I hadn’t looked at the time all day, well, actually, all weekend. My wife and children had travelled up to the Midlands to see family. I had been left alone to my own devices. And before they’d even left, I’d had it all cunningly planned out. I would, if I worked incredibly hard, be able, I thought, to finish writing my second book. I mean, two and a half days,
It wasn’t long before dragons started to work together. At first it was for personal gain. As the leader of a gang, you could sit back and watch your minions do all the work, while you quite literally reaped the rewards. The leaders, however, always had one eye over their shoulder, for there was always another dragon looking to place himself in the ‘hot seat’. Fear, treachery and assassination were
Bentwhistle the Dragon is soon to return in a new adventure, the second in the series: A Chilling Revelation. Read on for an exclusive sneak preview…… Flash shook some of the water from his shivering, frozen body, as his eyes adjusted to the light in the cavern. Rubbing his hands and legs together on the cold floor, he took the biggest breath he could, now that he wasn’t restricted by
It had started as an accident. Pure and simple. The ellipitical orbit of the meteor had lasted in excess of four months, during which time thousands of tonnes of debris had spewed out across more than four fifths of the world. The impending impact would spell the end of the dinosaurs. But thanks to the magical properties of the laminium ore secreted throughout the meteor, a complete fluke would give rise
Feared throughout the ages by everyone and everything, the Basilisks were always held in high regard by the dragons. Whether through fear of their incredibly toxic poison (said to be able to poison water supplies and rot fruit, vegetables and crops), their ability to kill beings with a single glance, or the fact that they were renowned strategists and tacticians, isn’t clear. What is clear is the historical importance of
All Nagas resemble serpents in some way, shape or form. Looking mainly like the cobra, with half their bodies off the ground most of the time, some show glimpses of human-like form. Arms and a human-like chest are not uncommon. They like to live in shallow, remote ocean areas, underground caverns, or on the odd occasion hard to reach waterways. Examples over the last two centuries include outreaches of the Amazon river,