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This children's and young adults' paperback series is a Sci-Fi/time travel adventure which starts in present-day rural Wiltshire, but soon hurls the reader across time on a vital quest to save the world. The hero is a local school boy. Stonehenge past and present features prominently in the first fast-paced book. Ancient Egypt and the great fire of London feature in the second book. Key to the success of the quest is visiting important places and events throughout history. The hunt for each of the twelve zodiac crystals in linked to key events in history.
The series is aimed at 8-12 years olds (Key Stage 2) and focuses on science fiction, action and humour, blended with time travel and real historical events. The Earth of the future is a nightmare dictatorship run by evil super-humans and their alien masters. The only way to save the Earth is for a hero from today to travel through time on a perilous quest to stop the aliens taking over in the first place! Just who is that hero destined to save the world? Twelve-year-old James Lightwater - oddball school boy and would-be cutting-edge scientist! But James has only one week to complete his mission - to find the twelve sacred zodiac crystals of ancient Atlantis and destroy their power before the aliens can use it to take over the world. The problem is that they are hidden all over the world in different time periods! Can James outwit the aliens and super-villains determined to stop him? The race becomes a deadly chase…
"It's going to explode!" exclaimed James just as the plastic jar shattered, splattering green and yellow goo all over the room. He ducked, just in time to avoid the yellow flash. But not in time to avoid the large sticky blob of the slime, which struck him, full in the face. His experiment to create "living" chewing gum still needed a lot more work, he concluded. He stood back up and scooped the excess muck from his face with both hands. In one of his "mad scientist moments" he had thought that there would be great demand for chewing gum, which never lost its flavour or chew-ability. He had hoped that by making a fortune with the gum, he would be able to fund his other experiment. Little realising it's an experiment that will lead to him being reluctantly hurled on a deadly quest through time and space!
The molecue-flexible metal protected him from the stinging pain of the sand and the helmet allowed him to breathe properly, but nothing could protect him from the sheer force of the wind. Deciding to continue trudging forward, he moved off into the storm as it enfolded him like a living thing.
The trek passed slowly as struggling through the shifting sand was like walking through deep snow. James staggered and fell over time after time, as he was battered from all sides. How had someone his age found themselves in this dire situation? Even worse, the storm was so thick that he could not even see his hands in front of him!
Desperately, James staggered on without knowing where he was going. For all he knew, the storm might last for days and he could be going round in circles.
Schoolboy and amateur inventor James Lightware is compelled to continue his secret quest to save the world from an alliance of treacherous super-humans and ther evil alien masters. But on this mission the danger not only confronts him in exotic places and time periods, but threatens his family and friends at home!
But James now has less than a week left to complete his mission - to get the twelve sacred zodiac crystals of ancient Atlantis and destroy their power before the aliens get them first and use them to take over the world.
Destiny and Destruction continues the quest, with James and his allies TALON, Max and Davius travelling through time to get the Aries crystal before the aliens do. Can they get the fire sign crystal before it causes a terrible eruption or, even worse, will James succumb to its sinister influence?
Author David Johnson in Egypt, researching for the books.
In Part four the more crystals James Lightwater gets, the darker and more dangerous he becomes! Travelling into the future, visiting ancient Atlantis, stopping the Spanish Armada and then fighting dinosaurs; all lead him to a dramatic battle! But will he be on the side of good or evil?
Bryn-celli-Ddu - the mound of the dark grove, Anglesey.
The Lovell telescope at Jodrell Bank.
The Quest continues - where will James find himself next time?