Secret Gate Transports Children to Magical World

The Spider Gem, Book One of the Portal Chronicles, by Taff Lovesey, explores the world of fantasy intertwined with refreshingly new ideas.

BOURNE, LINCOLNSHIRE (PRWEB) July 1, 2006 -- In The Spider Gem, Book One of the Portal Chronicles, by Taff Lovesey, three teenagers are pulled into a fantastic world of mythical beasts and creatures when they accidentally invoke the power of a magical portal network upon the discovery of a golden ring containing the pattern of a strange Celtic knot.

In this fast-flowing story, the reader is taken from the coast of West Wales, to Oregon, and on to the magical world of Portalia, where they confront evil forces involving the Spider Gem staff, which holds the orb that has the capability of controlling a mighty arachnid army.

The trio find themselves at the forefront of a perilous quest to thwart the efforts of an evil warlock and his army of spiders and strange lava creatures that are intent on the domination of Portalia and the portal gateways. As the teenagers become attuned to their new world, they develop unique skills of their own and soon join forces with dwarves, elves, and humans to form an alliance of good.

Author Lovesey has created a book with heroes and heroines that reflect personalities and traits of teenagers today while still providing enough depth to interest adult fantasy readers. He has drawn on the styles of the pioneers of fantasy such as Tolkien and Edgar Rice Burroughs, merging contemporary life and fantasy ideas to create a world to which teenagers (and adults) can relate.

For more information or to receive a free review copy, please contact the author via email, via phone at (44) 1778 590632, or through his website at http://www.lovesey.net. The Spider Gem, Book One of the Portal Chronicles is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Taff Lovesey was born in 1959 in the valleys of South Wales. He joined the Royal Air Force at 16 years old and enjoyed a successful computing and electronics career before writing his first novel. He is a fan of all things fantasy, including ‘sword and sorcery.’ Mr. Lovesey spent four years living in Oregon, U.S.A., during the late ’90s; he now resides in Lincolnshire, England, with his wife and two children in a small, but beautiful village called Witham-on-the-Hill. He is currently working on the second book in his Portal Chronicle series, to be released later this year.

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