Chalk has himself one hell of an amazing fictional universe. And the story itself has a heartwarming parable feel to it, sort of like a Saturday morning cartoon kicked up several notches. Chalk is adept at writing many different genres - all within the same fictional universe! 'The Twelve Children of Christmas' is a heartwarming fairytale about a mountaineering expedition gone wrong, and the lengths that Baihu, a genetically engineered tiger, will go to to save the children of that expedition. While 'The Meat Market' was dark and gritty and depraved and sinister, and 'Cyborg Spell Shop' was zany and entertaining while still gritty, 'The Twelve Children of Christmas' proves that Mr. Having read his other two works, 'The Meat Market' and 'Cyborg Spell Shop,' I am now a HUGE fan of author James Chalk. Children will love Baihu and his adventures! I hope there are more Baihu tales in store for us, James Chalk! I love the settings, the promise of suspense and maybe of romance, a future to be explored. This book is a milder offshoot of The Meat Market, with some of the well known characters like Jonathan and Baihu, but it feels like a teaser for bigger things to come. The Reverend Mother at the orphanage muses over the way the world is changing, making the line between right and wrong, thinner.Īnd then there is Baihu, the majestic Bengal tiger, ferocious one minute and gentle the next, who is the ultimate hero of this Christmas tale. She is having doubts about the path she has chosen and wonders if God is testing her. Elsie, a nun initiate is coming back to the orphanage after taking the children out for the day. There are three facets to this story which come together at the end. If anyone can create a dystopian Christmas, it has to be James Chalk. This is a short endearing Christmas tale.

Cyborg Spell Shop by James Chalk