Bøger af A. D. Hawkins

Save the king from assassination or your best friend from being hanged? How do you choose? It's Halloween and Klaudia Cay uncovers the power of Katalin's Grimoire. A book so full of ancient secrets it could change the world forever. When Kat and their arch enemy, Jac, suddenly disappear, how can Klaudia tell the police they have 'Travelled' to 1645? The English Civil War is raging and it's a dangerous time for witches. The notorious Witchfinder General has just had nineteen tortured, condemned and hanged at the Assizes. Klaudia desperately needs to be 'Called' back in time by musketeer Gabriel Gubbins to save Kat and, she discovers, herself from the same terrible fate.

The fast-paced plot draws you back in time with Klaudia Cay's desperate attempts to prevent the assassination of England's King Charles 1 and Oliver Cromwell You might think it's another ordinary day at school but just around the corner is a force that can change your life forever. Klaudia Cay is a thirteen year-old tetrathlon champion. She should be happy but she has problems with her mother, brother and a new girl in her class. That pales into insignificance when she receives an e-mail dated 1643 from someone called Gabriel. He says if John Hampden dies it is Klaudia's destiny to be 'Called'. Scratching noises begin in the dead of night. A weird teacher seems to know what's going on. A secret passage and a skeleton are discovered. Carved into the wall is the name Gabriel Gubbins... Then it starts, the time travel, and Klaudia is fighting for her life alongside Gubbins on the bloody battlefields of the English Civil War. Living on her nerves and her skills as a champion will be her only hope of returning home as she encounters a demonic presence sent to wreak havoc on the future.