The Secret Kingdom is the first book in a trilogy about Charlie Bone’s ancestor, the Red King.

Ever since I wrote the prologue to ‘Midnight for Charlie Bone’, I have wanted to know more about the African magician who left his homeland in the twelfth century and came to Britain.

What sort of person was he? What powers did he have? Why did he leave Africa? How old was he when he left? Why did he come to Britain? How did he become a magician? These are the questions I have been asked most frequently and you’ll find all the answers in “The Secret Kingdom”.