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Hekla’s Children

By: James Brogden
Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
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A decade ago, teacher Nathan Brookes saw four of his students walk up a hill and vanish. Only one returned, Olivia, starved, terrified, and with no memory of where she’d been. Questioned by the police but released for lack of evidence, Nathan spent the years trying to forget.

When a body is found in the same ancient woodland where they disappeared, it is first believed to be one of the missing children but is soon identified as a Bronze Age warrior, nothing more than an archaeological curiosity. Yet Nathan starts to have horrific visions of the students, alive but trapped. Then Olivia reappears, desperate that the warrior’s body be returned to the earth - for he is the only thing keeping a terrible evil at bay.

©2017 James Brogden (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing Horror Scary

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the main protagonist of the story is pretty unlikeable however the supporting characters who are my opinion are the real hero are actually amazing. the story is gripping even though it's completely and utterly far-fetched

unexpectedly good

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I love this story, the drama, characterisation and humour were fantastic. I stayed up very late last night to finish listening to it. The narration was top notch too. This would make a wonderful film.

Gripping story

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The narration is very good. It reminds me somewhat of Little Eve by Catriona Ward, but set in Birmingham in the modern day which makes it less of a serious undertaking. A fantasy horror with Brummy accents and humour is what I didn't know I needed! I really enjoyed it

Entertaining "read"

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it was so hard to follow the storyline. it was very intricate which some would probably find exciting but it made it impossible for me to keep track of who was who.

very confusing

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Quirky tale of other worlds touching our own. I enjoyed it very much and the narration is great. Lots of characters who definitely had their own voices, nicely done. Definitely recommend

Interesting story, well read

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