Books with author Carl Ashmore

A murdered time traveller. A mysterious ancient relic. And a treasure hunt through history to find the Golden Fleece.It’s TIME to join the HUNT in this magical, “unputdownable” adventure series described as “Harry Potter meets Doctor Who” and “fantastic for adults and kids alike."Becky Mellor is a typical thirteen-year-old girl. She likes Facebook, coffee shops, and plenty of sleep. So when she and her brother, Joe, are invited to stay with their 'loony' Uncle Percy at his stately home, she thinks it’ll be the worst summer ever.What she doesn't realise is that Bowen Hall is also home to a baby Triceratops, two Sabre-tooth tigers and the mythic hero, Will Scarlet...''The Time Hunters' is a thrilling adventure that takes Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will on a quest through time to find the legendary Golden Fleece.Praise for The Time Hunters Series:'From every angle, it’s an excellent work.' KIRKUS REVIEWS (awarded the KIRKUS STAR *)'I really enjoyed reading THE TIME HUNTERS. You start off the action with a bang, drawing the reader in right away. Your writing is strong, and in places has a classic feel....It has terrific potential.' HARPER COLLINS***** Carl Ashmore has written an entertaining book that children will love. READERS FAVOURITE'This is a wonderful adventure. It has the magic of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, the inventiveness of Roald Dahl and the writing skill of Rudyard Kipling in my opinion. It is the natural successor to Harry Potter. Brilliant!'

If you enjoy Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Doctor Who and Artemis Fowl you’ll love the ‘Time Hunters' series, a thrilling adventure saga for children of all ages. 'The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate’ is the third book in the bestselling Time Hunters saga.It’s Christmas time and Becky and Joe Mellor have returned to Bowen Hall to attend the annual GITT Christmas Party – ‘The Enchantment Beneath the Sea Dance.’ However, when the party comes to a sudden, terrifying end, they are pitched into a quest for the all-powerful Spear of Fate. So begins an electrifying adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to the depths of the Indian Ocean, the peaks of the Himalayas and the deserts of Ancient Egypt - battling Mummies, Yetis, and a villain that Uncle Percy describes as ‘the vilest monster to have ever walked the earth…’ The clock ticks on...Praise for The Time Hunters Series:'From every angle, it’s an excellent work.' KIRKUS REVIEWS (awarded the KIRKUS STAR *)'I really enjoyed reading THE TIME HUNTERS. You start off the action with a bang, drawing the reader in right away. Your writing is strong, and in places has a classic feel....It has terrific potential.' HARPER COLLINS***** Carl Ashmore has written an entertaining book that children will love. READERS FAVOURITE 'This is a wonderful adventure. It has the magic of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, the inventiveness of Roald Dahl and the writing skill of Rudyard Kipling in my opinion. It is the natural successor to Harry Potter. Brilliant!' _________________________________________________________________

If you enjoy Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Artemis Fowl you’ll love the ‘Time Hunters' series, a thrilling adventure saga for children of all ages. 'The Time Hunters and the Box of Eternity' is the second in the bestselling Time Hunters saga. Becky and Joe Mellor return to Bowen Hall for the half term holidays to find things are as unusual as ever. Of course, that's to be expected when you're sharing a stately home with a dinosaur, a winged horse, two sabre-tooth tigers, Will Scarlet and Bowen Hall's latest resident - a dodo named Deirdre. Things, however, get more intriguing when American time traveller, Bruce Westbrook, arrives with two gold doubloons that seem to possess strange, supernatural powers. So begins a thrilling adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to 1920s Chicago, Victorian Edinburgh and the 18th Century Caribbean - battling gangsters, pirates, sea-monsters and zombie sharks on a quest for the legendary Pandora's Box. The clock is still ticking ...Praise for The Time Hunters Series: ★★★★★ 'From every angle, it’s an excellent work.' KIRKUS REVIEWS (awarded the KIRKUS STAR *)★★★★★ 'I really enjoyed reading THE TIME HUNTERS. You start off the action with a bang, drawing the reader in right away. Your writing is strong, and in places has a classic feel....It has terrific potential.' HARPER COLLINS★★★★★ Carl Ashmore has written an entertaining book that children will love. READERS FAVOURITE ★★★★★ 'This is a wonderful adventure. It has the magic of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, the inventiveness of Roald Dahl and the writing skill of Rudyard Kipling in my opinion. It is the natural successor to Harry Potter. Brilliant!'

'Bernard and the Bibble' is a standalone children's novel by Carl Ashmore, the author of the Time Hunters series.Bernard Williams is a nine year old boy with a very serious heart condition. He lives a sad and lonely life until he meets a rather grumpy Bibble called Fungal Durgeblatter and embarks on a quest to retrieve the stolen Bibble Gold. However, will he survive the adventure? Join Bernard and Fungal as they crawl through the Bumbletum Tree into a magical underground kingdom: the Lower Levels - a world of Manglewabbles, Flufflevelly Pudgestackers and Gutwangers; where flowers taste of pizza and a snail can sprint faster than a spider. A world where miracles happen. With shades of Roald Dahl and Lewis Carroll, 'Bernard and the Bibble' is an uplifting, magical adventure that can be enjoyed by children of all ages... Authors note: 'Bernard and the Bibble' is almost certainly the most important story I will ever write. I had the idea on the day my father, Bernard Ashmore, died of a heart condition and began to write it two days after his funeral. In a small way, it helped me cope with the initial stages of grief, as creating the astonishing world of the Lower Levels helped me distance myself from the pain of the real world. However, in no way is 'Bernard and the Bibble' a sad or gloomy story. Far from it, I believe it is filled with fun, optimism and hope and reflects my dad's philosophy that life really is for living!'

If you love Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Doctor Who and Artemis Fowl you may well enjoy 'The Time Hunters', a classic time travelling adventure series for both adults and kids alike. 'The Time Hunters and the Sword of Ages' is the fourth book in the bestselling Time Hunters series.After a terrifying encounter with Emerson Drake, Becky and Joe Mellor return to Bowen Hall for the Easter Holidays. All seems quite normal until they meet Shamus Cusack, a young Irishman with a shocking story to tell, and are pitched into a quest for the fourth Eden Relic, the Sword of Ages.So begins the most powerful Time Hunters adventure yet ... a thrilling story that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to 1950s Italy, Medieval England, and the subterranean caves of Loch Ness.Praise for The Time Hunters Series:'From every angle, it’s an excellent work.' KIRKUS REVIEWS (awarded the KIRKUS STAR *)'I really enjoyed reading THE TIME HUNTERS. You start off the action with a bang, drawing the reader in right away. Your writing is strong, and in places has a classic feel....It has terrific potential.' HARPER COLLINS***** Carl Ashmore has written an entertaining book that children will love. READERS FAVOURITE 'This is a wonderful adventure. It has the magic of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, the inventiveness of Roald Dahl and the writing skill of Rudyard Kipling in my opinion. It is the natural successor to Harry Potter. Brilliant!'

If you enjoy Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Doctor Who and Artemis Fowl you're sure to love 'The Time Hunters', a thrilling adventure series for children of all ages. ‘The Time Hunters and the Lost City’ is the fifth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Series.On a school trip to London, Becky Mellor witnesses the sheer ambition and brutality of Emerson Drake first hand when she is involved in the greatest terror attack in world history. So begins the most explosive Time Hunters adventure yet – a story that takes Becky, Joe and Uncle Percy to Jacobean England, the American Old West and the legendary city of El Dorado in a search for The Sacred Chalice – a relic more commonly known as The Holy Grail…Praise for The Time Hunters Series:'From every angle, it’s an excellent work.' KIRKUS REVIEWS (awarded the KIRKUS STAR *)'I really enjoyed reading THE TIME HUNTERS. You start off the action with a bang, drawing the reader in right away. Your writing is strong, and in places has a classic feel....It has terrific potential.' HARPER COLLINS***** Carl Ashmore has written an entertaining book that children will love. READERS FAVOURITEThis book is now my all-time favorite! Blending fantasy, sci-fi and folklore, Carl Ashmore created the perfect setting for all ages - LITPICK Reviewer'This is a wonderful adventure. It has the magic of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, the inventiveness of Roald Dahl and the writing skill of Rudyard Kipling in my opinion. It is the natural successor to Harry Potter. Brilliant!'

It’s Christmas Eve morning and Derek Brundle has noticed a thick tuft of grey hair above his right ear. Suddenly, a soldier elf, Munkle, appears at his window and tells him that Father Christmas has been kidnapped. Furthermore, over the next 24 hours, Derek will transform into the new Santa Claus – fuzzy beard, jelly belly and long silver hair. Problem is – he’s only seven!The Night They Nicked Saint Nick is a 'fantoobulous' adventure with edible steam trains, flying ice cream vans, deadly robot toys and trolls with seven ankles. Have a yuletide treat and join Derek and Munkle on an action packed, fun-filled mission to rescue Santa Claus and save Christmas….

"It's Harry Potter meets The Da Vinci Code." From Carl Ashmore, the bestselling author of ‘The Time Hunters’, comes a thrilling new series for children 9+.At fourteen, Zak Fisher’s lived an unusual life. He’s an orphan, he’s never been ill, he’s stronger, faster, smarter than his schoolmates and he’s been raised by a succession of foster families that have taught him things most kids his age don’t learn.However, when he’s attacked by the terrifying Mothmen his life changes forever. Saved by a modern day Templar Knight, he’s taken to an ancient monastery where he meets three other teenage orphans - Dunk, Sarah and Leah - who have lived equally strange lives to his.Soon, Zak finds himself a key player in a three thousand year old war between Earth and Hell. But what part does he play in this secret war? And what’s his connection to an ancient prophecy?The answers can be found in the exciting new novel for children (9+) from Carl Ashmore, the author of the acclaimed ‘Time Hunters’ series.