CARL ASHMORE
Author of children's/MG/YA fiction
'The Time Hunters' is the first book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
Becky is a typical thirteen-year-old girl. She likes Facebook, coffee shops, and plenty of sleep. So when she and her brother, Joe, are invited to stay with their 'loony' Uncle Percy at his stately home, she thinks it’ll be the worst summer ever.
What she doesn't realise is Bowen Hall is also home to a baby Triceratops, two Sabre-tooth tigers, and the mythic hero, Will Scarlet.
'The Time Hunters' is a thrilling adventure that takes Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy and Will on a quest through time to find the legendary Golden Fleece.
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‘The Time Hunters and the Box of Eternity’ is the second book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
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Becky and Joe Mellor return to Bowen Hall for the half term holidays to find things are as unusual as ever. Of course, that's to be expected when you're sharing a stately home with a dinosaur, a winged horse, two sabre-tooth tigers, Will Scarlet, and Bowen Hall's latest resident—a dodo named Deirdre.
So begins a thrilling adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy, and Will to 1920s Chicago, Victorian Edinburgh, and the 18th Century Caribbean - battling gangsters, pirates, sea-monsters, and zombie sharks on a quest to find the legendary Pandora's Box.
​‘The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate’ is the third book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
It’s Christmas time and Becky and Joe Mellor have returned to Bowen Hall to attend the annual GITT Christmas Party—‘The Enchantment Beneath the Sea Dance.’ However, when the party comes to a sudden, terrifying end, they are pitched into a quest for the all-powerful Spear of Fate.
So begins an electrifying adventure that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy, and Will to the depths of the Indian Ocean, the peaks of the Himalayas, and the deserts of Ancient Egypt - battling Mummies, Yetis, and a villain that Uncle Percy describes as ‘the vilest monster to have ever walked the earth.'
‘The Time Hunters and the Sword of Ages’ is the fourth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
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After a terrifying encounter with Emerson Drake, Becky and Joe Mellor return to Bowen Hall for the Easter Holidays.
All seems quite normal until they meet Shamus Cusack, a young Irishman with a shocking story to tell, and are pitched into a quest for the fourth Eden Relic, the Sword of Ages.
So begins the most powerful Time Hunters adventure yet—a thrilling story that leads Becky, Joe, Uncle Percy, and Will to 1950s Italy, Medieval England, and the subterranean caves of Loch Ness.
‘The Time Hunters and the Lost City’ is the fifth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
On a school trip to London, Becky Mellor witnesses the sheer ambition and brutality of Emerson Drake first hand when she is involved in the greatest terror attack in world history.
So begins the most explosive Time Hunters adventure yet – a story that takes Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy to Jacobean England, the American Old West, and the legendary city of El Dorado in a search for The Sacred Chalice – a relic more commonly known as The Holy Grail.
‘The Time Hunters and the Wraith's Revenge’ is the sixth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
After two happy, uneventful years, Becky and Joe Mellor’s world is thrown into chaos when a masked psychopath, The Wraith, kidnaps various members of their family and friends. To their horror, he’s hidden them at different famous historical disasters in a diabolical game called ‘The Empedoclean Trials.’
With time running out, can Becky, Joe and Uncle Percy solve the clues and rescue the ‘participants’ before they become victims of the disasters themselves?
And can they discover the Wraith’s true identity before it’s too late?
'The Time Hunters and the Odin Horn' is the seventh book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
After the shocking conclusion of ‘The Time Hunters and the Wraith’s Revenge’, Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy embark on a time hunt for The Odin Horn, a legendary artifact believed to be the drinking vessel used by Odin in Valhalla.
In the most astonishing Time Hunters book yet, Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy travel to Ancient Greece, Nazi Germany, Viking Norway, and the mythical kingdom of Svartelheim in an exhilarating adventure packed with twists and turns, epic battles, humour, and romance.
‘The Time Hunters and the Blessed Isle’ is the eighth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
After gaining The Odin Horn, Becky, Joe, and Uncle Percy embark on a quest to find The Pool of Life, an enchanted body of water also known as The Fountain of Youth.
In what promises to be their greatest adventure yet, The Time Hunters travel to Medieval Yorkshire, the minotaur town of Caradan, the eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the Swiss Alps where they meet a man who claims to be over two thousand years old.
‘The Time Hunters and the Silent Child’ is the ninth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga.
After discovering the real Myron Halifax was kidnapped as a baby and hidden in time, Uncle Percy, Becky and Joe strike a deal with the Wraith. ​Play his sinister game, ‘The Four Horsemen’, a series of deadly trials themed around The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Conquest, War, Famine, and Death), and they can win a meeting with the grown-up Myron, also known as 'The Silent Child.'
So begins the most powerful and controversial Time Hunters novel yet, a thrilling adventure that takes Becky, Joe and Uncle Percy to Ancient Rome, 17th Century Hungary, 1940s London, and the legendary realm of Atlantis.
The HUNT will end in Spring
2025
