“I had hoped he might’ve escaped the attack. Malkin’s ears drooped, and he shook her hand away, hanging his head sheepishly. “What happened that night, Malkin?” she whispered. She was almost afraid to ask, but she had to know the truth. If he’d found help, surely Papa could have too, couldn’t he? I was certain you’d been destroyed by that terrible air crash.” Lily stroked Malkin’s scruffy fur until his tongue lolled out the side of his black-lipped mouth, and his bushy tail swept back and forth. Lily was so relieved to see Malkin alive, she put down her bundle and fell to her knees, throwing her arms around his neck and hugging him close. “Lily!” Malkin jumped up and hobbled over shakily. It pricked up its ears and raised a foxy head. Something stirred in a box full of blankets in the corner making a low ticking sound. She looked around the walls, hung with brass tools and clock bodies. The room was dimly lit, the skylight in the ceiling frosted with snow. His narrative follows Lily and Robert on a dangerous adventure which puts both of them to the test.Ĭogheart is a thrilling page turner, and a stunning debut.Lily dried her hair with the warm woollen towel Robert had found her, and when she was finally done, Thaddeus beckoned her through to the workshop. Set in a Victorian landscape populated by mechanical animals and people living alongside humans, Bunzl has created an exciting landscape. The fox has an important message that must be delivered to a girl called… Lily. He’s been injured, and there are two dangerous looking men chasing him. Meanwhile a boy called Robert, son of a talented mechanical repairer, comes across a highly advanced mechanical fox, Malkin. Her father had been hiding her from the world ever since the tragic death of her mother, but why? Madame Verdigris’s behaviour is strange and cruel – she sends away Lily’s beloved mechanical servants, and is searching the large house for something… but what? Immediately Lily knows things are even worse than she thought. Lily is immediately pulled out of her boarding school and sent to live with her father’s housekeeper Madame Verdigris. Her father has gone missing, suspected dead, after an attack on his air ship. Brimming with action, plus unexpected twists and turns, his novel is a brilliant page-turner which will hook you from that intriguing opening chapter. Cogheart is the thrilling debut from UK author Peter Bunzl.
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