GUARDIAN ANGEL THE SEQUEL TO THE ANGEL MOUNTAIN SAGA | ||
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Prior to publication,the author was tight-lipped about the identity of the heroine of this book, and about the key features of the story. Only four people had read the manuscript prior to the book launch, and they were sworn to secrecy! This is all Brian will say, even now, so as not to spoil your enjoyment: This story is set in north Pembrokeshire and the industrial districts of South Wales in the Victorian era. Marching through the pages of the book there are some truly Dickensian characters, including Sergeant Dafydd Gruffydd and the Emperor of China. As the fast-moving and extraordinary story unfolds, the twin themes of identity and personality come to the fore. A strange memoir called “The Ghost of Inglestone” is found among the rejected Gothic novels and other papers of the long-defunct London publishers Pickersniff and Jebson. It is written by a woman called Susanna Ravenhill, an author unknown from the records of Victorian literature. The name is clearly a non-de-plume, but who was she, and what was she doing in London in 1857? Is the story autobiographical, or is it a work of wild fantasy? Susanna is fleeing from a dark secret which is known to only a small group of fellow conspirators. But she is pursued without mercy by a group of mysterious armed men whose motives are unclear. She fears, with good reason, that they have murder or blackmail in mind. She keeps one step ahead of them through her own cunning and through the intervention of various guardian angels who see it as their job to protect her. But then, in Paris, her implacable enemy catches up with her, and from that point on she has to cope with a threat far bigger than anything she has ever faced before. She deals with that, but she has to learn -- the hard way -- that she should never have tried to leave her past entirely behind her ................. | ||
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Publication date: October 28th 2007. A5 paperback. 256 pp. ISBN 978-0-905559-86-5 Price £6.99 The book is available from bookshops throughout Wales, and from many other outlets in West Wales. In case of difficulty, please send us a message and we will supply direct. Early Reader Responses Congratulations to Brian John on managing to draw all my senses into one book!!! The last time I was obsessed with a compelling need to read a book from cover to cover was 20 years ago when I read the Poldark novels by Winston Graham. Long live Martha Morgan!! Heather Giles Early Reviews posted on the Amazon website "At first I was apprehensive ......... but the author led you on to unexpected places. From the start the story was full of intrigue and with curious if not slightly fearsome characters. The descriptive chapters about the appalling life to be had in "China" were very real. The pace did not let up until the end. I read the book in less than a day and would only say it left me wanting more. I won't say the perfect ending to the Angel Saga (as I feel there could be more) but I loved it!) " Diana Vickers "Another great, unputdownable read by Brian John. Old and new characters come to life in his thought provoking and clever sequel to the brilliant Angel Mountain stories." Denise Strong First Published reviews "...........the second half of the book takes the reader on another colourful adventure, full of Dickensian ruffians, dark secrets and evil conspirators." Pembrokeshire Life "As with the other books in the Saga, the tale is packed with a cast of colourful characters and the narrative gallops along at a good pace, making fanciful events seem ultimately believable." Becky Hotchin, Western Telegraph | ||
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