Author Description

Merlin, King Arthur, the mad witch and me – Jack. Jack is our 20th Century hero who travels through the five books of this series starting age 9 in Book 1 through to age 18 in Book 5. Merlin – magician and sorcerer extraordinaire - from his Sky Tower, has has been exploring the avenues of time for a modern man who has the Druidic gifts of the ‘Old Way’ and finds that his searching points to Jack. Imagine his surprise when he draws him back – on the dragon’s breath – to Dark Ages Britain and finds him a boy of only 9 summers. ‘But he is fresh and new to mould,’ he reasons; ‘I need to know the future as well as training him up in the here and now,’ Merlin also tells himself and so begins an adventure for Jack as he time travels back and forth through the mists learning the arts required to protect the Once and Future King – Arthur. But from what or from whom? The mad witch, that’s who! Mab, who has delved into the dark arts and visited places she should never have even contemplated, knows something of the future, albeit in a muddled way, but one thing she’s certain of is that of the prophecy - if she doesn’t kill Arthur first, he will kill her! As the series progresses she appears to get stronger (and smellier as she believes that bathing will not only wash away the dirt but also her power – so it is safe to say that she is often smelled long before she arrives) and also crazier, which make her take risks that could go either way. So – will she achieve her goal? Further interesting characters include Arthur’s wolfhound, Cabal, who becomes Jack’s best friend and is also able to travel across time. Cabal, like Jack, Merlin and a few others, can mind-speak, a great help in time of trouble; Shake Spear, one of Arthur’s men, a valiant fighter and man of huge stature but who is so short sighted that he is a danger to friend and foe alike, so after being told just to roar out battle cries and shake his spear (hence his name) so that his friends could be safe, he