David Robinson

David Robinson

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60 year old blogger, freelance writer, novelist, editor and manuscript advisor from Manchester UK, 5th novel (Voices) just published.

The Race for Flugal Farm

The Race for Flugal Farm

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<p>The Race for Flugal Farm is the first book in a trilogy that charters the lives and adventures of the inhabitants of the Riding Stables at Flugal Farm.</p><div>Times had been hard for George Flugal and his wife, and this inevitably resulted in him having to sell the majority of the school's horses until he was left its just four: Pogo, Biff, Troy and an ex-racehorse called Chance.</div><div>The horses who along with a young stable hand Rachelle Perkins, a dog named Nugget, a pig called Nigel and an old family friend Uncle Dave, make up the Flugal's extended family.</div><div>When they find themselves facing the possibility of having the farm repossessed by the bank, and bought out by the odious Mr Williams, have to pull together to enter a carriage drive in order to win the prize money and save their way of life.</div>

Story Behind The Book

I'm quite hard of hearing and when I take my hearing aids out, I often think I've heard someone speak when, in fact, they haven't. At the time I wrote Voices, I also had a broken ankle. I coupled the hearing problem and broken ankle to my love of sci-fi/psychohorror and asked, "What if ...?

Reviews

<em>Spellbound ... I stayed up until one a.m. to finish it.</em> Marit Meredith, Editor, The Pages magazine.