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Jason Strange: in some ways, this book series from the early 2010s feels like just another Goosebumps copycat, but in other ways, it's unique. In The Demon Card, Mark Gannon and Alex Reid are typical fourteen-year-olds from the town of Ravens Pass. They often engage with a role-playing game called Epic Warriors, in which packs of cards they purchase allow them to collect simulated weapons and magical powers for their warriors to use in battle. Mark always loses to Alex because Alex owns the Warrior Card for AngerHeart, a fighter whose physical endurance and stash of supernatural tricks is unrivaled. But today, as Mark and Alex sort through the packs of Warrior cards they just bought at Ravens Pass Grocery, Mark gets a surprise: a gold-edged card featuring a new warrior named DeathBringer. His faction is labeled as "Demon", which Mark has never heard of. DeathBringer's combat and defense stats listed on the card are beyond elite; Mark won't be losing battles to Alex anymore.
Curious, the boys log into the Epic Warriors online forums to ask if anyone has heard of DeathBringer. Mark pays little attention when someone replies that the card is dangerous and should be destroyed. Mark strides into the lunchroom at school the next day confident that DeathBringer will defeat anyone he plays Epic Warriors with, but he begins to worry when bad things happen in real life to the kids he uses DeathBringer against, things that seem connected to the demon warrior's specific weapons and spells. Alex ridicules Mark's concern, and Mark wants to believe he's right, until a test confrontation between DeathBringer and Alex's vaunted AngerHeart lands Alex in the hospital.
Still not convinced DeathBringer is causing violence in the real world, Alex requires another close brush with death before accepting that Mark's theory is correct and they must team up to destroy DeathBringer. The only way of doing that is to put him in battle against a warrior capable of beating him, but even AngerHeart is no match for the demon one-on-one. It will take a horde of warriors and special assistants to neutralize DeathBringer, and even that may not be enough. With Mark and Alex's lives on the line, and possibly the fate of earth if DeathBringer escapes the game and enters the real world, Mark will have to outsmart the brutish demon. Can he be the hero who saves everyone?
The Demon Card has its ups and down, and only fulfills a fraction of its potential. Given the same basic story to work with, I feel sure Neal Shusterman could have come up with a YA trilogy of such shocking twists, phenomenal depth, and emotional resonance as to perhaps be his magnum opus, so I can't say this book lacked anything in the area of concept. However, certain narrative ambiguities should have been cleared up by the end, and sixty-two pages was not enough space to do the story justice. I'd probably give it the full two stars, though, and if you're looking for a series of junior horror novels with more kick than most, Jason Strange might be what you're looking for. These books can be surprisingly satisfying.
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