The Books
Dragons in the Sky Dragons in the Sky is told through the eyes of ten year old Tom Richards, and weaves together the crash of a mysterious object at Roswell in 1947 with a strange shadowy figure, against the rich local history of the Cleveland Hills. On a blisteringly hot summer day, Tom's world is turned upside down as an incoherent figure stumbles into his garden. He is Danny, a long-lost childhood friend of Tom's father. When Danny begins revealing the story of his youth, Tom's family is forced into an experience none of them could have imagined. Visited by strange beings and terrified beyond their worst nightmares, the family struggles to come to terms with the visions they have witnessed. As strange events start to unfold, Tom will come to realize he has a very important role to play. |
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Dragons: The setting The Cleveland Hills are a fabulous place to explore. They extend much further than the small area covered in Dragons in the Sky and have a rich history peppered with some of the most beautiful villages you are likely to find anywhere in the north. While the hillsides are riddled with tunnels from more recent mining days their history extends back to Bronze Age times. Eston Moor is home to Bronze Age burial mounds and there was once an Iron Age fort on Eston Nab, with a Napoleonic look out in later times. The Cleveland Hills are definitely worth a visit as they offer fabulous views across Teesside towards the Durham Hills and Yorkshire Dales, and on a clear day it is even possible to see as far as the Pennines. For more Questions and Answers about Dragons in the Sky, please click here |
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For more information visit:http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/Countryside http://www.north-york-moors.com/cleveland-hills.html or any of the following websites:http://homepage.ntlworld.com/don.burluraux/index.htm |
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Shattered Truths Shattered Truths continues the story begun thirty-one years previously in Dragons in the Sky. The year is 2039 and Tom Richards knows he has been destined to visit the red planet since his childhood encounter with the An'Tsari thirty years before. Now, as part of an international team of astronauts exploring the surface of Mars, Tom struggles to survive as a planet-wide storm devastates the surface of the planet. As the crew battle to stay alive Tom is confronted by the existence of a sinister organisation, and he must fight to protect humanity from a dark and treacherous plan. For Tom Richards the past holds a devastating secret, but to stop the destruction of the human race he must uncover the truth, and come to terms with his own destiny. Shattered Truths is the second installment in the thrilling An'Tsari trilogy.
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Truths: The Setting Shattered Truths has a very different setting to its predecessor. Set against the bleakness of the Martian landscape, research for the story involved extensive use of the internet, and a number of books and periodicals. For anyone looking to find out more about the fascinating environment of Mars, there are many useful websites, some of which are listed below. With the success of the most recent Martian probes our understanding of Mars' composition, the existence of water and ice and the hope of finding evidence of past life, the future for Martian exploration looks rosy. The planned manned mission to Mars may be 25 years away, but the technology is already here and being tested for the return missions to the moon. With the speed at which space science and technology are currently developing, those 25 years won't be too long. |
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For more information visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars |
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