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This novelization of the hilarious monster comedy includes an eight-page insert of full-color images from the film!

Sony Pictures Animation´s Hotel Transylvania 3 stars Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez!

Everyone´s favorite monsters are back for another exciting adventure in Hotel Transylvania!

All aboard! Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle, where monsters embark on the cruise of a lifetime. Everyone´s favorite monsters are back, and this time, they´re funnier than ever. Join Dracula, Mavis, Johnny, Dennis, Frankenstein, Wayne the Werewolf, Murray the Mummy, Invisible Man Griffin, and more for a spook-tacular monster vacation that´s shore to be a good time. Find out what happens on this exciting cruise adventure in this hilarious monster comedy!

(TM) & ¸ 2018 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Hotel Transylvania 3 Movie Novelization Chapter One

In 1897

The Transylvania Express barreled down the train tracks at top speed. Passengers dressed up for the journey. Riding a fine train like this one was a privilege. It was a beautiful day for travel.

The conductor walked down the aisle calling out the next stop. "Budapest . . . Budapest . . . Ze next stop, Budapest." He stopped as he approached five very strange-looking old ladies. They were all dressed in oversized overcoats and had their heads covered . . . so that the only skin that showed was their hands.

The train conductor was used to odd-looking passengers. "Tickets, ladies?" he asked casually.

The women all handed over their tickets to get punched by the conductor.

"Here you go!" a high-pitched voice said. It was coming from a giant woman whose hand was blue and covered with stitches.

"Here´s mine," said the next woman, whose hand was pale and had long nails.

". . . and mine!" said another, whose hand was covered in fur.

"Mine too," said the next, whose hand was stubby and covered in bandages.

"Here you go," said the last one, whose ticket came from a gloved hand . . . but the wrist was invisible. The conductor either didn´t notice, or didn´t care.

"Eh . . . thank you, young . . . man!" said the woman with the pale skin and long nails.

The conductor didn´t realize these weren´t women at all. In fact, they weren´t human. This was a group of Transylvania´s finest monsters, known far and wide as the Drac Pack: Dracula plus his friends Frank, Griffin, Murray, and Wayne. They were all disguised as Eastern European old ladies.

The conductor went back to punching tickets, and the monsters felt they could relax a little.

"Man, I hate wearing disguises. These heels are killing me," Murray said. His feet were crammed into tiny shoes.

"I love it! I never get to dress up," Griffin exclaimed. Since Griffin was invisible, he usually just wore glasses so his friends would know he was there."Take it down a notch, fellas," Dracula warned. "We don´t want to alarm the humans."

Too late. Frank had just noticed that a little boy was staring at them . . . and starting to whimper.

"Pssst. Drac?" Frank whispered, but then the boy began to cry.

"I´m about to undt freak out!" the boy said, in a German accent.

Drac acted quickly to hypnotize the boy to make him think he was a cat. "You´re a nice kitty," he said, and the boy began to meow like a cat.

"I´m undt kitty cat. Meow, meow, meow," the boy said, and licked his hand as if it was a paw.

Suddenly the doors in the back of the train burst open. Abraham Van Helsing, carrying an impressively large device, stepped in.

The passengers gasped!

Dracula sighed. "Oh no, not this clown again."

"Good evening, travelers! I am Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Yes! One of the Van Helsings! For centuries my family has battled monsters, so you can believe me when I tell you-there are monsters hiding amongst you!" His beady eyes scanned the faces of the passengers. "But fear not, for I am a professional and I know how to flush out these beasts and bring them into the light! Ahahahahaha." Van Helsing cackled and took out a box of matches from his jacket. He lit a match and held it under Frank´s nose.

Frank tried desperately to stay calm but couldn´t stand it. He jumped up and ripped off his disguise.

"FIRE BAD!!! Raaahhh!" Frank roared.

"The jig is up!" Drac said to his friends. "Go!"

All the monsters started to flee, just as a man with a cart offering root beer floats and pies came down the aisle.

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