Udolphus Beck - an otter - is an unraveller of mysteries. Summoned to the magnificent city of Vequince by the enigmatic Silver Claw, he must tread very carefully indeed as he begins his investigations. For behind the beauty and splendour of the city, lurking in the shadows, a small group is hatching a fiendishly clever plot to overthrow the ruling Council and seize power for themselves. And as the colourful Carnvival explodes onto the streets and canals of the city - with masked creatures everywhere - Udolphus discovers that the conspirators are not afraid to get blood on their paws...

A gripping tale of intrigue and menace, plots and counterplots...a must-read with a distinctly medieval monk-like flavour.'  
— Teaching & Learning

'The Silver Claw looks all set to add to [Garry Kilworth's] reputation as a teller of great tales.'
— Aldershot Mail

Mallmoc's towering iron land-ship is cutting a devastating path through Liofwende. Flanked by an army of Ulcugga fairies, the evil warlock appears unstoppable. His only foes are a boy from England, a boggart and a talking rat with a food fixation. Or so he believes. Word has yet to reach his ears of the faerie armies that march to confront him, or of the gnomes devising a cunning scheme to waylay his terrible machine. All Spiggot and Jack must do is buy these allies some time ...but how? Boggart and Fen is the spellbinding conclusion to one of the warmest, most compelling fantasy series of recent years.

Jack's fought with giants, escaped the clutches of an evil warlock and rescued a damsel in distress, but he's still no closed to finding his way back home. Instead, Jack's caught up in Spiggot's crazy quest to defeat the dreaded Thrum. If they suceed, the King of Northumberland just might help Jack to return to the twenty-first century. But if they fail, Spiggot and Jack will be at the mercy of the evil wizard Mallmoc - and that's a fate far, far worse than being stranded in a faerie-realm forever.

SPIGGOT'S QUEST
The Knights of Liofwende (Book One)

Faerieland...

It's like a reflection of your world... a warped reflection.
And Jack has just stumbled right into it — with a whole lot of trouble on his tail. Trolls, goblins, ogres and giants... all after one thing.

But Jack's got no clue what. He needs some allies, like now. A wizard maybe. Or a high fairy. Someone who can do serious magic. Someone who can help him get home. Anyone. Just not a dreamy young boggart named Spiggot...

Contains boggarts, goblins, giants and a talking water rat. Great stuff.

John Terangi has come back to the island of his ancestors; a spear of forest shrouded rock thrust up from the bed of the Pacific. His mother, an archaeologist, has been sent to the island to excavate ancient Maori sites and search for artefacts.

The island couldn't be more different from home in Auckland but soon John is exploring the lagoon that borders it and the forests at its heart. It could be paradise.

But there is a predator on the island, far more dangerous than the sharks that circle beyond the lagoon, or the animals that prowl the hills.

It lives in a forest closed by darkness. A savage shadow with a forgotten name, fashioned from hate and fear.

A shadow that needs the magic that John has brought back to his ancestors.

MONSTER SCHOOL

'Look, my boy, you'll have to go home, this is a school for training monsters.'

The trouble really begins for Tommy when he discovers that what his shortsighted mother thought was the 'best' school is actually the 'beast' school...

SOLDIER'S SON

In Victorian times a soldier's family sometimes followed him into the battle zone, so at eleven eyars old Tim has already sailed via Turkey to Russia to live amidst the horrors of the Crimean War. Tim is not too young to be punished by flogging, so it's important that he keeps out of trouble...

HEY, NEW KID!

Danny is the new kid in school, again. (He's been to twelve of them and he's only thirteen.) Robbie picks on him but at least he has one friend, Jacko.

Then a local woman goes missing and the police enlist Robbie's help to find her. Danny and Jacko are determined to get her first. They want to be heroes.

Will they do it before Danny has to move again?

THE LANTERN FOX

April is very shy. She is much happier fishing than talking to people - until she meets a magical fox.

The fox glows from deep within like a lamp, making him an easy target for hunters. April decides to hid him in her room until his light fades. She has to find ingenious ways to prevent her family discovering her new friend.

But gradually, as the lantern fox begins to fade, April begins to shine with an inner light of her own...

HEAVENLY HOSTS V. HELL UTD

Soccer Fans! Welcome! The needle match of all time. The playing fields of Armageddon sees - HEAVENLY HOSTS V. HELL UTD!

Your commentator in the hot seat is Nostra "Prophet" Damus, forecaster extroadinary. To ensure fair play, the Grim Refreaper is on the field. Captain of the Heavenly hosts is the immaculate St Michael, while on the downside Old Nick himself is leading Hell United.

Signed on for the angels, thirteen-year-old striker, David Keller. Hell United have brought his arch rival Peter Pickering into their ranks. And they're playing for more than just a match, a lot more.

So, en-flame those fans! Sit tight and watch the fireworks.

DRUMMER BOY

'The shells exploded above them with a noise that deafened all around. Rockets began whizzing through the air. The acrid smell of gunpowder attacked Charley's nostrils. His mind rocked and spun with the racket. He had never been so terrified in all his life.'

Charley is a drummer boy of the 44th Foot, East Essex Regiment. Virtually an orphan, for the first time he is wanted as he makes friends in the regiment. It is an adventure of a lifetime - as long as no one discovers his secret...

But nothing has prepared him for the Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade...

THE GARGOYLE

An ugly stone gargoyle, which comes to life whenever there is a full moon, and a lonely boy, become the best of friends.

Together they travel far away through the darkness to find the boy's mother.

Can they get home again before the gargoyle turns to stone?

A spellbinding night adventure.

THE BRONTË GIRLS

'Papa doesn't like us mixing with the outside world. He says the twentieth century is a monstrous place.'

When Chris trespasses on the isolated Craster farm, Emily Craster is fascinated by him. She is almost fifteen and has known no other life except that with her two sisters and parents on the farm - modeled on the Brontës' parsonage at Haworth. Emily is determined to get to know Chris - but her actions will smash her family's world apart...

By the Author of The Drowners, which was commended for the Carneige Medal and described by Leon Garfield as 'a fine exciting story, beautifully told.'

THE PHANTOM PIPER

I thought it was a dream, but there was a piper. He was playing a pibroch. He stood up on a high crag till all the grown-ups reached him, then he went off. They went with him. Followed him like sheep. Followed the music he was making.'

The children of Canlish Glen are abandoned. They know there is only one way to get their parents and families back, but if they do not succeed by Hogmanay, history may repeat itself and all the adults will die.

Then the strangers arrive. They come out of nowhere - as the parents went into nowhere - and they are dangerous...

THE ELECTRIC KID

The year is 2061

Hotwire and Blindboy have always been a team. Thats how they survive. But now they've got themselves kidnapped by the master criminal of the underworld and pressed into doing his wicked bidding, all because of their extraordinary talents.

Blindboy and Hotwire are a couple of kids whose home is the city dump. Blindboy can hear stuff buried under the dirt and slime; Hotwire is a girl with a genius for making old electric gadgets work again. But the mob has new uses for these amazing talents . . . and unless Blindboy and Hotwire can use their ingenuity to escape, they will be trapped in a dark and treacherous world of big-time crime.

THE DROWNERS

"Always treat a river with respect," John Timbrell told each of his many children, when they reached an age of understanding. "Never take her for granted. She don't strike often, but when she do, it's quick as an adder. River's got no concerns for age whether you be a boy or a girl. It'll take what's there, and never a thank'ee left behind."

Tom Timbrell heeds his father's warning but still the river takes him - and with him goes the knowledge of the drowning fields which the local farmers rely upon for the successful tending of their land.

For the two years the farmers struggle hopelessly until, one day, a mysterious young boy appears and begins to teach Jem Blunden the ways of the river, a boy whose age remains untouched by the passing of years and bears a remarkable resemblance to Tom Timbrell...