Cartheno's Fire

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This is the pre-order edition of the book Cartheno's Fire, which will enable you to enter the competition.

The book is both a captivating read and a competition with the power to change one reader's life. Hidden within the story is the nature and location of Cartheno's Fire, a weapon of huge power.

The first reader to provide a correct answer to the puzzle will win the prize fund.

The fund itself is unique, made up of £1.00 of every e-book sold. Competitors need only provide a valid receipt, forwarded on to the competition address, in order to qualify. With each fan motivated to share after entering, and national media upcoming, the estimated prize fund is over £1 million or $1.6 million.

The full title will be available on Amazon on June 4th. Until then, you can read the book in full on Wattpad for free:

http://www.wattpad.com/story/4106866-...

To enter before the launch on Amazon, you are able to pre-order and provide your receipt.

Additional clues are included in The Fragile Tower though you don't need to have read it to win:

http://www.wattpad.com/story/3129226-...

The story:

Benjamin Lane is a popular, outgoing eight-year-old who loves to entertain. He also loves to have fun, which is why he helps his twin sister Maggie to let their father go to a strange fair that has appeared on their street in the sleepy town of High Peaks in New York state.

But the trip to the fair ends in him being snatched to the strange and magical Cold Lands to become one of the Queen's riezehn, a group of boys kept in a trance in order for their power to be used in keeping her fantastical palace standing. But in the trance, he finds himself in a dream state where he can still walk around the palace, and he isn't alone.

Another boy walks the dreams, as he has done for four years,. He is searching for Cartheno's Fire, a weapon of enormous power that will let him break free from the trance. He recognises Benjamin from a prophecy he read in the library, and thinks Benjamin can help him. But as Benjamin begins to search alongside the boy, he realises that his companion is lying to him. There is something else to this weapon, and Benjamin understands that it's up to him to find it first, or face the consequences...