Trail of the Cursed Cobras

ADVENTURE IS THEIR CURSE!

It's 1982 and five kids from a North London comprehensive school are fighting the End of the World.

In this heart-stopping tale, an ill-fated decision propels a group of twelve-year-olds into a treacherous web of secrets, ancient sorcery, and an artefact of unimaginable power.

These children don't go to a school of the weird and wonderful, come from a fabled lineage, have powers or special destinies. What they are is smart, tough, determined, imaginative, loyal and brave - the perfect ingredients for any hero.

As the children race against time to solve the mystery, they must face their fears, outwit their foes, battle monsters born of shadow and nightmare, and make their way through traps to the heart of it all: the Apocalypse Chamber.

From the Author

Trail of the Cursed Cobras was borne from my love of adventure films, such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Goonies and The Mummy. On the TV it was Grange Hill, Dark Season, Box of Delights, His Dark Materials and Stranger Things.

As the story is set in the 1980's I was able to draw on my own childhood experiences, which included werewolf and vampire hunting, with my mates. Oh and a headless death cult. Yes that part is actually true.

The idea was to throw a group of North London twelve-year-olds into an extraordinary adventure. To put a different spin on things, I wondered what if these kids had already survived something similar? What if that supernatural experience was so terrifying (never ask them about Norfolk!) that they made a pact to ignore any future calls to adventure? Will they honour that pact when a strange puzzle box, a missing teacher and a new, very smiley, pupil brings the adventure to them?

The cornerstone which I built the entire story upon was having kids who don't go to a school of the weird and wonderful, come from a fabled lineage, have powers or special destinies. What they are is smart, tough, determined, imaginative, loyal and brave - the perfect ingredients for any hero.

This is a story to show all children that when armed with those attributes anyone can be extraordinary.