The Keeper. Part 1. An Invitation

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Craig Speakes. The Keeper. Part 1. An Invitation

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Strange Goings-On

2

More Surprises

3

Speak This Word

4

Something Unexpected

5

Papa

6

T8

7

The Experiment

8

The Arrowhead

9

No Going Back

10

No Time

11

T-Minus and Counting

12

The Horizon

13

The Tunnel of Light

14

Is There Anybody There?

15

Pod Drop

16

Tresk

17

First Contact

18

The Resistance

19

Raise a Glass Before Dawn

20

The March to War

21

Chaos Unleashed

22

Clash of the Osmari

23

Abandoned

24

A Healing Hand

25

The Tofaran Storm

26

Right on Target

27

A Time of Peace

28

Apperon

29

A Risky Enterprise

30

Cat’s Finest Hour

31

A Familiar Face

32

The Decision

33

Unexpected

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It was the summer holidays. School was out. Arthur and his family had packed up their things at the end of July and had moved from their home in the outskirts of London to their grandmother’s little cottage in the Lake District. Built by his great-great-great-grandfather over a hundred years ago, it was situated on the side of a steep, sloping hill and surrounded by a garden so chock-full of apple trees and fruit bushes that there was always something ripe and ready to be picked. It was, without doubt, the holiday that the family most looked forward to each year. And ever since he could remember, Arthur had spent the majority of his summers there.

The time, as usual, had flown by. Those four weeks which had seemed to stretch out before him, full of the promise of exciting adventures, had suddenly turned into one, and the number of adventures: precisely zero. But then, what had he really been expecting? Nothing ever happened at the cottage, and that was OK—it was still way better than being back in the city.

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‘Come on, you can do this,’ he mumbled to himself. ‘It’s not that deep.’

‘That’s right, champ—you’ve got this,’ purred the cat. ‘Now, please hurry up before any of those pickle fish decide that I look like a tasty snack.’

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