Martin Fartingale
Terror on the Mount

If it wasn’t so funny it would be scary.

MARTIN FARTINGALE is thirteen years old, Australian and Iron Man fit. He loves to surf, loves footy, loves the sun and loves being an Aussie… He can't stand English weather, dislikes Cornwall, but most of all hates his name.

Martin is transported to England by his mother… now that’s cruel! He has to help his mum look after his batty grandma. She lives in a tiny cottage in an ancient fishing village overlooking St Cecil’s Mount, a sinister island fortress out to sea at the end of a causeway.

Ignoring the warnings of his new school friends, Danny and Charlotte (Charlie), of strange goings on – like witchcraft and kidnappings and torture chambers and witchety bats and slimy pits and pagan sacrifices, Martin decides to explore the ancient buildings, even though his mates also said that no one had escaped from St Cecil’s Mount in a thousand years.

After a bone crunching fall, Martin finds himself face to face with Gregor, the Mad Monk, and Ursula, a black witch and a whole host of other weirdo characters in a breath taking series of adventures.

He is saved by the ghost of Uncle Septimus Fartingale, who appears as a foul smelling green vapour. A white witch, who looks remarkably like Charlie, also pops in a spell or two to save martin when Uncle Septimus is not around. With their help, Martin ruins Gregor’s day by defeating Sir Bullimore Fergus in sword fighting and the Black Knight in a joust, to become an officer in Gregor’s army… yeah, well, he’s really a spy and intends to overthrow the Mad Monk. But that’s another story.

Young readers love Martin Fartingale – mums too!