once they join forces with their ghostly friends, Massimo Natica doesn’t stand a chance.

In the tradition of Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl, the dark comedy and imaginative brilliance of Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help will appeal to adults as much as it will to younger readers.

[koland]

This book is back in the Kindle store and is once again a penny (it's been either $9.99 or unavailable for about a week). It's also now free in the Sony store.

[koland]

Now free in the Kindle store. Full price still at Kobo and unavailable at B&N.

[BookCat]

This is free at the Sony store. I was tempted to download the new software to get this book.

Just checked. Still free at Sony.

[ttluisa]

Just got it from amazon, completely free.

[BookCat]

Oh Boooooo!!!!! I've just downloaded the horrid software. AAAaaargghhh!!!!

[arcadata]

Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help (Extended Edition) By Douglas Anthony Cooper is back to being $0.99 (this is the expanded version / authors cut of the book)

[Nyssa]

I'm getting a "Not available in the Untied States" message with a price of.99

[arcadata]

Just FYI, I loved the first book, so I was very happy to see that there's a book 2 out now - Milrose Munce and the Plague of Toxic Fungus by Douglas Anthony Cooper for just $0.99. Just in case there are other fans of the first book here too.

Product Description
This is the second gruesome volume in the Milrose Munce saga. The first, Milrose Munce and the Den of Professional Help, was #1 on both the Children's and Teen bestseller lists on Amazon, and received all sorts of pleasant reviews from newspapers and magazines around the world.

The Plague of Toxic Fungus is a more uncomfortable book than the first, in that sad things happen: for example, nefarious and loathsome plants separate happy couples, either by devouring one party, or by turning the other party into something mossy and indigestible. Milrose and his beloved, the exquisitely pretentious Arabella, are chief among the couples threatened in this way.

On a more somber note: some of Milrose's friends -- most of whom are repulsive ghosts -- are in danger of dying.

[ATDrake]

The first one (Extended Version) is also 99 cents @ B&N.