Nicholas Bowling

From Costa Award-shortlisted author Nicholas Bowling comes a tale of adventure, myth and music to make your heart sing ...Oran lives on Little Drum, where music is everything. Every islander has a birth instrument and a life song - and the ancestors, called ghasts, linger to hear the music. But when the Duchess arrives from the mainland bringing orders of silence, she threatens the ghasts'' existence, the very soul of the community. When Oran hears of a mythical instrument with the power to manipulate hearts, she brings her ghast best friend, Alick, on a quest to find it, play it, and change the Duchess''s mind ...

Stranger Things meets Black Mirror and Ready Player One in this unsettling, near-future science fiction standalone.Something is rotten in the state of the NutriStart Skills AcademyWith the discovery of a human skull on the playing fields, children displaying symptoms of an unfamiliar, grisly virus and a catastrophic malfunction in the sites security system, the NSA is about to experience a week that no amount of rebranding can conceal. As the school descends into chaos, teacher Tom Rosen goes looking for answers but when the real, the unreal and the surreal are indistinguishable, the truth can be difficult to recognise.One pupil, Gabriel Backer, may hold the key to saving the school from destroying itself and its students, except he has already been expelled. Not only that - he has disappeared down the rabbit-hole of "Alpha Omega"; the worlds largest VR role-playing game, filled with violent delights and unbridled debauchery. But the game quickly sours. Gabriel will need to confront the real world hes been so desperate to escape if he ever wants to leave...

Twin Peaks meets Welcome to Night Vale in this surreal, supernatural thriller by a Costa-shortlisted author"Gripping, compelling and otherworldly" - DAVID QUANTICKWhen her twin brother goes missing in Northern California, Vivian Owens follows his trail to the town of Mount Hookey, home to the followers of Telos: a mountain-worshipping cult that offers spiritual fulfilment to those who seek it.While trying to navigate the towns bizarre inhabitants and the seductive preaching of the initiates of Telos, Vivian will have to confront questions about herself, her family, and everything she thinks she knows about the world. She quickly realises that her search is about far more than her missing brother it is a quest for the secret of happiness itself.To that end, there is only one question she needs to answer: what is really at the top of Mount Hookey?

Una fantasía repleta de giros magistrales, magia, oscuridad y originalidad que explora la Historia real a través de pasajes fantásticos, construidos en un universo alternativo repleto de amistad, perseverancia y muerte...La Reina Elizabeth I ha encarcelado a Maria Reina de Escocia, acusada de intrigar en su contra. La madre de Alyce ha sido incinerada publicamente acusada de brujeria. Alyce se ve obligada a huir a Londres, pero al ir descubriendo sus poderes de magia oscura, se da cuenta de que fuerzas poderosas le persiguen. Y pronto Alyce se encontrara en lo mas profundo de una batalla secreta entre la rivalidad de dos reinas.Los lectores han opinado... Una trama que te dejara con ganas de mas.Fuego heladoMe ha entretenido muchisimo, no me he aburrido en ningun momento.Cosechas de otoñoUna historia llena de aventuras y accion, en la que en cada capitulo no paran de pasar cosas.Looking for a bookLa atmosfera que Nicholas Bowling construye es tan completa, tan atrayente, que nos sentiremos arrastrados por la oscuridad que envuelve el libro.Revista KriticaUno de los aspectos que me ha gustado muchisimo de este libro ha sido el contexto historico en el que se ubicaba la historia.Anillos y varitas

Una fantasía repleta de giros magistrales, magia, oscuridad y originalidad que explora la Historia real a través de pasajes fantásticos, construidos en un universo alternativo repleto de amistad, perseverancia y muerte... La Reina Elizabeth I ha encarcelado a Maria Reina de Escocia, acusada de intrigar en su contra. La madre de Alyce ha sido incinerada publicamente acusada de brujeria. Alyce se ve obligada a huir a Londres, pero al ir descubriendo sus poderes de magia oscura, se da cuenta de que fuerzas poderosas le persiguen. Y pronto Alyce se encontrara en lo mas profundo de una batalla secreta entre la rivalidad de dos reinas.Los lectores han opinado...Una trama que te dejara con ganas de mas.Fuego helado Me ha entretenido muchisimo, no me he aburrido en ningun momento.Cosechas de otoño Una historia llena de aventuras y accion, en la que en cada capitulo no paran de pasar cosas.Looking for a book La atmosfera que Nicholas Bowling construye es tan completa, tan atrayente, que nos sentiremos arrastrados por la oscuridad que envuelve el libro.Revista Kritica Uno de los aspectos que me ha gustado muchisimo de este libro ha sido el contexto historico en el que se ubicaba la historia.Anillos y varitas