The Runcible Jones Quintet is a fantasy adventure for all ages from 10 to adult. The series is set on two twinned worlds: An Earth rather like our own but with two important differences – magic is illegal though no one seems to know why, and power is vanishing from power stations all over the world. Iltior, an unspoiled world where everything is brighter and more beautiful; where everyone can use magic but science is forbidden. A world where people are being corrupted by resonances passing across the void from Earth, and the great magicians of Iltior are determined to do something about it.

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Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere

(Puffin Australia, B-format, January 2006; reprinted May 2006)

In a world terrified of magic, a boy is abandoned to the worst school in the world, a place designed to crush all magic out of him – GRINDGRIM. But Runcible Jones has to learn magic, to uncover the truth about his father’s death on another world.

Hurled through a gate to magical Iltior, Runcie’s arrival begins a war that will spread to Earth. And why is Lord Shambles, the blackest sorcerer on Iltior, hunting Runcie?

To uncover the truth, Runcie must fight the dreadful sorcerer.

Even if he wins, nothing will ever be the same again.

Praise for Runcible Jones, The Gate to Nowhere ‘A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.’ John Cohen, Reading Time.

Runcible Jones and The Buried City (B-format, June 2007)

In this adventure, Runcible and Mariam are in even worse trouble, for Lord Shambles has returned, stronger than ever. Once he finds the lost Citadel of Magic there will be no defence against his dreadful sorcery – and with it he plans to take over the world of Iltior, then drive Earth back to the Dark Ages.

To stop Shambles, the children must defy his Night Stalkers, journey back to wondrous Iltior and descend to the uttermost pole. But even if they find the Codex of Dreadful Spells, Runcible still has to unravel the mystery of the tainted children then face his most terrifying nightmare – the sting of the giant scorpion.

Forthcoming

Runcible Jones: The Frozen Compass (mid-2008)

Runcible Jones: The Backwards Hourglass(mid-2009)

Runcible Jones: The Electric Labyrinth (early-mid 2010)