title: The Golden Book of Death (Library of Doom)
author:  Michael Dahl 
description: Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher's Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. And he has won awards for his board books for the earliest learners, Duck Goes Potty and Bear Says "Thank You!" Dahl has written and edited numerous graphic novels for younger readers, authored the Library of Doom adventure series, the Dragonblood books, Trollhunters, and the Hocus Pocus Hotel mystery/comedy series. Dahl has spoken at schools, libraries, and conferences across the US and the UK, including ALA, AASL, IRA, and Renaissance Learning. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a haunted house.
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  ## Death Day
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Shaun Hutson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Beware the golden disk - it brings decay… destruction… death…_
  
  
  Four hundred years ago, a woman died in agony to keep its secret and went to
  her rave with it hung around her neck. Now, in a desolate graveyard, a workman
  has unearthed the amulet by chance and decides to keep it. His first mistake…
  
  
  That night the village of Medford is plunged into a nightmare of terror by the
  discovery of a double murder and mutilation - the first in a series of
  shocking killings.
  
  
  Wherever the amulet is found, ancient evil - hideous, powerful and vile - is
  once again reborn…
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Shaun Hutson**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **Death Day**
  
  
  
  
  
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  **AUTHOR'S NOTE**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I always think that this kind of message at the beginning of a book should be
  more aptly called 'Author's Intrusion.' Those of you who agree with me will
  doubtless already be well immersed in ch