Books with author Rob Ambrose

Everybody knows the general rules of fairy tales – a quiet shy boy of no notable standing will, by some convoluted and slightly unrealistic means get themselves involved in an adventure. This will normally involve knights, castles, dragons and, almost certainly, magic. There will undoubtedly be an evil, pantomime-style villain whom everyone will hate and who will probably have taken prisoner a beautiful princess. The adventure will, without fail, end with the boy saving the princess and in so doing, win her heart. They will get married, have lots of gold and jewels and everyone will live happily ever after…This story is a lot like that – there is magic (although not the real kind, just the lame sort involving mirrors, decks of cards and pulling rabbits out of hats) and there is a dragon too (but it is quite lame too – and has even forgotten how to breathe fire). Also, there is no cheesy ending with the main character and the princess walking off into the sunset holding hands, spouting cheesy innuendos at each other.But there is beer….lots of beer and drunken escapades…and so hopefully it’s not all bad…

You probably know that Santa has a bushy white beard, a red suit and rides on a sleigh full of presents pulled by a magical flying reindeer called Rudolph. But did you know that he also had a pet monkey...?Monkey normally spends most of his life at the North Pole eating mince pies, amusing the elves, and dreaming of scoring the winning goal in Ice Hockey Cup final. But when Santa gets knocked out cold by a hockey puck on Christmas Eve, Monkey must step in to deliver the presents.With security conscious old grannies with brooms, piles of mince pies and small glasses of intoxicating liquid in every house, and an evil Zookeeper with revenge on his mind in Monkey's way, can he deliver all of the presents and save Christmas before morning arrives....