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Edward Johns

Edward Johns

About

Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, Englandis the birth place of new writer Edward Johns, currently working as part of theflight crew with an Airline based in Northern Ireland.

Having long-held ambitions to become a writer, for manyyears Mr. Johns was unable to come up with the right type of ideas for hisnovels, but in 2006 inspiration finally came to him and he began writing whatwas intended to be the first book of a Trilogy entitled “Race for FlugalFarm”.   It was a story based around theEquestrian scene and, whilst writing this, for some obscure reason the idea foranother novel came into his head and so he transferred his attentions to whathas now become his debut novel “Murdo”. His writing favours the pre to earlyteen market and, set against a backdrop of kidnapping, this first publicationcentres around the heart-warming bond formed between a young girl and a ratheramazing dog.

 

 

I addition to his passion for writing the Author tells usthat he likes nothing more than to spend his spare time outdoors on the GolfCourse.  He takes a keen interest in avariety of other sports, and in addition enjoys travelling (as indicated by hischoice of career), together with live theatre, movies and cuisine.

Having now had his first book published the Author has currentlyreverted back to his original manuscript, and we look forward to seeing thefirst of his Trilogy come out in the not too distant future.

Murdo

Murdo

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<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding &quot;No&quot;; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>

Story Behind The Book

The Race for Flugal Farm was written for my daughter who always wanted to read an adventure story where the main characters were horses.

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The animal personalities came through very realistically. I've read it twice now can't wait for the next installments.</span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"> <div class="a-row a-spacing-mini" style="background-color:transparent;clear:none;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:'&amp;quot';font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;width:809.74px;word-spacing:0px;"> <div class="a-profile-avatar-wrapper" style="padding-right:9px;width:43px;"> <div class="a-profile-avatar" style="height:34px;width:34px;"><a class="a-profile" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/profile/amzn1.account.AFMTXRTST3JA2MSVDOQAUZIV4OUQ/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_gw_tr?ie=UTF8" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);"><img src="https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png" 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href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R25QHKTFEBM3QX/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1907407804" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-size:13px;font-weight:700;line-height:19px;">The race for Fulham farm</a></div> <span class="a-size-base a-color-secondary review-date" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'&amp;quot';font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;">13 April 2013</span> <div class="a-row a-spacing-mini review-data review-format-strip" style="background-color:transparent;clear:none;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:'&amp;quot';font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:6px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;width:809.74px;word-spacing:0px;"><span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">Format: Kindle Edition</span><i class="a-icon a-icon-text-separator" style="background-color:rgb(221,221,221);background-image:url(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/AUIClients/AmazonUIBaseCSS-sprite_1x-c4a765aedd886dc04d89e7e93b6a02c59ecb7013._V2_.png);background-repeat:no-repeat;font-style:italic;height:14px;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:8.71px;margin-right:8.71px;margin-top:-2px;vertical-align:middle;width:1px;"><span class="a-icon-alt" style="font-size:1px;height:1px;line-height:1px;width:1px;">|</span></i><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(196,85,0);font-size:11px;font-weight:700;line-height:16.11px;">Verified Purchase</span></div> <div class="a-row review-data" style="background-color:transparent;clear:none;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:'&amp;quot';font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;width:809.74px;word-spacing:0px;"> <div class="a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" style="clear:none;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:14px;width:809.74px;"> <div class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content"><span class="a-size-base review-text" style="font-size:13px;line-height:19px;">This book turned out to be an excellent read light hearted and funny in parts can,t wait for the next publication</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>