The Hounds of Darkness

Publisher Marketing: The Hounds of Darkness Cara Louise The Hounds of Darkness is the story of Madeline, Richard and Gary who are sent to live with. their aunt in Brancepeth Castle in the heart of ancient Northumbria. Here they meet Jamal and Shari, the two adopted children of their aunt and uncle who died in the conflict in Lebanon. Following the sudden death of their adoptive parents, Jamal and Shari have been sent to live with their aunt in England. The children are caught up in a terrifying web of mystery involving the strange workings of destiny which links them inextricably with a band of their ancestors, fourteenth century Crusader knights, who were guardians of the legendary secrets and treasure of Brancepeth. They are drawn into conflict with the sinister housekeeper and the cruel, power-hungry Lord Sharpsville from nearby Barons Court, and find themselves up against forces of unimaginable horror which threaten to spread across the whole of England. What are the secrets of Brancepeth Castle and the Fivefold Hounds of Darkness and does the lost treasure of Brancepeth really exist? The children have to find the answers. Finally, they are engaged in a struggle with the powerful forces of darkness in a race against time to save Brancepeth and prevent an eruption of evil that threatens to wreak havoc and disaster far across the land. Contributor Bio:  Louise, Cara Cara Louise started writing stories when she was still at school. She terrorised her younger brother with tales of hooded monks with skulls for a face and was scolded by her mother for scaring him so much that he couldn't sleep at night. As she grew older, Cara Louise began to channel her fascination with ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night by writing mystery stories for children. She once had a proper job in the library at Southend-on-Sea but spoilt that illusion of respectability by running away to the Isle of Avalon and gained inspiration for her stories by sitting on the Glastonbury leylines and communing with the Earth Spirit. Here she published her first book The Boy From The Hills and wrote Annie and the Dragon in her bedroom by a window which framed Glastonbury Tor. Cara later studied for her BA in Writing and English at the Alsager campus of Manchester Metropolitan University and her bedroom overlooked another Hill of Power, Mow Cop in Staffordshire, which along with the nearby mysterious mansion of Biddulph Grange, served as inspiration for The Beast of Biddersley Grange Trilogy. Cara Louise has also travelled extensively and gained an MA in Writing For Children from King Alfred's College, Winchester. She has won 2nd prizes in Writing for Children and First Three Pages of a Novel at the Annual Writers' Conference, Winchester for her archaeological thriller, BETRAYED. She has lived in darkest Borneo, near the misty islands of the pirate-infested Celebes Sea, has travelled across the snow covered land of Austria and the sandy deserts of Arabia. Her unfortunate younger brother still sleeps with the light on.