Books with author Sam Llewellyn

LyonesseThe Well between the WorldsDarksolsticeThis is a book based on stories I heard as a child in the Isles of Scilly, thirty miles of blue Atlantic southwest of Britain’s westernmost point. It is not a crime thriller, like many of my other books. In fact you would have to call it a fantasy, suitable for people between the ages of 10 and 110 Sam Llewellyn, AuthorAeons ago, before the dawn of history in a land now sunk, a sword stood plunged in a stone…Once, Lyonesse was green and pleasant. Now the land is sinking, and the sea batters its walls. Lyonesse has become a place of poison and danger, and its people live in an uneasy truce with the monsters that inhabit its bottomless Wells.Idris Limpet is an ordinary boy until the day he is rescued from a terrible death and finds himself thrown into an astonishing adventure. Can it be that it is his destiny to save Lyonesse? And can one boy and one girl stand in the way of a colossal evil with its roots sunk deep in ages of wickedness?Some reviews:‘Quietly superb prose and a memorable, unassuming hero make this Arthurian-flavoured world fresh and beautiful even when it’s bitterly ugly… Llewellyn writes with a gentle hand, neither minimizing nor bombarding readers with moral interpretation... A rich and unpretentious gem’ Starred Kirkus Review‘Sam Llewellyn is a brilliant writer. This man is destined to be big… This book has magic and adventure and myth and environmentalism and intrigue and shady government affairs and war and strong families and laughter and sorrow AND a strong female character…seek it out’ www.kidliterate.com Amazing for everyone, even if you don't like fantasy!This book is amazing. It truly excels at being both thought-provoking and terrifically exciting at the same time. I adored this duology when I was in 6th grade (and I'm a girl!) Truly terrific. Even if you don't like fantasy, this is worth a try. (Oh, by the way, I love the author for not milking the series for 10 books. Hate it when authors do that. Although, that means I have less to read . I loved the series so much that I finished the last book, Darksolstice, on the Winter Solstice AND on a lunar eclipse. Two in one! Love it, love it, love it. Commonsensemedia.orgBy the way, the ebook’s cover is temporary, and we are running a competition to design a new one. Send entries as jpegs to idrisoflyonesse@gmail.com. The winner’s artwork will be used for the digital edition, and the prize will be £200 sterling.

In this vivid and epic legend from acclaimed author Sam Llewellyn, a young King and his Knights race to save a sinking Kingdom. . . .Not long ago twelve year old Idris Limpet was just an ordinary schoolboy. That was until he was taken from his home and taught to tame monsters from another world. Then he pulled a sword out of a stone. Now, he is Idris House Draco, Rightful King of the Land of Lyonesse.Rightful kings have their problems, however, and Idris has his fair share. He is an exile - hunted from his country by the evil regent Fisheagle and her wicked son Murther. Moreover, Idris's dear friend and sister Morgan has been carried off as a slave to the distant land of Aegypt.

An epic legend of magic and monsters is now available in paperback!The land of Lyonesse is sinking, and the sea batters its walls; it has become a place of poison and danger, and its people live in an uneasy truce with the monsters that inhabit its bottomless Wells. Idris Limpet is an ordinary boy, until the day he is rescued from a terrible death and finds himself thrown into an astonishing new adventure. Can it be that it is his destiny to save Lyonesse? As Idris begins to discover his true self, he learns he must rely on his wits, his courage, and his friends in the face of an overwhelming darkness that threatens to swallow up everything he loves.

Critically acclaimed author Sam Llewellyn brings to life the vivid and epic legend of a land of magic and monsters, and one boy who may rule it all.Lyonesse is the land of legends and magic. It's the forgetten land where King Arthur once resided with Merlin and his Knights of the Round Table. But thousands of years after the great king walked this country, it has become a place of shadows, where men hunt and capture the monsters that lurk below in the dark depths of the sea. Lyonesse is slowly sinking, and it is up to one boy, Idris, to save his people and his land. Can he stand up to the forces of evil that aim to stop him?

Maggie’s screwed up again. After recklessly accepting a dare from a hot guy, she’s caught breaking into her aunt's store. Her punishment: accompany her aunt, a youth counsellor, and three other young offenders on an 800 km Camino hike over the French Pyrenees and across Spain. But things can always get worse. Once on this 1,000-year-old pilgrimage route, Maggie’s phone is confiscated, she's expected to hike 25 km a day carrying her heavy backpack, and she must share hostels every night with 50 or more obnoxiously cheery adults who keep wishing her, “Buen Camino.” Meeting cute Ben along the way helps but, like her criminal companions, he’s got a secret she wants to crack. Who knows where boys, betrayals, and blisters might lead her?

When Eric and the lads take over Castle Bones, the world's premier Feedback Metal recording studios, they find that there is more than chainsaws in the bedrooms, werewolves in the control rooms, and toothmarks in the furniture to contend with, like a ghost. Buddy and Lou know what it wants. Everyone, alive and undead, wants to be really really famous. But there are problems. Like Fingers Trubshaw's passion for plants and Kenyatta McClatter's penchant for frying fish. And Eric's wife Wave, who has arrived back from Hongania with a horde of Ood players, who wish to convert the band to Whirl Music. And a new manager called Vlad. For whom Enid the Main Roadie has developed one of her little weaknesses ...So how will they get the new album in the can, unload the Honganians, scupper Vlad, and get rid of the ghost of Castle Bones before it gets rid of them?

Primrose, Cassian and Daisy Darling are still on board the Kleptomanic - but the ship is hit by a Rogue Flying Nanny and chaos ensues. The children are deprived of: Papa Darling (but do they really care?) - The Engineer, who vanishes with the keys to the ship - Their liberty (quelle horreur!) To right these very wrong wrongs, they must take over the Nanny State of Nananagua and deal with the incredibly feeble Lost Children of Ciudad Olvidada, the pompous ex-President Real Banana, and whatever it is that lurks in Nananagua's green mountains. But the Darlings, of course, are not daunted in the least. They emerge triumphant, leaving Nananagua presidentless. Will Papa Darling become the country's new leader? Or Pete Fryer perhaps? Or maybe the Captain? It could be none of the above, but only time will tell, and the Darlings are sure to have something to do with it.