Yan Tan Tethera

Five short stories and a whole novel which, if you blink, you'll miss You'll find yourself with Alan the shepherdin a terrible battle with the evil Seth, the wicked faeries and Old Nick himself. You'll see Danny find out that there's more to life than trainspotting and Roy Breakspear discovering that you should never go back because you might find a lot more than you bargained for. While Jessica's family is on holiday, a little tragedy back home threatens a split in the family which could never be healed. Stephanie and Matthew are fascinated by Sylvie's strange Christmas guest. But he's even stranger than they could ever have imagined. And then we're back in 1804. Napoleon really is coming to conquer us. But Alfie thinks he's here already. "Dennis Hamley is a specially talented yarnspinner" TES