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The year is 1914. 12-year-old Frank Thornton is walking home with Jean, his girlfriend, when their journey suddenly goes horribly awry. They become victims of a vicious attack, with Frank left to defend his girlfriend with the only thing at his disposal - a cheap plastic sword! 26 years later, under the cloud of WWII, Frank and Jean become separated while scrambling to get to an air-raid shelter. In the corner of his eye, Frank catches a glimpse of a terrifying vision from his past. Turning to confirm his suspicion he almost runs over Peter, a young boy who is about to be the thing's next victim. This is the story of Ben Wilson, Frank and Jean's grandson. Ben is 12 years old and lives with his father, mother and brother... and more recently, something he believes has moved in to the cellar beneath the stairs. Ben's paths are constantly criss-crossed by sinister and menacing figures, and his parents and teachers are behaving very strangely. Under threat at home, at school and everywhere in-between, Ben turns to his grandparents and his friend, Susan, for help. Time is running out. Ben has to make some hard decisions - with disastrous consequences. If you like happy endings, you'd better read another book!
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Goth
The year is 1914. 12-year-old Frank Thornton is walking home with Jean, his girlfriend, when their journey suddenly goes horribly awry. They become victims of a vicious attack, with Frank left to defend his girlfriend with the only thing at his disposal - a cheap plastic sword! 26 years later, under the cloud of WWII, Frank and Jean become separated while scrambling to get to an air-raid shelter. In the corner of his eye, Frank catches a glimpse of a terrifying vision from his past. Turning to confirm his suspicion he almost runs over Peter, a young boy who is about to be the thing's next victim. This is the story of Ben Wilson, Frank and Jean's grandson. Ben is 12 years old and lives with his father, mother and brother... and more recently, something he believes has moved in to the cellar beneath the stairs. Ben's paths are constantly criss-crossed by sinister and menacing figures, and his parents and teachers are behaving very strangely. Under threat at home, at school and everywhere in-between, Ben turns to his grandparents and his friend, Susan, for help. Time is running out. Ben has to make some hard decisions - with disastrous consequences. If you like happy endings, you'd better read another book!
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Goth

Goth

by Graham Kenyon
Goth

Goth

by Graham Kenyon

Overview

The year is 1914. 12-year-old Frank Thornton is walking home with Jean, his girlfriend, when their journey suddenly goes horribly awry. They become victims of a vicious attack, with Frank left to defend his girlfriend with the only thing at his disposal - a cheap plastic sword! 26 years later, under the cloud of WWII, Frank and Jean become separated while scrambling to get to an air-raid shelter. In the corner of his eye, Frank catches a glimpse of a terrifying vision from his past. Turning to confirm his suspicion he almost runs over Peter, a young boy who is about to be the thing's next victim. This is the story of Ben Wilson, Frank and Jean's grandson. Ben is 12 years old and lives with his father, mother and brother... and more recently, something he believes has moved in to the cellar beneath the stairs. Ben's paths are constantly criss-crossed by sinister and menacing figures, and his parents and teachers are behaving very strangely. Under threat at home, at school and everywhere in-between, Ben turns to his grandparents and his friend, Susan, for help. Time is running out. Ben has to make some hard decisions - with disastrous consequences. If you like happy endings, you'd better read another book!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781505985979
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 01/03/2015
Series: Goth
Pages: 498
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Graham Kenyon was born in Bolton, England, at a time when cobble stone streets were the norm, the Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United for the FA Cup, Harry Webb (Cliff Richard) released his first record, B.O.A.C flew the first jet airline service across the Atlantic and Donald Campbell set a new water speed record at a whisker over 248m.p.h. In the next few years The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Elvis would lay down the soundtracks for the lives of many thousands of people, movie musicals would dominate box-offices, and the notion of man setting foot on the moon would become a reality. This is the era in which his earliest memories were created.

Migrating to Sydney, Australia, with his family when he was 8 years old added a different layer of experiences and influences to his life. Together, these memories and experiences have inspired his writing. He is the third of four children and is father to two sons and a daughter. He now lives on the Gold Coast, in sunny south-east Queensland, where it's beautiful one day and perfect the next!

For many years, the thought of writing a novel was just that... a thought! From the age of 16 he began burning the ears of his friends with his ideas for stories. Finally, and one can only assume out of a desperate need for self-preservation, in 2010 some of these same friends convinced him to put fingers to keyboard and bring those ideas to life. Now with 'Goth' completed, several others in various stages of completion and many, many ideas covering a whiteboard, he's realised his dream of becoming a writer.

His writing is influenced by a number of authors, including: J.R.R. Tolkien; C.S. Lewis; Stephen King; Dean Koontz; Willard Price; Kathy Reichs; Raymond E. Feist; and J.K. Rowling. He lists Paul McCartney; Tom Hanks; Steven Spielberg; Vincent van Gogh; and John Depp amongst his creative heroes.
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