The Escape Of Athelwan
The Charlie Braithwaite Stories
Reeks: The Charlie Braithwaite Stories
R.M. McLeod
- The
- second
- book
- in
- the
- Charlie
- Braithwaite
- series
- finds
- our
- young
- English
- hero
- at
- home
- in
- his
- bedroom.
- It
- is
- a
- boring,
- wet
- afternoon,
- when
- suddenly
- his
- old
- friend
- the
- arch
- wizard
- Argetlám
- appears
- on
- his
- computer
- screen.
- At
- first
- delighted
- by
- the
- return
- of
- his
- friend,
- he
- soon
- discovers
- that
- the
- wizard
- has
- a
- job
- for
- him
- that
- is
- both
- extremely
- dangerous
- and
- possibly,
- crucially
- important
- to
- the
- freedom
- of
- everyone
- living
- in
- modern
- Britain
- if
- not
- the
- world.Argetlám
- explains
- to
- Charlie
- that
- Athelwan,
- an
- evil
- sorcerer
- punished
- for
- his
- wicked
- ways
- by
- entombment
- in
- a
- cavern,
- centuries
- earlier,
- has
- escaped.
- Furthermore,
- he
- has
- materialised
- during
- the
- Battle
- of
- Britain,
- in
- 1940s
- England.
- The
- sorcerer
- has
- taken
- the
- job
- of
- headmaster
- of
- the
- local
- school
- and
- Argetlám
- is
- convinced
- that
- he
- is
- trying
- to
- help
- Britain's
- sworn
- enemy,
- the
- evil
- Nazis.
- Should
- he
- succeed
- in
- his
- scheme,
- Britain
- may
- well
- lose
- the
- battle
- and
- therefore,
- her
- freedom.
- The
- consequences
- of
- this
- re-writing
- of
- history
- being
- that
- even
- people
- as
- young
- as
- Charlie
- could
- be
- seriously
- affected,
- perhaps
- not
- even
- born!Our
- hero
- is
- therefore
- persuaded
- to
- travel
- back
- to
- September
- 1940,
- in
- the
- guise
- of
- a
- London
- evacuee.
- Once
- there,
- he
- is
- to
- enrol
- at
- Athelwan's
- school
- (the
- sorcerer
- has
- taken
- the
- name
- Benson)
- in
- order
- to
- spy
- on
- him.
- This
- is
- another
- story
- about
- Charlie
- and
- the
- friends
- he
- made
- during
- the
- adventure
- –
- The
- Witches
- of
- Lewthan
- Mountain,
- as
- they
- spy
- on
- the
- forces
- of
- the
- Dark
- Side
- in
- an
- attempt
- to
- foil
- their
- evil
- ways.
- The
- question
- the
- reader
- must
- ask
- is
- –
- against
- all
- the
- powerful
- odds
- ranged
- against
- him,
- will,
- or
- even
- can,
- Charlie succeed?
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