Book excerpt: While trialing a secret flying invention on the outskirts of Santa’s Grotto, factory elf Alabaster Snowball discovers a mysterious, abandoned cub shivering in the snow. Against Santa’s wishes, he decides to adopt the animal in secret - one that quickly snowballs out of all control and earns Alabaster’s name entry on the Naughty List. When he returns home one day to find the creature has disappeared, a desperate Alabaster unwittingly sets off a chain of events that exposes his community to untold dangers… and ultimately threatens the very existence of Christmas itself. How will Alabaster ever make things right? And just what sort of creature makes its home on the edge of the Underworld? Bursting with action, thrills and adventure, Alabaster Snowball and the Naughty List is the first story in ‘The Krampus Chronicles’ trilogy, featuring twists on the well-loved characters of European Christmas folklore, a big dose of elfin magic, and danger and excitement at every turn.