Teddy and the Darkgate - Paperback

by Simon M. Garrett (Author)

Nobody takes a teddy seriously - and that might just save Teddy's life. Not that he'll notice; Teddy is too focused on reaching the lady of his dreams, avoiding a vomiting baby and finding a way to get from Aberystwyth to Clehonger, despite being unable to read a map. Behind the scenes, things are moving. Dark things. Dark things that would happily kill an idealistic Teddy who's bumbling through the big, wide world. But the biggest threat is to Teddy's dreams. Will a world of cynical animals and indifferent humans drain him of his hopes and wide-eyed trust, or will he find a way to escape danger while holding on to his naive belief that he can do something amazing? And what does it all have to do with The Darkgate?

Author Biography

When I was eight years old I decided to write a book about the amazing things one of my toys did; I got so excited about it that I couldn't sleep. Day after day, I wrote - and at night I hid the 'book' under my pillow because I thought grown ups would laugh at me. It was never finished. Instead, I grew up, and got a mortgage, and became a sensible researcher, and earned my PhD in Machine Learning. Then, one day, not entirely out of the blue, I bought Teddy (the reason why is in "Teddy and the Darkgate") and quite unexpectedly I started writing again. What was supposed to be a short story just for fun turned into a book, and then another book. Since then I've also written and entirely grown-up novel that will be released next year. You can find out more about Teddy (and me) at my website (google "Simon M Garrett").