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Product Description Delight in terrifying new stories featuring the world's fastest and most famous Hedgehog hero, Sonic! Sonic may be the fastest hero in the world, but he must rely on his friends to stay ahead of Dr. Eggman's creepy plots! In Sonic and the Tales of Terror, Dr. Eggman and his cronies concoct mysterious schemes to trap Sonic in three stories with original illustrations. This set of stories is another must-have title for long-time fans eager for new content! About the Author Kiel Phegley is the author of several titles for Penguin Young Readers Licenses, including the Sonic the Hedgehog's Race Against Chaos Sticker Activity Book. Ian McGinty illustrates numerous titles for Penguin Young Readers Licenses and Cartoon Network Books. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Night of the Unliving The heroes stood frozen in the eerie green light of the machine. The saucer-like monster hovered in the glade. But aside from the strange lights that pulsated from its dome head, the thing had simply hummed a low sound since appearing mysteriously outside the city. “Maybe it just wants to make friends,” said Big the Cat. The gentle giant reached out a hand toward the saucer’s body. “Be careful,” said Tails, hovering over the scene on the twin helicopter blades that gave him his name. “You don’t know what—” ZAAAANG! It was too late. The moment Big touched the machine, an awful grinding noise emanated from within. The massive metal monster spun around and bore itself into the ground. “Submit or be destroyed!” cried a hollow, angry voice from within. “Well, I think that settles that!” Amy ran up from the edge of the glade and called to her team. “Big! Cream! Let’s give it a little flower power!” Without a word, Big opened up his large bamboo umbrella and twirled it over his head. Amy and Cream the Rabbit jumped on top, holding each other’s hands and whipping up a furious spinning speed. “One, two, three . . . GO!” Amy called and then let go of Cream to shoot herself at the machine with full force. Her hammer swung around in midair for a mighty blow, and then . . . Clang! Amy bounced straight off the whirling body of the saucer! She hit the dirt and rolled to safety, but the machine continued its awful dig, sinking its body firmly into the earth. “Submit! Submit! Submit!” it called out in a droning tone that set the heroes’ hairs on end. “It looks like the top may be vulnerable!” yelled Tails over the noise. “Try to crush its dome!” SWOOOSH! In a split second, a blue blaze flew over their heads, nearly blowing the heroes down with its force. The spinning ball of fury shot toward the machine’s dome like a bullet and struck it hard and true. The dome crumpled as the blue blur came into focus as Sonic the Hedgehog. “Were you waiting long? Just kidding. I know you weren’t,” he said with a smirk, and crouched to balance. Underneath him the half-sunken saucer shivered and steamed. “Submit! Submit! Submmmmmm . . . ,” it wheezed before finally splitting wide open. With a wet, sickening sound, the metal body of the monster burst, shooting a torrent of sticky green slime all over Amy’s team. “Whoa!” said Tails as he zipped high in the air to miss the green goo. “Gross!” called Amy. “I feel like I got sneezed on by a giant.” “Oh, my poor Cheese!” said Cream, picking up her floating sidekick pal from where he was knocked to the ground. “Oh, I don’t know,” said Big, sitting calmly in the squishy green slime. “It actually feels kind of . . . nice.” “Hahahaha!” laughed Sonic. “Sorry to say, but that’s what happens when you’re not the fastest thing alive.” Without the robotic saucer body, all that was left of the machine was a tall metal spire. In its middle sat a large green meteor rock that continued to pulsate with strange light, even as it dripped the disgusting discharge. “We’ll have to contact a medical team to decontaminate you,” Tails said. “Stand