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The Book“Heart-breaking, heart-stopping and breathless, frightening and funny.It plunges readers into danger and darkness. Crypts, caves, castles, mines, farms and mansions are its settings – good versus evil its theme… I don’t know if it’s the next Tolkein,JK Rowling, Philip Pullman or Derek Landy. I do know this is a fantastic, phantasmagorical read.” Scarborough NewsThe Witcher Keys is set during a chill winter on the North York Moors. Tragedy has hit Victoria Featherstone’s life, but little does she yet know the dangerous forces she is up against. Mark Walker, her childhood friend seems to be the only person brave enough to help her unravel the mystery.The two teenagers are drawn into an epic struggle between the forces of the unseen world. There they meet allies and foes, coming face to face with light and dark elves, spriggans and hobgoblins and an evil terror, out stalking the Moors. A dark host is gathering and it will stop at nothing until the Witcher hoard is in its grasp.Ian Johnson is a qualified civil engineer who has lived in Australia and New Zealand. Back in the UK he rebuilt a historic fire-damaged hotel in the Cotswolds before running it for two years. He is a keen inventor, has three daughters, and lives near Malton, not far from the wild North York Moors.

A terrifying encounter with a deadly creature causes thirteen-year-old Benjamin Jackson Gaul to leave Ceylon in search of a new life. He is sent to live in England, in an orphanage deep in the Kent countryside. In Victorian England, however, everything is not quite as cosy and safe as it at first appears: there are rumours of weird creatures haunting the orchards and fields. When a strange illness breaks out among the orphanage children and the enigmatic Nanny Belle – sister to Major Jack Union - arrives, adventure and mystery soon leap back into Ben’s life. Along with the help of Rosalie, a local Gypsy girl, Ben must gather all the strength and courage he can muster in order to defeat an evil far greater than he could ever imagine.Kit Cox is a stand-up comedian, leading exponent of Steampunk and counsellor for British soldiers returning from war zones. His alter-ego, Major Jack Union, spends his time protecting the British Empire from monsters, and his exploits and hunting tips are recorded in How to Bag a Jabberwock (Book Guild, 2012). Kit lives in Maidstone, Kent.

The truth will emerge.One piece at a time.What caught Jack Mason’s attention, were the blow flies. Thousands of them, along with an overpowering stench of rotten flesh. One person lay dead, and a second victim’s body was missing.Initial inquiries lead to Durham Prison, and the husband of one of the murdered victims. A few days later, when a young man’s body turns up hidden inside a city storage locker, a simple decision places Jack in unfamiliar territory. Dripping with atmosphere, the Suitcase Man is a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat! There’s suspense, humour, and a dash of romance thrown in. Order a copy today.Don’t miss out on the rest of the series:The Wharf Butcher (Book 1)Satan’s Beckoning (Book 2)The Suitcase Man (Book 3)Chameleon (Book 4) due out soon.

The Mysterious Rider (1921), a western novel by Zane Grey.He came to the Belilounds ranch, no one knew from where; a man of middle age, gentle, kindly, but so terrible a gunfighter that they called him "Hell Bent" Wade. He played the part of fate in all their lives, and only when the inevitable tragedy came and teh Mysterious Rider made the great sacrifice did they know - and out of that tragedy came the light of love. Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old West. As of June 2007, the Internet Movie Database credits Grey with 110 films, one TV episode, and one entire TV Series based on his novels and stories.

"The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)", commonly referred to as David Copperfield, is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a novel in 1850. Like most of his works, it originally appeared in serial form a year earlier. Many elements within the novel follow events in Dickens' own life, and it is probably the most autobiographical of all of his novels. In the preface to the 1867 Charles Dickens edition, he wrote, "… like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield"