Deze serie voor de middenbouw combineert meesterlijk spannende avonturen, hilarische humor en fascinerende echte wetenschap. Volg een briljante jonge protagonist en zijn trouwe vrienden terwijl ze samenwerken met een buitengewone groep intelligente kevers. Samen ondernemen ze een queeste om deze opmerkelijke wezens te redden van een sinistere dreiging en een mysterieuze verdwijning te ontrafelen. Het is een boeiend verhaal over moed, vindingrijkheid en de onwaarschijnlijke banden die ontstaan wanneer kinderen en kevers zich verenigen tegen een modieuze, maar formidabele schurk.
Darkus can't believe it when a huge insect drops out of the trouser leg of his horrible new neighbour. It's a giant beetle - and it seems to want to communicate. But how can a boy be friends with a beetle? And what does a beetle have to do with the disappearance of his dad and the arrival of Lucretia Cutter, with her taste for creepy jewellery?
Cruel beetle fashionista, Lucretia Cutter, is at large with her yellow ladybird spies - and she has a devious plan. Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt are determined to stop her, but Darkus's dad is dead set against their involvement. Hope rests on Novak, Lucretia's daughter and a Hollywood actress, but the beetle diva is always one scuttle ahead ...
"The Empire Strikes Back" meets beetles in the chilling, darkly funny second book of a series about one amazing boy, his loyal friends, and some amazingly intelligent beetles.
In this thrilling sequel, Darkus and his friends embark on a perilous quest to uncover Lucretia Cutter's hidden Biome deep within the Amazon rainforest. Time is of the essence as they race against her sinister plans to unleash an army of monstrous Frankenstein beetles, threatening to alter the planet's fate forever. The adventure is filled with danger, friendship, and the fight against evil forces that could reshape the world.