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'{{Short description|Children's novel series}} {{Italic title}} {{distinguish|text=[[Grey Griffin]], an alternate name of voice actress [[Grey DeLisle]]}} {{Infobox book series | | name = Grey Griffins | books = [[The Revenge of the Shadow King]]<br/>[[The Rise of the Black Wolf]]<br/>[[The Fall of the Templar]]<br/>The Brimstone Key<br/>The Relic Hunters<br/>The Paragon Prison | image = Greygrifs.jpg | caption = The [[logo]] of the Grey Griffins book series. | author = [[Derek Benz]] and [[J. S. Lewis]] | illustrator = August Hall | cover_artist = Richard Amari | country = United States and Canada | language = English | genre = [[Children's literature]], [[science fiction]], [[Fantasy literature|fantasy]] | publisher = [[Orchard Books]] (an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of [[Scholastic Press|Scholastic Inc]]); Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | pub_date = March 2006 – present | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Grey Griffins''''' is a children's novel series written by the American authors [[Derek Benz]] and [[J. S. Lewis]] in [[collaborative writing|collaboration]].<ref>[http://www.grey-griffins.com/ Official Grey Griffins web site]. Retrieved on 4/08/23''</ref> The first trilogy in the series was published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. The authors signed with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for the second trilogy.<ref name="Grey Griffin's Myspace">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=140150364&blogId=441837101|title=Update On Book 4... Err... Book 1 of the New Trilogy|last=Lewis|first=J.S.|author2=Derek Benz|date=October 18, 2008|pages=1|access-date=March 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view|archive-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> == Plot == The Grey Griffins series follows the story of four close friends (Max, Ernie, Natalia and Harley) who find the small town they have lived in all their lives is ground zero for an invasion of the darkest and most dangerous sort of magic. In ''[[The Revenge of the Shadow King]]'', the story focuses on the friendship between the four 'Griffins', as they stumble upon one dark secret after another. Death and treachery lurk in every shadow. With the help of the Knights Templar (a shadowy organization that secretly protects humanity), the Griffins must defeat the monstrous agents of the Shadow King. In ''[[The Rise of the Black Wolf]]'' Max and his friends set off on a round-the-world journey to locate the Spear of Ragnarok before their enemies use it to enslave the world. In ''[[The Fall of the Templar]]'', the Black Wolf Army has launched their attack on the Templar forces while the Griffins navigate the horrors of the Underworld in search of the one secret that will stop their enemies once and for all. ==List of novels== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:BenzDerek.jpg|250px|right|Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis]] --> ===Main Trilogy=== *''[[The Revenge of the Shadow King]]''<ref>[http://www.grey-griffins.com ''The Revenge of the Shadow King'' synopsis]. Retrieved April 08, 2023.</ref> **<small>'''Grey Griffins Book One'''</small> **<small>'''Release date: March 2006'''</small> *''[[The Rise of the Black Wolf]]''<ref>[http://www.grey-griffins.com ''The Rise of the Black Wolf'' synopsis]. Retrieved April 08, 2023.</ref> **<small>'''Grey Griffins Book Two'''</small> **<small>'''Release date: January 2007'''</small> *''[[The Fall of the Templar]]''<ref>[http://www.grey-griffins.com ''The Fall of the Templar'' synopsis]. Retrieved April 08, 2023.</ref> **<small>'''Grey Griffins Book Three'''</small> **<small>'''Release date: January 2008'''</small> ===Clockwork Chronicles=== *''The Brimstone Key'' **<small>'''Grey Griffins: Clockwork Chronicles Book One'''</small> **<small>'''Release date: June 7, 2010'''</small> *''The Relic Hunters'' **<small>'''Grey Griffins: Clockwork Chronicles Book Two'''</small> **<small>'''Release date: May 10, 2011'''</Small> *''The Paragon Prison'' **<small>'''Grey Griffins: Clockwork Chronicles Book Three'''</small> **<small>'''Release date: May 8, 2012'''</small> ==List of major characters== * Grayson Maximillian Sumner III / Max Sumner: Leader of the Secret Order of the Grey Griffins. *Ernie Tweeny: Youngest of the Grey Griffins; AKA: Agent Thunderbolt. *Natalia Romanov: Detective of the Grey Griffins. *Harley Davidson Eisenstein: Engineer and tough guy of the Grey Griffins. == Reception and criticism == The ''Children's Literature Review'' states that ''[[The Revenge of the Shadow King]]'' is "imaginative" and that "the story's fast-paced, adventure plot is compelling" but that it "lacks depth, as it fails to connect with the larger question asked by great [[fantasy| fantasy literature]]".<ref name="borderstores.com">[http://www.borderstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=55157118&ref=list+harrypotteralts Children's Literature's review of The Revenge of the Shadow King]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved April 08, 2023.</ref> The review concludes, "Overall the book is a good read, even if it is not great literature."<ref name="borderstores.com"/> == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.scholastic.com Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.] * [http://www.bookreviewsandmore.ca/2011/05/jon-s-lewis-author-profile.html Jon S Lewis interview] at BookReviewsAndMore.ca [[Category:Book series introduced in 2006]] [[Category:American fantasy novels]] [[Category:Fantasy novel series]] [[Category:Modern Arthurian fiction]] [[Category:Collaborative book series]]'