Iris Genenz & Corinna Böckmann

My Secret Life as a Monster Hunter - Why You Should Never Provoke a Goddess

What’s the Sphinx doing in Darknest?

As an unofficial monster hunter, I, Charly Hartnuss, am already used to the most incredible monsters showing up at the strangest times. But today, I really just wanted to go get some ice cream with Dalia—for once, without any monsters. Of course, that wasn’t going to happen!

Suddenly, some nasty Rützenwatzler smashes through the storefront window and wrecks the entire ice cream shop. But that’s just the beginning! The petrified Sphinx has awakened and has it out for me, because only I can open a portal to the Otherlands for her. Otherwise, she threatens to destroy my school and all of Darknest.

Are you kidding me?! Luckily, I get help from a completely unexpected source…

The exciting middle-grade fantasy series 

13-year-old Charly Hartnuss, a comic and fantasy fan, dreams of having superpowers. But then his worn-out Halloween costume causes Charly to be captured by monster hunters from the Otherlands, a magical parallel world, as a supposedly magical creature, and he soon discovers that he too has very special abilities lying dormant within him…

Südpol Verlag

Middle Grade Fiction

Original title: Mein geheimes Leben als Monsterjäger – Warum du niemals eine Göttin reizen solltest
Age 9+
272 pp | € 16
hc | 155 x 210 mm
Publication: August 2026

Author: Iris Genenz
Illustrator: Corinna Böckmann

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Awards

“You know we just love this series, and Volume Five is now the grand finale of the series. And you can really tell. Not only does the story get off to its usual fast-paced start—the apocalyptic atmosphere, which is clearly palpable here, leaves you barely able to catch your breath. Of course, the usual humor and wit are by no means lacking, and that’s exactly what we love about the entire series. Suspense and humor take turns taking center stage, making for incredibly entertaining reading.” – @eine.kissenschlacht

 

 

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