Christopher Metcalfe returns to his childhood home following the death of his father. Here, he confronts memories of his time at public school and relives the intense, passionate affair he shared with fellow student Stephen Walker. This forces him to come to terms with himself at last.
Kitty is a stray puppy with a lust for life and a thirst for adventure. But the world can be a dangerous place for a young dog with no-one to look after her, so it looks as though her travels will never get started. Then she meets Bailey, another stray, who becomes Kitty's beloved travelling companion.
William, Mary and Alice Constant have come to spend Christmas with their uncle as their parents are working abroad. Little by little, they discover that things in this remote old house are not quite what they seem. Ages 9-11 years.
Jo's friend Mit introduces her to the Secret Line , a tube line that stops at mysterious stations such as High View and Heath. Having at first enjoyed the escapism, Jo soon finds her two worlds converging as she nears a terrifying collision of lives.
Em is sure that Borthwick Hall, remote and challenging on the edge of the Yorkshire moors, is a house with a past - a past which threatens her present.
It is summer and the long holidays at Golden House stretch before William, Mary and Alice Constant. Hot lazy days of swimming and picnics...until a new and terrible shadow steals over the valley and the children are plunged into a desperate adventure to save it from greedy developers. Ages 9-11 years.
It is deep autumn and William, Mary and Alice Constant have returned to Golden House for the half-term holidays. At once they are thrown into the most crucial and desperate adventure of all. Matthew Morden is on the point of discovering for himself the art of time travel and his evil influence is permeating the whole valley. Ages 9-11 years.
It is summer and the long holidays at Golden House stretch before William, Mary and Alice Constant. A new and terrible shadow steals over the valley and the children are plunged into a desperate adventure to save it from greedy developers. Once more they are pulled into the Magician's world and his eternal battle between good and evil.