TOM HASSLER AND THE RATS OF DROOLMOAN CAVE

WARNING: Not A Book For Scaredy Kids

Release Date:  6 October 2013, rrp $19.99                   

Thomas Hassler is an ordinary 12 year old kid.  Life is boring, as usual.  Until one day, Tom's life changes forever.  An urgent call from a grandmother he has never met leads him to an isolated castle and an incredible inheritance - the leadership of the Seapeople.

At Hassler Castle Tom not only meets his eccentric grandmother, but a girl called Maria, and even more surprisingly giant seals, walruses, orcas, albatrosses and sea eagles.  And the creatures have got an urgent request.

After centuries of being imprisoned, the rats of Droolmoan Cave have escaped.  It is up to Tom to defeat the rats and their horrible queen.  And learn to fly!

There are battles, trickery and courage as Tom and Maria face the hordes of killers, with the help of the boldest grandmother of them all.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Doug Wilson has worked at the forefront of medical research for many years and this year received the Distinguished Biotechnologist of the Year Award at the NZBIO Conference.  However his first love has always been the telling and writing of stories.  Since an early age, Doug dreamed of being be an author.  But he struggled with dyslexia when trying to write and became sidetracked with a successful medical career until he finally began telling stories once again when recounting fantastic tales of the boy-adventurer, Tom Hassler to the grandchildren.