Books with author Mike Mannion

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil...Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems…The Secrets of Brimstone ManorBill Blackthorne is a shy and nerdy young man with some very serious problems. He has no recollection of his past and can see horns and yellow eyes on people who appear perfectly normal to others. Bill’s earliest memory is waking up in gloomily gothic Brimstone Manor, where a strangely deranged middle-age woman called Beryl tells him she is his mother. He is enrolled into a secret society called the Apostles, who tell Bill he is very important – that he knows a great and profound secret, vital to their cause, which they intend to extract from his clouded memories with strong psychotropic drugs and ‘sixteen-volt electro-convulsive treatments’. Bill doesn’t like the sound of this at all.He is desperate to escape the clutches of the smothering and subtly sinister Apostles, and when he befriends Arthur Small from the nearby village of Underwood, he knows he has met someone who will help him. Arthur goes off to study at the ancient university of Middenmere, but Bill is also taken there for his treatments and they bump into each other. They meet two very pretty but intense and dark girls, Lilith and Ophelia, who invite then to a very unusual party to do something very unusual to the boys...The girls are secretly witch-freaks use the boys in a terrible way to dabble in powerful and ancient magic they don’t really understand. Their dabbling sets off a catastrophic chain of events that forces Bill to remember his very bizarre past and realise his amazing destiny. In a climatic end that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear, Bill and Arthur are thrown into a desperate race to save those they love.This is the first book in The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy, which consists of:The Secrets of Brimstone ManorThe Villainy of Victor TainnThe Fortunes of a Frightful DragonThere is also a superb anthology edition featuring all three books in one volume, together with an author’s introduction and special bonus material.The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy is a dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fiction who like liberal doses of fun.REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.“Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil...Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems…The Villainy of Victor TainnThe Queen of England has been infested by a demonic curse and it’s up to Bill and his friends to save the day… He is commanded by royal decree to rid the world of Arddhu Og and ‘cure’ all her poor and deranged followers. Bill takes the job, but finds he is up against a powerful new enemy, who appears each night as if from nowhere. She is the mysterious ‘White Lady’ and is controlled from afar by the warlock Victor Tainn. She is unstoppable, terrifying, and is forcing huge numbers of innocent people into the folds of Og’s evil.The city of Middenmere is quickly falling apart. Thousands of people are lost to the grip of evil, their minds consumed by Og. Everywhere there is chaos, danger and destruction, with people being bitten and cursed, converted to serve in Og’s army. The Apostles, despite having all the best scientists and occult specialists at their disposal, are losing the battle at every turn. What they desperately need is Bill’s help. But Bill is lost, has been taken away to a place where he may never return…This is the second book in The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy, which consists of:The Secrets of Brimstone ManorThe Villainy of Victor TainnThe Fortunes of a Frightful DragonThere is also a superb anthology edition featuring all three books in one volume, together with an author’s introduction and special bonus material.The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy is a dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fiction who like liberal doses of fun.REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.“Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil... A dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fantasy fiction who like liberal doses of fun.This is the superb anthology edition featuring all three books in the trilogy (The Secrets of Brimstone Manor, The Villainy of Victor Tainn, The Fortunes of a Frightful Dragon) with an author’s introduction and extra special bonus material.Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems…Bill Blackthorne is a shy and nerdy young man with some very serious problems. He has no memories of his past and can see curled horns and yellow eyes on people who appear perfectly normal to others. Recruited as an occult detective by his weird mother Beryl, he is told he’s a very special chap who holds a secret vital to solving their most mysterious case. Bill is pleased until the police tell him they intend to extract this secret with psychotropic drugs and ‘sixteen-volt electro-convulsive treatments’…When Bill meets his friend Arthur at Middenmere University, they fall in with two very pretty but mysterious student girls. Bill falls instantly in love with Ophelia and Arthur thinks Lilith is fun and up for hi-jinks. But what the boys don’t know is that the girls are seriously into the occult and are planning to use the boy’s in a terrible way to resurrect a dark and evil power they don’t understand…The swingingly hip world of Middenmere had long since dismissed tales of gallant knights, fawning princesses and fiery dragons as laughably risible nonsense. But Bill and his friends discover that fairy tales do exist and are far more perverse than anyone could ever imagine. Seven hundred years ago a brave and dutiful knight defeated a fierce and irascible dragon, or so the legend goes…If Bill is to save the world, he must bring forth arcane and indecipherable magic from a murky and distant past, and strike a pact with humanity’s most cunningly diabolic enemy.REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.“Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil...Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems…The Fortunes of a Frightful DragonThe world has been taken over by Og and her followers, helped to victory by Victor Tainn and his warlock friends. All is lost, and The Apostles, Bill, Arthur and Ophelia have run out of ideas. They are living in new and dangerous reality, holed up at Trident House with food and water fast running out. But then Ophelia finds an old book in the library – a fairy tale about a knight, a king, a princess and a dragon. At first it seems like any other fanciful tale, but they soon realise its peppered with clues to their salvation.All they can do now is go outside, brave the dangers of a city gone mad, and try to discover what it all means. As clues unravel and things start to take on new meaning, they meet a very special person who they think may be able to help them understand. But all is not as it seems and by discovering Og’s sordid secrets they are forced down a path they do not wish to travel. Bill realises he must be braver that he’s ever been and strike the ultimate bargain with their greatest enemy...This is the third book in The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy, which consists of:The Secrets of Brimstone ManorThe Villainy of Victor TainnThe Fortunes of a Frightful DragonThere is also a superb anthology edition featuring all three books in one volume, together with an author’s introduction and special bonus material.The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy is a dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fiction who like liberal doses of fun.REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.“Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil...Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems…The Secrets of Brimstone ManorBill Blackthorne is a shy and nerdy young man with some very serious problems. He has no recollection of his past and can see horns and yellow eyes on people who appear perfectly normal to others. Bill’s earliest memory is waking up in gloomily gothic Brimstone Manor, where a strangely deranged middle-age woman called Beryl tells him she is his mother. He is enrolled into a secret society called the Apostles, who tell Bill he is very important – that he knows a great and profound secret, vital to their cause, which they intend to extract from his clouded memories with strong psychotropic drugs and ‘sixteen-volt electro-convulsive treatments’. Bill doesn’t like the sound of this at all.He is desperate to escape the clutches of the smothering and subtly sinister Apostles, and when he befriends Arthur Small from the nearby village of Underwood, he knows he has met someone who will help him. Arthur goes off to study at the ancient university of Middenmere, but Bill is also taken there for his treatments and they bump into each other. They meet two very pretty but intense and dark girls, Lilith and Ophelia, who invite then to a very unusual party to do something very unusual to the boys...The girls are secretly witch-freaks use the boys in a terrible way to dabble in powerful and ancient magic they don’t really understand. Their dabbling sets off a catastrophic chain of events that forces Bill to remember his very bizarre past and realise his amazing destiny. In a climatic end that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear, Bill and Arthur are thrown into a desperate race to save those they love.This is the first book in The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy, which consists of:The Secrets of Brimstone ManorThe Villainy of Victor TainnThe Fortunes of a Frightful DragonThere is also a superb anthology edition featuring all three books in one volume, together with an author’s introduction and special bonus material.The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy is a dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fiction who like liberal doses of fun.REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.“Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a blockbuster fantasy novel full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil... A dazzling must read for all fans of fantasy fiction.Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970's, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all - a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems...Bill Blackthorne is a shy and nerdy young man with some very serious problems. He has no memories of his past and can see curled horns and yellow eyes on people who appear perfectly normal to others. Recruited as an occult detective by his weird mother Beryl, he is told he's a very special chap who holds a secret vital to solving their most mysterious case. Bill is pleased until the police tell him they intend to extract this secret with psychotropic drugs and 'sixteen-volt electro-convulsive treatments'...When Bill meets his friend Arthur at Middenmere University, they fall in with two very pretty but mysterious student girls. Bill falls instantly in love with Ophelia and Arthur thinks Lilith is fun and up for hi-jinks. But what the boys don't know is that the girls are seriously into the occult and are planning to use the boy's in a terrible way to resurrect a dark and evil power they don't understand...The swingingly hip world of Middenmere had long since dismissed tales of gallant knights, fawning princesses and fiery dragons as laughably risible nonsense. But Bill and his friends discover that fairy tales do exist and are far more perverse than anyone could ever imagine. Seven hundred years ago a brave and dutiful knight defeated a fierce and irascible dragon, or so the legend goes...If Bill is to save the world, he must bring forth arcane and indecipherable magic from a murky and distant past, and strike a pact with humanity's most cunningly diabolic enemy."Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil...Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems…The Fortunes of a Frightful Dragon The world has been taken over by Og and her followers, helped to victory by Victor Tainn and his warlock friends. All is lost, and The Apostles, Bill, Arthur and Ophelia have run out of ideas. They are living in new and dangerous reality, holed up at Trident House with food and water fast running out. But then Ophelia finds an old book in the library – a fairy tale about a knight, a king, a princess and a dragon. At first it seems like any other fanciful tale, but they soon realise its peppered with clues to their salvation.All they can do now is go outside, brave the dangers of a city gone mad, and try to discover what it all means. As clues unravel and things start to take on new meaning, they meet a very special person who they think may be able to help them understand. But all is not as it seems and by discovering Og’s sordid secrets they are forced down a path they do not wish to travel. Bill realises he must be braver that he’s ever been and strike the ultimate bargain with their greatest enemy... This is the third book in The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy, which consists of:The Secrets of Brimstone Manor The Villainy of Victor Tainn The Fortunes of a Frightful Dragon There is also a superb anthology edition featuring all three books in one volume, together with an author’s introduction and special bonus material. The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy is a dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fiction who like liberal doses of fun. REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.“ Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.

The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles is a gothic fantasy trilogy for young adults or the young at heart, full of wonderful humour, yearning romance, spooky manor houses, bikers, secret societies, creepy churches, student high-jinks, campervan travels and ancient lurking evil... Step back in time, not too far really, to the early 1970’s, a world very different from our own. There are no mobile phones, no laptops, no social media, not even a sniff of the internet, but what is there, and in spades, is mystery, magic, secret societies, witches, warlocks and the weirdest thing of all – a creature called Arddhu Og that invades the mind with her own fearful agenda. Middenmere is a university town that seems like any normal place on arrival, but as you get to know it you soon realise all is not what it seems… The Villainy of Victor Tainn The Queen of England has been infested by a demonic curse and it’s up to Bill and his friends to save the day… He is commanded by royal decree to rid the world of Arddhu Og and ‘cure’ all her poor and deranged followers. Bill takes the job, but finds he is up against a powerful new enemy, who appears each night as if from nowhere. She is the mysterious ‘White Lady’ and is controlled from afar by the warlock Victor Tainn. She is unstoppable, terrifying, and is forcing huge numbers of innocent people into the folds of Og’s evil.The city of Middenmere is quickly falling apart. Thousands of people are lost to the grip of evil, their minds consumed by Og. Everywhere there is chaos, danger and destruction, with people being bitten and cursed, converted to serve in Og’s army. The Apostles, despite having all the best scientists and occult specialists at their disposal, are losing the battle at every turn. What they desperately need is Bill’s help. But Bill is lost, has been taken away to a place where he may never return… This is the second book in The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy, which consists of:The Secrets of Brimstone Manor The Villainy of Victor Tainn The Fortunes of a Frightful Dragon There is also a superb anthology edition featuring all three books in one volume, together with an author’s introduction and special bonus material. The Bill Blackthorne Chronicles trilogy is a dazzling must read for all fans of dark and spooky fiction who like liberal doses of fun. REVIEWS "Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page." Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis. "Certainly knows how to keep you hooked." Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One. “Mike Mannion has the knack of writing an engaging plot and vibrant characters, that keep you wanting to turn the page!” Amazon UK customer.