SuitabookFacing fear
Seth experiences haunting visions and is challenged to look death in the face; meeting two brothers from Aleppo offers him a new sense of courage.
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Tom Palmer - Author
This is a fast-moving historical ghost story that combines football, Iron Age Britain and unsettling visions, with Seth’s family worry and a meeting that helps him find courage.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a fast-moving historical ghost story that combines football, Iron Age Britain and unsettling visions, with Seth’s family worry and a meeting that helps him find courage.
Seth experiences haunting visions and is challenged to look death in the face; meeting two brothers from Aleppo offers him a new sense of courage.
An Iron Age hill fort and its disturbing imagery are brought into a modern football-centred adventure set in Cornwall.
Seth meets two football-loving brothers from Aleppo, whose stories give him a new sense of courage.
The most important point to consider is the imagery: visions include heads on spikes, bloodied and rotten, with eyes pecked out. Seth is also waiting for news about his mum’s health.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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