The race to save Hagwood has begun! Wicked queen Rhiannon, High Lady of
the Hollow Hill, is more intent than ever on finding the enchanted
casket containing her heart. Made immortal through evil sorcery, she has
ruled the land of Hagwood heartlessly for far too long. If someone can
discover the lost casket and destroy the beating heart within, her
terrible reign will end. The werlings Finnen and Gamaliel-in possession
of the golden key that will unlock the High Lady's casket-race to find
it first. Their quest leads them to the Pool of the Dead, where the
hideous Peg-tooth Meg resides with her slimy snails and mutated
sluglungs. Caught between the armies of Peg-tooth Meg and the High Lady,
Gamaliel and his friends must make a desperate stand to save the world
of Hagwood from the forces of evil. This ebook features an illustrated
biography of Robin Jarvis including rare photos from the author's
personal collection. Praise for Thorn Ogres of Hagwood, Book One of the
Hagwood Trilogy: "Fun for Hobbit-addicts and Potter-philes of all ages."
-Publishers Weekly "A sure bet for fans of heroic fantasy." -Booklist
"Here is a richly woven tale!" -T. A. Barron, author of The Lost Years
of Merlin Robin Jarvis (b. 1963) spent most of his school years in art
rooms. After a degree course in graphic design, he worked in television,
making models and puppets. One evening, while doodling, he began
inventing names and stories for his drawings, and thus began his writing
career. His first book, The Depford Mice (1989), established Jarvis as a
bestselling children's author. Jarvis came up with the story for Thorn
Ogres of Hagwood while on a forest hike, when he heard a racket up in
the trees and saw two squirrels chasing each other. He suddenly thought
that perhaps only one of them was a real squirrel and the other an
imposter, and so the werling creatures were born. Jarvis has been
shortlisted for numerous awards, and won the Lancashire Libraries
Children's Book of the Year Award. One of his trilogies, Tales from the
Wyrd Museum, was on a list of books recommended by then-British Prime
Minister Tony Blair for dads to read with their sons. He lives in
Greenwich, London, and still makes model monsters, mostly on the
computer.
