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  Locksmith

  978-1550027914

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  Twelve-year-old Lewis Castorman is a master locksmith: there is no lock on earth that he is unable to open. He is therefore flattered when world-renowned chemist Ernst K. Grumpel invites him to his office in New York City and offers him a lock-picking assignment. His confidence quickly turns to dismay, however, when he learns this job will take him to Yellow Swamp in northern Alberta. He is also horrified to discover that Grumpel is utterly ruthless and, through his chemical inventions, can alter the rules of nature at his will. How is Grumpel able to create such miraculous transformations? What secrets has he locked away? Despite the strange discoveries Lewis will make at every turn in his adventures, nothing will prepare him for the final encounter that awaits him in Yellow Swamp.

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  Copyright © Nicholas Maes, 2013

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  Editor: Shannon Whibbs

  Design: Courtney Horner

  Epub Design: Carmen Giraudy

  Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

  Maes, Nicholas, 1960-

  Fortuna / by Nicholas Maes.

  (A Felix Taylor adventure)

  Electronic monograph.

  Issued also in print format.

  ISBN 978-1-4597-0563-0

  I. Title. II. Series: Maes, Nicholas, 1960- . Felix

  Taylor adventure.

  PS8626.A37F67 2013 jC813'.6 C2012-907672-4

  We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and Livres Canada Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

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