Mysteries of the Septagram: Kobal: Book 1

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Eleven-year-old Jade is from a normal suburban background but longs to be different - and is terrified when she finds that she is. Her world is thrown into chaos when she discovers she is one of seven gifted children who are the result of a secret government experiment intended to find a cure for inherited diseases; an experiment that was hijacked by the sinister Dr Kobal for his own purposes. But are those purposes science or sorcery

Kidnapped and transported suddenly from normality to a world of angels and demons, robotic beasts and hunters and hunted, Jade is plunged into a deadly battle to save the seven children's souls ...

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Praise for Mysteries of the Septagram: Kobal

  • 'Part His Dark Materials with echoes of some of Harry Potter's darker moments, Paul Bryers takes the reader on a page turning ride that is as enthralling as it is fantastic.' - The Book Bag

  • 'A gripping, fascinating tale told by a master of his art, the prose flows easily and naturally, punctuated with flashes of dark humour, and always retaining an earthy reality, no matter how fantastic the scene.' - Teach Primary

  • 'a fabulous book' - Lancashire Book of the Year 2009 nomination

  • Praise for Paul Bryers:

  • 'As a storyteller Bryers is superb' - Time Out

  • 'Bryers imagines a world where superstition and science intertwine until finally, in the chilling climax, they merge' - Publishers Weekly

  • 'Bryers may well be the best of his type now operating' - Nick Hornby, Sunday Times

  • 'Bryers treats what looks like over-familiar territory with freshness, wit and a lively appreciation of a city's dark history' - The Guardian

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Paul Bryers

Paul Bryers

Paul Bryers is a highly acclaimed writer of adult fiction 'The Used Woman's Book Club, The Prayer of the Bone etc.' and an award-winning television writer and director. These are his first children's novels.

The research involved him in a quest for seven of the most magical and mysterious places on earth - and a journey by sea, train, bus, reindeer- and dog-sled to the far north of Lapland to find the place the ancients believed concealed the legendary gateway to Hell.

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