Product Description

Over two thousand years ago the Romans came, saw and conquered Britain.
They stayed for a few hundred years, give or take, until rising Villa
prices, the ferociousness of the local lions and the quality of home brewed
wine convinced them to take all roads back to Rome.
No Romans remained. Britain, both sides of Hadrian's Wall, became a
Roman-free zone.
Except....
There was one little town where the Roman bugle-song anthem of retreat,
'Legitus Quickitus', was not heard. One town where the Romans and the
locals, ears full of soap, were so busy splashing around together they
missed the thunder of the departing last night chariots of fire. And as
there were no cabs due for another 15 hundred years - and that's if you
believe the cab office - the town's Romans decided to stay.
The town grew, thriving on the naturally occurring spa waters, nurtured by
the river Fons and hardened by the combination of original Brits and Roman
bath lovers. The last bastion of the Roman Empire, it is now a mighty town
indeed.

The town's name? Spawater, home of the legendary Spawater Baths.

The Spawater Chronicles are the tales of its citizens, and how they take on
the world and win.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #395930 in Books
• Published on: 2007-03-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

From the Publisher
The Spawater Chronicles are either serious books with added comedy, or
comedic tomes poking fun at the pomposity of the serious.
We are not sure which, so we gave the author a seven-book contract to find
out.

From the Author
Youth Market is volume one of The Spawater Chronicles, a
series of seven, relating the adventures of a group of friends, descendents
of the Romans, in the old Roman town of Spawater. It tells how they handle
cruelty to battered chickens and cruelty to intelligent television viewers.

Volume two sees the introduction of Identity Cards to Spawater. Up with
this the Romans shall not put.
Volume three and the government wish to build a Super Casino in town. This
entails flattening Lifeboats', the friends' drinking club, for a car park.
It also means demolishing the Spawater Refuge Centre, home of victims of
gambling, drinking and drugs, world famous locally as Losers' Corner. The
friends object - Lifeboats' is their second home.
Volume four (to be published 2008) tells the story of the government's
attempt to build a nuclear power station in the Spawater hills just outside
town. It's a power thing.
Volume five (to be published 2009) finds Jady inviting Alison, everyone's
favourite Spawaterian, to be his candidate to run for Member of the
European Parliament.
'But I know nothing about politics and nothing about the European Union,'
protested Alison, baffled.
'Then you are the perfect candidate.'
Volume Six? well, I have not finished writing it yet, but it involves the
usual gang.

From the Inside Flap
Blimus!

Customer Reviews

Douglas Adams meets the cast of Friends
...and they went for a beer in a proper pub.
A brilliant read. Flawed characters and good intentions abound through a series of parallel stories. You'll never watch freeview television in the same light again. Characters seem to be people I knew. The dry humour occasionally masked some clever and thought provoking points of view. Not a story I wanted to rush through in a couple of sittings but sampled and discussed (girlfriend was reading it at the same time). Something that became more apparent when we read Tighe's follow-up book on ID cards. The stories don't have to be read in order but it does help build the characters and adds to the feeling that you know these people. Gave it a four as the follow up is a five

Puts the 'out loud' into LOL
Full of observation humour that made me laugh at myself as much as at those in the story. The characters are well rounded, believable and all seem to be people I know! I found it hard to put down and I can't wait to read the second in the series (Identity Cards) - which I have just bought.

Very funny and well paced
A great and very funny read. Full of observation humour that made me laugh at myself as much as at those in the story. The characters are well rounded, believable and all seem to be people I know! I found it hard to put down and I can't wait to read the second in the series (Identity Cards) - which I have just bought.