Jon Mayhew
Author of Mortlock
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- 17
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Set in Victorian times, It starts off with three men traipsing through the jungle to try and find the Amarant - a flower that supposedly holds the power over death After witnessing its power the 3 swear a blood oath to leave the flower in the jungle and never return. . Fast forward to some 20 years in the future and young Josie is performing her knife act at the theatre with her guardian who is a brilliant magician. One night, they are visited by three evil crow like women called The Aunts who accuse the magician of having the Amarant . The magician gets sicker and sicker and soon Josie is forced to flee for her life as the aunts true purpose becomes apparent.
She discovers that she has a twin brother who works at a nearby undertakers and together they try and unravel the mystery of the 3 men in the jungle, their father's true identity and the actual whereabouts of the Amarant.
As noted before, there are a few side meanderings - the twins imprisonment in a manor and then their escape and entrapment in a ghostly circus in the swampland that could have used some tightening up in the editing process but all in all an ok horror story that isn't too gory for younger readers.… (more)