The Viking Age.
A thousand years ago.
"a truly villainous character" - Books for Keeps
"A brillliant new series... fun, exciting... packed with thrills and adventure... a must for all fans of a good story!" - www.waterstones.com
a deadly dangerous
trickster and shape-shifter
stalks the North Lands...
SWORD FIGHTS!
TREASURE!
PIRATES!
MYSTERY!
DANGER!
HIGH ADVENTURE!
Book 1: THE CURSED SWORDby Talking Stone Available NOW in all good bookshops and libraries
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“Wolf-guts and Whale-doom! All the frosty bearded splendour of the Norse sagas condensed into a fun, thrilling tale for kids with a taste for high adventure… tipped to be a best-selling series...” - www.waterstones.com - 5-star bookseller review
“a terrifying adventure...a very accessible historical novel for young readers.” - Books for Keeps
“I started reading it to my daughter on Saturday evening and by Sunday lunchtime she had finished it! She said it's the best book she has read in ages and was totally gripping.” - York Children's Book Group
“It races from page to page.” - The Journal
“...a historically accurate story...Boys and girls will champion our heroes, sharing in their despair and admiring their pluckiness." www.writeaway.org.uk
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Book 2 THE QUEEN’S POISONby Talking Stone
Published 2 February 2009 |
“This series just keeps getting better and better! Grim Gruesome is a truely nasty villain, from his completely gross scabbed and pussed over finger stump to his taste for children boiled or raw! With plenty of historical detail thrown in, this is a well put together and wonderfully told romp through Viking York” - www.waterstones.com 4-star bookseller review
“An outstanding action-packed historical novel, keeping you tense and on edge.” - Imogen, 10 York Children’s Book Group
“Most gripping” - Ben, 8 York Children’s Book Group
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Look out for Book 3
TROLLS’ TREASURE
published early 2010!