As promised (weeks ago!) here's a little update on how the second volume of The Chronicles of Prudence, Arthur's Sword is coming along. At 40,000 words I'm about halfway through which is nowhere near where I had wanted to be at this time - but as usual for me time is something of an issue. So, what's happening with Prudence? I'm going to give a brief outline of the story without (hopefully) spoiling the first book for those who haven't read it yet!
'Arthur's Sword' starts just weeks after 'The Gatekeeper' finished with Prudence and her friends trying to get back to some semblance of normality after their adventures of the summer. School seems to be the best way to achieve this and eventually a place is decided upon that is deemed safe enough for the children to attend. They are sent off to the Forest of Hale to a school that is just about as far away from the troubled border with Breena as they can be. However, here they meet an eccentric wizard called Emrys who leads them off on another adventure every bit as dangerous as the one they had before. They venture through the troll hills and into the very heart of Prudence's troubled homeland, Breena; their mission, to find an ancient sword imbued with incredible power before the dark wizard Mareck can locate it.
Some familiar figures return to help Prudence and her friends including the soldier Lyndal, the rebel leader, Gil and Prudence's guardian Miles Colwyn, but there are also some new faces. Prudence meets wood elves, dwarves and even the King of the Pixies and she also has a less favourable encounter with Prince Tristan again.
Oh yes, and then there's Bob, a bad tempered, cantankerous old dragon who, like the wizard Emrys believes that Prudence, Rupert, Maggie and Sam are destined to play a much greater role in the fight against Gideon and Mareck.
Kim.
