title: Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls
author:  Raymond Arroyo 
description: &ldquo;You&rsquo;ll love this wild and thrilling tale. <b>It DOES NOT STOP!</b>&rdquo; &mdash;<b>Dave Barry, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author</b><u> </u><br> <u>&#160;</u><br> &ldquo;<b>Suspense, adventure, humor,</b> a compelling story, and characters that fired my imagination. <b>Great fun and great frights.</b>&rdquo; &mdash;<b>Dean Koontz,</b> #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author<br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;[A]n <b>action-packed story</b> of pith helmets and <b>secret passageways, prophecy</b> and skepticism, <b>temptation</b> and wickedness, and the most agile and lethal great-aunt a boy could hope to have.&rdquo;&mdash;<b><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;With shades of Indiana Jones and Percy Jackson, Will Wilder&rsquo;s antics are sure to appeal to middle-grade readers looking for the next great adventure.&rdquo; &mdash;<b><i>Booklist</i></b><br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;Will Wilder is a brand-new, refreshing, entertaining, <b>intrepid young hero</b> who magically combines humor and genuine suspense. And I love Great-Aunt Lucille!&rdquo; &mdash;<b>Mary Higgins Clark,</b> <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author and &ldquo;Queen of Suspense&rdquo; <br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;Laugh-out-loud humor, palpitation-inducing suspense, and <b>cliffhangers galore</b> await readers young and old. Who knew the battle between good and evil could be so much fun?&rdquo; &mdash;<b>William Peter Blatty,</b> author of <i>The Exorcist</i><br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;Monsters! Prophecies! Ancient relics! This is a <b>wildly inventive</b> book, and Will Wilder is just the kind of hero you want when the small town of Perilous Falls turns out to be the most important place in the universe.&rdquo; &mdash;<b>Frank Cottrell Boyce,</b> author of <i>Millions </i>and <i>Cosmic&#160;</i>
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  Text copyright © 2017 by Raymond Arroyo
  
  
  Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2017 by Jeff Nentrup
  
  
  All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Books for Young
  Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin
  Random House LLC, New Y