The Witches of Lewthan Mountain
The Charlie Braithwaite Stories
Reeks: The Charlie Braithwaite Stories
R.M. McLeod
- Always
- fascinated
- by
- magic,
- eleven
- year
- old
- Charlie
- Braithwaite
- buys
- a
- book
- of
- wizardry
- from
- the
- village
- hall
- bring
- and
- buy
- sale.
- It
- is
- an
- old
- book,
- written
- hundreds
- of
- years
- before
- he
- was
- even
- born
- and
- as
- soon
- as
- he
- takes
- the
- volume
- home
- he
- sets
- out
- to
- discover
- if
- the
- spells
- it
- contains
- really
- do
- work.They
- do,
- his
- cat
- can
- bark,
- his
- dog
- meow
- and
- Charlie
- is
- having
- great
- fun;
- but
- when
- he
- has
- a
- visit
- from
- the
- book's
- author,
- the
- wizard
- –
- Argetlám,
- will
- his
- life
- ever
- be
- the
- same
- again?
- For
- someone,
- in
- the
- goblin
- and
- witch
- infested
- Darklands
- of
- the
- Cumbrian
- Underworld,
- is
- watching
- him
- from
- afar.
- Watching
- him
- through
- evil
- and
- envious
- eyes.
- That
- someone
- is
- the
- wicked
- Witch
- Queen
- –
- Nemetona;
- the
- most
- beautiful
- of
- witches
- but
- by
- far
- the
- most
- evil.
- Nemetona
- will
- stop
- at
- nothing
- to
- get
- her
- hands
- on
- Charlie's
- book
- of
- spells
- and
- with
- this
- in
- mind
- despatches
- a
- goblin
- familiar
- to
- the
- Overland
- (where
- humans
- live)
- to
- steal
- it.Caught
- by
- the
- goblin
- in
- the
- act
- of
- reading
- the
- forbidden
- book,
- Charlie's
- cousin,
- Joanne,
- is
- kidnapped
- and
- spirited
- away
- into
- the
- terrifying
- dimension
- of
- the
- Darklands.
- Now,
- Charlie
- and
- the
- wizard
- must
- go
- after
- her.
- Firstly,
- to
- rescue
- Joanne,
- afterwards
- to
- retrieve
- the
- precious
- book
- of
- spells.
- It
- is
- now
- that
- Charlie's
- adventures
- really
- begin,
- as
- along
- with
- the
- wizard
- and
- his
- very
- peculiar
- friends,
- they
- battle
- goblins,
- dragons
- and
- witches
- as
- they
- continue
- their
- quest
- to
- find
- –
- the
- lost
- works
- of
- the
- arch
- wizard
- – Argetlám.
