Fablehaven · the next summer

Rise of the Evening Star

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A secret society wants to open a demon prison, and one of the experts brought in to guard Fablehaven is a traitor

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A man named Errol Fisk offers help, but the grandparents never sent him, and Vanessa Santoro drives the kids to Fablehaven. There they learn about the Society of the Evening Star, which wants to open Zzyzx, the prison for the worst demons. Stan brings in three experts, Tanu, Coulter and Vanessa, to find an artifact hidden on the preserve, one piece of a key to Zzyzx. Vanessa is the traitor: she controls people in their sleep and takes over the house. Seth faces the revenant alone and nearly dies. In the inverted tower, Errol dies and the artifact heals the wounded. The Sphinx takes it away. Locked up, Vanessa leaves a note accusing the Sphinx of leading the Society.

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Behind the scenesOne year apart
It came out May 31, 2007, less than a year after the first book. Mull put out one Fablehaven book a year through 2010.
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ReferenceBack to the chapel
The Forgotten Chapel, where everything came to a head in book one, sets the stage for a big Kendra scene again.
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Behind the scenesZzyzx is real
The demon prison's name sounds made up, but Zzyzx is also a real spot in the Mojave Desert in California.
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SetupRead the note
At the end, Kendra finds a hidden message in Vanessa's cell accusing the Sphinx. Hold on to that: the next book opens with it hanging in the air.
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