The Hammer of Thor

About the Book

'The Hammer it is lost to Thor...' During a second Gulf War, two children, Arthur and Guinevere, have come to stay with their grandparents in Ilkley. They discover that the Town Mayor, Albert Lockey, who is, in fact, Loki, intends to ruin Ilkley Moor by development on it. They also are told the legend of Giant Rombald walking between the two outcrops of Almscliff Crag and the Cow Rock, breaking off the Calf and his Wife dropping a Skirtful of Stones on the Moor. The children discover a set of riddles, which enables them to find both a Cup and a Ring on Ilkley Moor, and they, in turn, wake up ancient magic surrounding the ancient cup-and-ring stone carvings on the Moor. The magic helps them find Thor's Hammer, which has been hidden from him on the Moor by Odin. They meet Thor, who tells them they must get the Hammer to Almscliff Crag by sunrise. The local Police are in league with Loki and capture the Hammer. The children have only that night to get the Hammer back from Loki, and, avoiding the Police, get the Hammer to Almscliff Crag and defeat Loki...

About the Author

The author was born at Wallasey, Liverpool, as was his grandfather and great-grandfather. His father was a deck officer on Cunard Lines, sailing across the Atlantic. The family moved to Plympton, near Plymouth, in 1956, where his father taught Navigation. The author spent his childhood making camps in the cornfields of Devon and cycling to Plymbridge. The family moved to Ilkley in 1968. The author attended Ilkley Grammar School, before going on to Birmingham University to study Mathematics. The author went on to work for an Engineering company in Bracknell, Berkshire, where he initially did research in the early days of Image Processing. He moved to the Computer Services Department, where he was the sole programmer engaged in a report-producing project. He is now retired, but has written his own web sites with his own software on it, and is doing Art work at a local Art Class.