A short story from New York Times
bestselling author, Mark Cheverton.
A reluctant hero. An invading army of Withers. Can one NPC, the smallest and weakest of NPCs, step up and become the hero everyone needs him to be?
Watcher, the smallest and weakest of the NPCs in his Minecraft village is a public joke. He is alone in the village with the exception of his three companions, all of them targets of ridicule and abuse. All Watcher is good for is his exception eyesight. Manning the watchtower for hours at a time, he's been put in a place where he can do no harm.
But when he sees something everyone thought extinct, a Wither, his life is changed forever. With no one believing what he saw, Watcher and his companions set out to prove the existance of the wither, but what they find makes their Minecraft-blood run cold. And if they can't stop the Wither King's plan, everyone will be destroyed.
Can Watcher step up and be braver than he ever thought possible, to make the sacrifice necessary to save everyone in his village, or will he just cower in the shadows and let a wave of destruction crash upon his village, destroying everything?
Genre: Children's Fiction
bestselling author, Mark Cheverton.
A reluctant hero. An invading army of Withers. Can one NPC, the smallest and weakest of NPCs, step up and become the hero everyone needs him to be?
Watcher, the smallest and weakest of the NPCs in his Minecraft village is a public joke. He is alone in the village with the exception of his three companions, all of them targets of ridicule and abuse. All Watcher is good for is his exception eyesight. Manning the watchtower for hours at a time, he's been put in a place where he can do no harm.
But when he sees something everyone thought extinct, a Wither, his life is changed forever. With no one believing what he saw, Watcher and his companions set out to prove the existance of the wither, but what they find makes their Minecraft-blood run cold. And if they can't stop the Wither King's plan, everyone will be destroyed.
Can Watcher step up and be braver than he ever thought possible, to make the sacrifice necessary to save everyone in his village, or will he just cower in the shadows and let a wave of destruction crash upon his village, destroying everything?
Genre: Children's Fiction
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