Book description
Deep in the City something had been woken, so old that
people had been walking past it for centuries without giving it a
second look...' When George breaks the dragon's head outside the
Natural History Museum he awakes an ancient power. This prehistoric
beast, sentry-still for centuries, hunts him down with a terrifying
wrath. And this is just the beginning... The taints and spits -
statues with opposing natures - are warring forces; wreaking deadly
havoc on the city landscape. The World War One gunner offers
protection of sorts; and the wisdom of the Sphinx is legendary. But
George and his companion Edie are trapped in a world of danger. And
worse - they are quite alone. The rest of London is oblivious to their
plight. This epic adventure exposes forces long-layered in the fabric
of London. After entering its richly original and breathtaking world,
the city streets and skyline will never again seem the same!
Having studied English Literature at university , Charlie began his
career in the film business carrying cans of film round Soho and making
very bad cups of tea on the principal that he'd then be asked to do
something a bit more interesting, a strategy that he recommends to
anyone starting out as a tea-boy. He progressed to the BBC where he
worked in film editing on everything from Drama to Current Affairs. He
then went to California where he morphed into a screenwriter, having
been awarded a Warner Brothers Fellowship in Screenwriting at USC School
of Cinema and TV. He's written screenplays for Tri-Star, MGM, Paramount
and Warner Bros among others. He continues to write for the movies, and
also television. He still thinks that being a film editor is a pretty
damn fine way to learn about story-telling in general, and narrative
structure and pacing in particular. Charlie also moved into other types
of writing including magazine features, a computer game and as both a
national Sunday newspaper columnist and restaurant reviewer. Finally he
found the way to combine all those writing strands and produced some
rattling-good children's books! The Stoneheart trilogy has been a
massive international hit and Charlie has recently sold the movie rights
of Stoneheart to Paramount. He has also been asked to write the
screenplay himself, which just shows you should never make plans, since
he actually wrote the books to get away from Hollywood for a bit... In
his personal life, Charlie met and married his wife, a fellow Scot, in
LA. They have two children, whom Charlie calls his first, most
important, and toughest audience. They've all now returned from
California and live in Edinburgh with a terrier called Archie.
