Three worlds, held in perfect balance. Nothing can change that. Well, nothing except a cataclysmic disruption in the Space-Time Continuum... Luckily the people in charge have a plan: Create three perfect Heroes, the best of each world, and send them on a quest to find the Objects of Power that...
On the Surface of Hell, a girl called Anna woke up crying. Her robot came into her bedroom, sat on the side of her bed and stroked Anna’s long hair. Everyone on Hell was cared for by robots. The children had to go to school, but the adults could do anything they wanted. All the hard work was done...
The weightlifting. The rules for Viking weightlifting are simple. There is a big boulder. There is a track. Each contestant picks up the big boulderand sees how far they can carry it along the track. Perfectly straightforward. But in these Games, nothing was straightforward. First Wandering Nell,...
Using the viewing disc was like looking down a hole into another world, and at first the three kept lurching back and clutching each other every time they tried, feeling as if they might be about to fall in. The viewpoint appeared to be hovering a few metres above Eo’s head, showing anything that...
I’d been right to be suspicious. Being right is usually pretty satisfying but I just felt sick. I wanted it not to have happened. I wanted the betrayed look on Queue’s face not to be there. “Right,” said my father, putting a hand on Queue’s shoulder. “We’ll go after him. We’ll get it back.” My fa...