Welcome
Welcome to the
official website of Victorian adventurer Caxton Tempest,
and author Ken Preston. Here you will find all the news
on the Caxton Tempest series, author biography,
extras such as first drafts, deleted chapters and notes,
free short stories, competitions and more.If you like
Victorian mysteries, vampires, demons, secret societies,
cliff hanger endings and memorable characters, all
served with a dash of Sherlock Holmes and Hammer Horror,
then you've come to the right place.
So take my hand
and come with me down this foggy, gaslit street in the
East End. Ignore the newspapermen shouting out the
ghastly details of the latest murders, and the drunks
singing their bawdy songs. Let us hurry past the public
houses, their filthy windows ablaze with a yellow glow,
and the slaughter houses discharging filth onto the
street. There, that's it, down that narrow backstreet,
can you see it? The dilapidated shop, its windows grey
with dirt and cobwebs, the crooked old sign hanging
above its door, a single word scrawled on it:
Magick
Enter if you
dare...
Competition
Look out for a new competition soon.
To celebrate the launch of my new book,
The Devil and Edward Teach, I'll be
giving away a limited number of copies.
News
27th
May
There's a
new book on it's way soon.
The Devil and Edward Teach is
slated for release later this summer.
Abigail Rose lives with her stern father
and young sister in London, but secretly yearns
for adventure on the high seas. How she would
love to sail away with 'Calico Jack' Rackam, and
his crew of pirates, and live like the female
pirates Anny Bonny and Mary Read.
But after being caught by the infamous
Blackbeard she soon realises that the pirate's
life is brutal and short, and filled with
cruelty.
Only her companion and protector Cornelius Wilde
can save her, but is even that young adventurer
a match for The Devil and Edward Teach?
3rd November
Read all about my first ever book signing
here.
There are some photos too!
25th October
My first interview!
Click
here to read an
interview the Stourbridge News did with me last
week.
Wow! I'm almost famous!
23rd October
On
Friday 2nd November, as part of the
autumn Art In Hospital event, I will be signing
copies of
Caxton Tempest at the End of the World
between 12 noon and 2pm in the main
foyer of Russell's Hall Hospital.
Hope to see you there!
15th October
Signed copies of Caxton Tempest at the End
of the World are now available from
caxtontempest.com with free p+p.
Email
info@caxtontempest.com
for more details
30th
September
New
competition on MySpace!
Enter before 7th October for a chance to win.
Click
here for more
details
17th September
One of the most enjoyable aspects of publishing
my book has been receiving feedback from
readers. Here are some excerpts from some recent
emails.
"...read
the book over the weekend. I loved it, found it
hard to put down!! Really looking forward to
future adventures of Caxton Tempest...especially
liked the character Murmur too."
Karl - Lancashire, U.K.
"...I
couldn't put the book down, I had to know the
ending. I really loved the story...it would make
a great movie."
Marge - New Jersey, U.S.
"WOW!
Shouldn't have started reading as soon as I
opened it - now I'm late!"
Cathy - Staffordshire, U.K.
"It's mint!"
Alex, 14 - Telford, U.K.
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ISBN-10: 1846858836
ISBN-13: 978-1846858833
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Caxton
Tempest at the End of the World is now
available to purchase from online retailers and
to order from all good bookshops, priced £6.99
Buying
options available
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Downloads
Adobe Acrobat reader required to access sample
chapters, etc. Download it free
here.
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