The Secret of the Underground Room

Professor Childermass is stunned when Father Higgins claims that a ghost is trying to contact him. Then the priest disappears. When the professor and Johnny catch up to him, they make a terrifying discovery – Father Higgins is possessed by Masterman, the spirit of a long-dead knight determined to rule the world. And it looks as if Masterman is going to get his way.

"Has enough chills to satisfy readers not quite ready for Stephen King." – School Library Journal

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Fantasy Young Adult

Release date: 1990

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John Bellairs

John Anthony Bellairs (1938–1991) was an American author, best known for his well-respected fantasy novel The Face in the Frost, as well as many gothic mystery novels for young adults featuring Lewis Barnavelt, Anthony Monday, and Johnny Dixon.