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Alec Devlin: Empire of the Skull

Philip Caveney author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:20th Jul '18

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Mexico, 1924.

At his father's hacienda, restlessly waiting for adventurer Ethan to arrive, sixteen-year-old Alec and his faithful valet Coates head out into the wilderness in search of an ancient archaeological site . . . only to discover that Mexico is every bit as perilous as The Valley of the Kings.

Pursued by ruthless bandits, involved in a plane crash in the middle of remote rain-forest and finally an unwelcome guest in a lost Aztec city where the inhabitants still practice rituals of human sacrifice, once again Alec must use all of his skills and stamina to survive.

A cracking tale which combines sureness of touch with a great sense of timing . . . Don't pick up this book unless you've definitely got time to finish it . . . Adventures don't come much more gripping than this -- Phil Hewitt * Chichester Observer Online *
Involving and wonderfully implausible * Carousel *

ISBN: 9781782958123

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm

Weight: 235g

336 pages