Carl Ashmore

"Becky Mellor is a typical thirteen-year old girl. She likes Facebook, gossiping and plenty of sleep. When she and her brother, Joe, are invited to stay with their 'loony' Uncle Percy at his stately home, Bowen Hall, she thinks it'll be the worst summer ever. Her mind soon changes when she sees Uncle Percy and his mysterious groundsman, Will Shakelock, performing a tooth extraction on Milly, a Sabre-tooth tiger...So begins a thrilling time travelling adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to Victorian England, Ancient Greece and Jurassic London in the search for the legendary Golden Fleece"--Page [4] of cover.

The Time Hunters

'The Time Hunters and the Lost City' is the fifth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga. On a school trip to London, Becky Mellor witnesses the sheer ambition and brutality of Emerson Drake first hand when she is involved in the greatest terror attack in world history. So begins the most explosive Time Hunters adventure yet - a story that takes Becky, Joe and Uncle Percy to Jacobean England, the American Old West and the legendary city of El Dorado in a search for The Sacred Chalice - a relic more commonly known as The Holy Grail... The clock stops! Praise for The Time Hunters Series: 'From every angle, it's an excellent work.' KIRKUS REVIEWS (awarded the KIRKUS STAR *) 'I really enjoyed reading THE TIME HUNTERS. You start off the action with a bang, drawing the reader in right away. Your writing is strong, and in places has a classic feel....It has terrific potential.' HARPER COLLINS ***** Carl Ashmore has written an entertaining book that children will love. READERS FAVOURITE This book is now my all-time favorite! Blending fantasy, sci-fi and folklore, Carl Ashmore created the perfect setting for all ages - LITPICK Reviewer 'This is a wonderful adventure. It has the magic of Lewis Carroll and Kenneth Grahame, the inventiveness of Roald Dahl and the writing skill of Rudyard Kipling in my opinion. It is the natural successor to Harry Potter. Brilliant!'

The Time Hunters and the Lost City

The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate is the third book in the Time Hunters saga. It's Christmas time and Becky and Joe Mellor have returned to Bowen Hall to attend the annual GITT Christmas Party - 'The Enchantment Beneath the Sea Dance.' However, when the party comes to a sudden, terrifying end, they are pitched into a quest for the all-powerful Spear of Fate. So begins an electrifying adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to the depths of the Indian Ocean, the peaks of the Himalayas and the deserts of Ancient Egypt - battling Mummies, Yetis, and a villain that Uncle Percy describes as 'the vilest monster to have ever walked the earth...' The clock ticks on. There are seven books so far in the Time Hunters saga: 'The Time Hunters', 'The Time Hunters and the Box of Eternity', 'The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate', 'The Time Hunters and the Sword of Ages', 'The Time Hunters and the Lost City', 'The Time Hunters and the Wraith's Revenge' and 'The Time Hunters and the Odin Horn.'

Book 3 of the Time Hunters Saga

The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate

'The Time Hunters and the Box of Eternity' is the second book in the acclaimed Time Hunters saga. Becky and Joe Mellor return to Bowen Hall for the half term holidays to find things are as unusual as ever. Of course, that's to be expected when you're sharing a stately home with a dinosaur, a winged horse, two sabre-tooth tigers and Bowen Hall's latest resident - a dodo named Deirdre. Things, however, get more intriguing when American time traveller, Bruce Westbrook, arrives with two gold doubloons that seem to possess strange, supernatural powers. So begins a thrilling adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to 1920s Chicago, Victorian Edinburgh and the 18th Century Caribbean - battling gangsters, pirates, sea-monsters and zombie sharks on a quest for the legendary Pandora's Box ... The clock is still ticking ...

The Time Hunters and the Box of Eternity

'The Time Hunters and the Wraith's Revenge' is the sixth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga. After a happy, uneventful year, Becky and Joe Mellor's world is thrown into chaos when a masked psychopath, The Wraith, kidnaps various members of their family and friends. To their horror, he's hidden them at different historical disasters in a diabolical game called 'The Empedoclean Trials.' With time running out, Becky, Joe and Uncle Percy must solve the clues and rescue the 'participants' before they become victims of the disasters themselves! And can they discover the Wraith's true identity before it's too late? So begins the most exciting TIME HUNT yet

The Time Hunters and the Wraith's Revenge

"After a terrifying encounter with Emerson Drake, Becky and Joe Mellor return to Bowen Hall and meet Bernie the Easter Bunny, a four stone Nuralagus Rex from the Miocene Epoch. All seems quite normal until they meet Shamus Cusack, a young Irishman with a shocking story to tell, and are pitched into a quest for the fourth Eden Relic, the Sword of Ages. So begins the most powerful Time Hunters adventure yet -- a thrilling story that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will to an abandoned town in 1950s Italy, Medieval England, and the subterranean caves of Loch Ness"--Page [4] of cover.

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