Böcker utgivna av Nigel Clayton

This is the story of visitors from another world, who come to Earth at the time of the Spanish invasion of the Inca lands.A small group of linguists from the tenth planet of our solar system (Pontus) are sent to Earth (Brantie) to pass on the words of wisdom from their Council of Philosophy. They are to inform all of those they encounter that space travel past the limits of the moon is not permitted, and that a non-conveyance in respect to these terms of sanction could lead to war.The story begins in the year 1532 as the Spanish set out to conquer the Inca Empire, with reference being given to earlier intrusions in the years 1526 and 1527.The episodes of treaty, politics, treachery and mistreatment, handed down by the Spaniards between 1532 and 1544, are made clear, as too are the lives, ways, customs and deities of the natives of Peru.The story is derived from messages known as quipu, and it's these that aid a man codenamed Dragonfly with his interpretations; he too is on a secret mission, but in the 21st century. Dragonfly takes to space in order to intercept a satellite, Pioneer Eighteen, and becomes slightly unsettled by what he sees in reference to the inscription it carries, 6,000,000,000 km's from Earth.The story is a meld between science fiction and history. All of that said in reference to the Conquistadors and the Inca is based on facts. Considering that the expansion of the Inca Empire was so dramatic, and writing at that time was unknown to them, it is easy to understand how so many of the references researched have come to contradict one another. The twenty odd different languages spoken at the time of the Spanish intrusion is also a substantial enough reason for discrepancies between facts to be evident.

Blue Morris and Wendy McTavonish are very close friends with a taste for adventure, both twelve-years old and keen to explore.During the term holidays they decide upon several treks to the forest of Blackbutt, stories having been brought to air of the dreaded yowie, sightings less than a week old having been reported.The two children have a nemesis in the form of a bully known as Andy.Andy has two side-kicks, both of whom he commands so masterfully with unbreakable puppet strings. No matter what corner Blue and Wendy turn, no matter where they happen to go in search of adventure, the Bully Brothers are there to torment them with threats of violence.During one particular visit to the forest of Blackbutt, Blue and Wendy are chased by the Bully Brothers. Blue soon finds himself riding for his life, close behind Wendy and upon his racer, when suddenly his bike losses its grip upon the track and he ends up, face down, in a reentrant. It is here that he comes across Hobart, a sixty-year-old man with a secret.Later that night, Blue and Wendy find themselves in the forest once again.They are drawn with mounting curiosity into a situation where they find themselves trapped within a cave, Hobart by their side and a special stone in their possession. The stone is a sphere known by the yowies as the Beacon of Gorke.The threesome is transcended into another world, where the nights and days are set in permanent twilight, not a star to be seen. They travel towards lights in the distance and become entangled in their own destiny to return to Blackbutt, known by the molemen of Gorke as Upworld.The molemen pledge to help the children return but in order for it to be a success¿they¿need¿töjoin¿in¿äsafari,¿an¿expedition¿töthe¿limits¿of¿the¿city's territory, to find a fungus with magical power enough to transform them back in time, to the instant that they transcended the shaft to Underworld.