"MAGIC"..a word that has caused fear,terror, enlightenment, delight and awareness for many centuries.
In the old world anyone connected, even remotely, with what was perceived at that time to be "Magic" was also considered to be in league with "Auld Nick" himself.
Today of course we are much better informed and we all worship at the cinematic feats of those who wave magic wands, mix potions,mutter strange words, right wrongs and create evil.
Magic and it's practitioners are now creatures of Hollywood, there are no such things as spells, time travel, the ability to speak in tongues, for exotic annd wonderful creatures to converse with each other, of course not, we know it is all a spoof.
The magic stops when the Director says "CUT"
Or does it....not in the world of Maginty, who just happens to be one of the worlds least loved creatures, an Octopus.
MAGINTY(Who has a passion for Prawn Crackers) and his two companions,DEACON, a turtle and navigator (He can get lost in his large underwater cavern) along with SISSY, an electric eel (She has a slight speech impediment,which she quite likes) are charged with protecting the family of a notorious Pirate of the Spanish Main, Red Rufus Maginty.
Are you still with me, if you have travelled this far then the magic has already entered your soul...
Maginty and his team accept the role that has been thrust upon them and settle down to wait for the call...it takes several hundred years and it arrives via that most wonderful piece of modern magic which we all take for granted, the humble TV receiver.
The call also means they have to travel many thousands of miles from their home in the Carribbean to far away England, London to be precise..Chelsea to be absolutely exact.
They face many dangers when they arrive but that is where more magic plays its part in a mysterious way.
MAGINTY'S QUEST...The new novel will be published in late January 2014...It is a good yarn for the young adventurous reader aged between 9 and 90....in the meantime I am involved in the sketching of over fifty small drawings for chapter headings, now that is really where I personally need some magic.
The book will be available on amazon.co.uk initially then on all of the other worldwide amazon outlets in kindle and paper book form...share the magic moments.
More details nearer publication day...in the meantime tou can read, by the same writing team of MaryLou Clarke and RJ Dodd two vastly different novels.
The Sandrunners @ amazon.co.uk witten under the pen name of Chelsy Swann.
The Stack Set mainly in Australia, by RJ Dodd also on amazon.co.uk
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