A terrific new children’s adventure
Terror of the Devil’s Chests
Ray Benstead
When
eleven-year-old Mark Renton explores the old house, which
is shortly to be demolished, little does he realise the
danger that he is about to put his entire family in. The
house is very old, part of it dates back to the twelfth
century and was in use during the time of
Richard the
Lionheart and the third
crusade.
Mark and his friend, Nick, find a message scratched on the
wall of a hidden room inside the huge chimney, after which
he has strange dreams. In one dream he watches as King
Richard gives the task of finding and returning the two
chests that have been stolen by the Knights of
the Black Cloth from a holy
building on the outskirts of Acre to his most fearless
knight, Sir Hugh de Quy. Sir Hugh was born in 1147, so how
does Mark meet and actually speak to him?
Each chest contains one of the Devils most lethal demons
and they can only be held captive for one thousand years.
The problem is that nobody knows just how long the demons
have been in the chests.
After over eight hundred years, the search is almost over.
But will Sir Hugh, the Renton’s and their friends from
Cambridge University Archaeological team be in time to save
the world from The Terror
Of The Devil’s Chests?
One demon confronts the intrepid team inside the Round
Church, but Mark calls upon King
Richard and his ancient
enemy Saladin
to
help. Through the mist that suddenly springs up inside the
church, shapes appear. If these shapes have been conjured
up by the demon, all is lost. If they have been conjured up
by Mark, will Christian and Saracen fight side
by
side?