A. Moran-Soley
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'Amanda', 'Mandy', 'Mum', 'Oi You!' are just some of the names this author is known by. For the purpose of writing she chose the rather more professional sounding 'A. Moran-Soley'.
Twelve years ago A. Moran-Soley made the leap from teaching literature at High School, and reading bedtime stories at home, to writing her own fantasy fiction. It was a long old leap - she only published that book last year! With her confidence buoyed up by book one, book two followed swiftly, and book three is in the final stages. Although the original story was inspired by her son, he went and grew up before she had the courage to finish it. Now, the author hopes that others will discover the Eshla trilogy and will enjoy the place as much as she does. A. Moran-Soley is more than qualified to create mysterious and fantastic worlds for you to explore, having spent years tapping the back of wardrobes, looking for the entrance to Narnia.
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The Lost Heirs
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Teen/YA Fantasy Adventure
Eric Grayson is like any other normal, fourteen-year-old boy. That is until one fateful day when he stumbles across a chasm leading to another world…at the end of his school field! Eshla is an enchanting world of flying machines, mechanical contraptions and gleaming copper pipes where the plants and flowers have special properties to create energy, light, heat…and whatever else its citizens need. The land is recovering from war, but the evil Lowick Bradwar has imprisoned three princes, deep underground in the Bel-Arayba cave, and disappeared with the keys down the chasm connecting his world with ours. Prince Joel survived the war, but needs help from an Earthling to release his brothers. Eric agrees and starts his quest with a little help from his three best friends, and a furry blue sausage-loving creature from Eshla. The adventure sees the four friends: travelling through time to the roaring twenties; acting in plays; facing the cane and joining a battle!
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The Second Stone
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Teen/YA Fantasy Adventure
How do you disguise a fluffy blue alien in Victorian England? How do you stop your evil headmaster from ruining your exam grades? How do you live down the humiliation of your whole year group thinking you have a teddy bear in your rucksack? Join Eric as he searches for the answers in the next Eshlan adventure. The quest continues with Eric, Corbin, Rose and Lydia trying to release the next prince from the Bel-Arayba cave. The four friends have some tough decisions to make while looking for the second stone in 1842, and things are getting pretty tricky in their own time too as Lowick Bradwar, masquerading as their head teacher, steps up his plans to get back to Eshla. Meanwhile in Eshla itself, things are far from peaceful, as the malicious Galed continues her campaign against the Arwain family. This is the second book in The Eshla Adventures series. Be sure to read the first: The Lost Heirs – a five star Amazon rated, middle grade/YA steampunk, fantasy adventure! One reviewer wrote: “Reminded me of Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia and even Dr. Seuss.”
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The King's Chamber
Teen/YA Fantasy
Time is running out for Eric and his friends to release the lost heirs of Eshla!
With the final prince, and true King of Eshla, still trapped within his icy blue chamber, the lost stone must be found before Lowick Bradwar can return to wreak havoc.
Eric, Corbin, Rose and Lydia (and not forgetting Espog) find themselves mingling with polite society in 1795, whilst desperately hunting for the missing key. As they get caught up in the lives of people from the past, the four find themselves beginning to consider their own future, and how Eshla has changed their lives forever.
Join Eric and the others on their mission to sabotage Lowick, find the last key and decide their own future, in this time travelling, steampunk, fantasy adventure to a different world.
To Be Released: June 2015
Time is running out for Eric and his friends to release the lost heirs of Eshla!
With the final prince, and true King of Eshla, still trapped within his icy blue chamber, the lost stone must be found before Lowick Bradwar can return to wreak havoc.
Eric, Corbin, Rose and Lydia (and not forgetting Espog) find themselves mingling with polite society in 1795, whilst desperately hunting for the missing key. As they get caught up in the lives of people from the past, the four find themselves beginning to consider their own future, and how Eshla has changed their lives forever.
Join Eric and the others on their mission to sabotage Lowick, find the last key and decide their own future, in this time travelling, steampunk, fantasy adventure to a different world.
To Be Released: June 2015
