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Marco's Pendulum by THOM MADLEY
(Usborne paperback)
Start of a spooky new series set in the legend-drenched town of Glastonbury.
'A great yarn. On the back of the Harry Potter saga and The Da Vinci Code, this is a fashionable novel. It is also a gripping read, a thriller-cum-detective story peopled with convincing characters and leavened with plenty of unforced humour.'
Books for Keeps.
'Folk-tales and mythology, ancient rites and magic... a page-turning read.'
The Book Place.
'Much more grown-up than The Da Vinci Code. Has three dimensional characters, no silly albino monks and dialogue that doesn't make you want to slash your wrists.'
The Avalonian.
Marco's parents are separated. His mum has to go to America for the BBC and his dad has a girlfriend. Which is how Marco winds up spending the summer with the grandparents he's never met before: Woolly and Nancy, old hippies living in Glastonbury.
Rosa's new in Glasto, too. Her dad, a former policeman, is the new curate at St John's Church. He hates pagans and New Age loonies like Woolly and Nancy... and Eleri, the seer, who has dark visions.
If you've read The Chalice, you may remember Griff Daniel, unscrupulous mayor of Glastonbury and Griff's son, Sam, former hunt saboteur and left wing activist now married to Diane, heiress of Bowermead. If you haven't read The Chalice, don't worry about it. Marco's Pendulum will also tell you everything you need to know about the anti-Grail... The Dark Chalice.
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