Villain's Lair — Wendelin Van Draanen

AH, WHERE TO BEGIN?

With Dave Sanchez? Until Sticky entered Dave's life, he was just a normal boy, in a normal family, going to a normal school.

So perhaps we should begin with Sticky. But who would believe in a talking gecko? Or that a gecko who can't stop stealing things is actually a good gecko? (It is, I admit, quite unbelievable.)

How about Damien Black, then? He's a dastardly, diabolical treasure hunter who will stop at nothing to reclaim the ancient Aztec wristband that Sticky stole from him (and then delivered to Dave).

Damien, you see, still has the mysterious ingots that give the wearer of the Aztec wristband superpowers. If he could only get the wristband back, he could rule the world! (Bwaa-ha-ha-ha-ha!)

Ah, but Dave needs the ingots to save the world.

So, where to begin?

In the dead of night, outside Damien Black's monstrous mansion, where good is about to collide with evil .. .