Historical crime novel set in County WEXFORD
Giveaway! 3 copies of The Boy Who Stole Time, a magical read set in Ilir, inspired by Morocco
25th November 2018
Be in with a chance of winning one of three copies of The Boy Who Stole Time by Mark Bowsher, set in Ilir, inspired by Morocco.
When 12-year-old Krish finds out his mum is dying, he is desperate to give her more time to live. This leads to a deal with a devil-like creature to travel to another realm, Ilir, and collect the Myrthali – the essence of time itself. Ilir is a tiny desert world where the days are a handful of hours long and there is magic and treachery on every corner. Here Krish is set three impossible challenges by the brutal King Obsendei to win from him the Myrthali. He joins forces with the razor-tongued, young girl-wizard Balthrir, who hopes to free her parents from the Black Palace; a living, breathing structure built entirely out of those subjects who have incurred the wrath of the King. But as Krish battles these impossible tasks he may be about to learn that there is more than his mother’s life at stake as he gets embroiled in a blood-thirsty fight for power in Ilir that will push his friendship with Balthrir to its limits.
The novel is inspired by the author’s trip to Morocco in 2011… on this link he tells us more
How to enter:
Which is the most magical place you have been to? It could have been on a day out, it could have been a faraway land (real or imagined), it could be the people who were with you that made it a magical place. Just share with us your ‘place’ by midnight on the 8th of December and the first 3 names out of the hat will be sent a copy of the book! It’s as easy as that AND it’s international!
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The 3 names out of the hat!
Maureen J
Kasey C
Jackie R
Rome.
Looking at the Foucault pendulum at the Musée des arts et métiers in Paris in Umberto Eco’s novel by the same name; when Casaubon, the main character of the novel is hiding in fear after closing time in the Parisian technical museum Musée des Arts et Métiers to find whereabouts of other character named Belbo which he believes that members of a secret society have kidnapped and now are now after him too.
Puzzling World, Wanaka, New Zealand (https://www.puzzlingworld.co.nz/). In the middle of nowhere and such an unexpected find. Fab afternoon out and such a contrast to the rest of the austere NZ backdrop. The only place that I would desperately love to revisit!
St Lucia – on the verandah watching the hummingbirds every day. Fabulous, wondrous, magical
The beach because although it’s always at the end of my road it’s never the same twice.
Feeding the reindeer on top of the Cairngorms in Scotland.
The Eklutnta Spirit Houses Alaksa, USA
Skiing on powder snow at Silver Star Resort in British Columbia, Canada with the clouds down to almost ground level.
A deserted beach in San Pedro, the Ivory Coast. It had soft white sand, and huge rocks, smoothed by the elements. With the spray from the waves enveloping the whole place in an atmospheric mist, it was beautiful and magical.
Ottawa during the winter was pretty magical. I’ve never seen so much snow!
Makkah and Medinah in Saudi Arabia. Made Umrah pilgrimage.
Beautiful Iceland – such an incredible landscape!
Paris is magical.
Winding our way up the mountain of Montserrat Spain we saw…nothing. The mountain was blanketed in fog. But as we walked the way toward the monastery the fog slowly lifted revealing the most magical sight: polished white stone cones reaching for the heavens, and the monastery perched just below. The way it was revealed and the startling majesty was something I’ll never forget.
An underground church in a salt mine in Poland.
Landing on a beach in the Whitsundays off Australia.
A glow worm cave in New Zealand. You go into the cave by boat, and as you enter it, all the power is switched off and you glide along in silence into a cavern where the roof is covered in tiny glow worms, shining blue in the darkness, with their light reflecting on the water below. It’s the most magical sight I have ever seen.
Niagara Falls…tacky, commercial, busy, but The Maid of the Mist experience is a completely magical few minutes I’ll never forget.
A quiet and secluded forest glade sprinkled with white flowers throughout the emerald grass;a place that always refreshed me heart and soul and although I can no longer go and see it it will stay with me forever
Floating down the Nile
On the train from Sydney to Perth. Going across the Nulabore Plain – so desolate and so beautiful at the same time. Brilliant journey – recommend it to all travellers
Lying in a hammock in the Amazon Forest with all the sounds of birds, howling monkeys, etc. all around.
Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Yorkshire coast, with its steep, narrow streets is magical!
One of the most magical places I have been is Nepal. With the Himalayas overlooking the country, quaint, narrow lanes leading who knows where in Kathmandu, Holy Men sitting naked on street corners & views over the forested foothills of India, which may or may not conceal Bengal tigers, it feels as if something magical could occur at any moment!
Love to WIN one of your books ” The Boy Who Stole Time ” . I love reading all different types of stories. My grandaughter loves reading some of my books, I think she would love this one.
Tasmania – beautiful country. Would love to revisit sometime.
The most magical place I have travelled to is Aruba in the Dutch Antilles. Learned how to snorkel and see the magical world under the sea.
Climbing Sydney harbour bridge a magical experience
Londolozi Private Game Reserve. I’d be happy living there!
My living room!! I have young children so every room in our house is a magical place of pixies, unicorns and magicians!
The most magical place i have been was at Silver Star Ski Resort in British Columbia, Canada swooping down the hills on fresh powder snow.
The Giant’s Causeway.
Stonehenge.
I find magic in the ordinary so there is magic all around me. I live on the Isle of Wight which is a magical place. The long stone in Merstone is supposed to hold magical properties.