'Real life' or the death defying adventures of the Greek myths, with their heroes and monsters, daring deeds and narrow escapes - which would you choose?

For Phoenix it's easy. He hates his new home and the new school where he is bullied. He's embarrassed by his computer geek dad. But when he logs on to The Legendeer, the game his dad is working on, he can be a hero. He is Theseus fighting the terrifying Minotaur, or Perseus battling with snake-haired Medusa. It feels as though he's really there ? The Legendeer is more than just a game. Play it if you dare.

This book was recognised by the Blue Peter Award. The Blue Peter Book Awards are a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme Blue Peter. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, Booktrust, since 2006.

This book is part of a book series called Legendeer Trilogy .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

Alan and Robbie Gibbons are father and son. Together they have written three stories for the Read On series.