Limbo

by Andy Secombe (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.23

  The worlds of fantasy and reality merged in an outstanding first novel of imaginative humour.A diabolical book has spoken of shellfish falling from the sky, and men in skirts on Brighton beach, while a monster, unstuck in time, clatters around the universe . Now the Prophecy has come to pass, and eternal night is over! For the first time in over a thousand years, the sun rises over the battlements of Castle Limbo -- and the King realises he's in big trouble. Being one of the few to have read the full text, he realises the awful fate predicted for him should a newborn child survive until its first birthday. So now the Great Terror is about to commence. And, to add to the King's troubles, his long-banished brothers, the fiendishly cunning Gildroy and the totally hideous Norval, are planning a murderous come-back .Meanwhile, a different type of mayhem is erupting on Brighton seafront . where newsagent and fantasy enthusiast Rex Boggs is about to emerge as the unlikely hero in this time of chaos. It all begins with giant garbage-eating clams - and spacewoman Serena Kowalski - plummeting together to earth . And otherwise it's just another day of fun at the seaside.

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.23

  This is set partly in the fantasy world of Limbo, with its castle, king and queen, wizard, and unending night; and otherwise primarily on Hove seafront amongst supposedly normal human beings perpetually drawn into ludicrous situations.

  Both venues are under threat when the Prophecy starts to come to pass, heralded by a shower of garbage-eating clams broken loose from a massive spaceship of the far future. What is happening is that the hoop of time is beginning to break up ... till the denizens of Limbo and Hove increasingly merge, and this composite place is eventually overrun by monsters, dinosaurs, Roman soldiers, Norman invaders, Edwardian gentlemen, and Regency ladies with parasols, etc. all fighting for the space in a giant time-warp.