Tye and the Voices in the Storm

By Benedict Beaumont

When his young goat Little Bear wanders off into the mountains, orphaned shepherd boy Tye is thrown into an adventure of dangerous robbers, haunted storms and vicious pirates. Only the mysterious and powerful Hamric seems to know where he is going and more importantly, who he really is....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Benedict Beaumont
• Release date: May 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301368440

Benedict Beaumont

Benedict Beaumont has led several lives; IT engineer, Secondary School Teacher and Chef to name but three. He grew up in the south of England, but has travelled extensively. He divides his time between Asia, the Alps and Brighton.

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Tye and the Voices in the Storm

By Benedict Beaumont

Cover and Illustrations by Sean Bell

Published by Benedict Beaumontat Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Benedict Beaumont

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Tye and the Voices in the Storm

Chapter 1 Little Bear

Chapter 2 The Robbers

Chapter 3 The Fight in the Canyon

Chapter 4 Friend or Foe?

Chapter 5 Supper in the Storm

Chapter 6 The Attack on the Caravan

Chapter 7 Questions over Porridge

Chapter 8 The Voices in the Storm

Chapter 9 Escaping the Boreas

Chapter 10 The Attack on the Village

Chapter 11 The Fight with the Pirate

Chapter 12 The Battle at the Boats

Tye and the Pirates – Exclusive Extract

Chapter 1 – Little Bear

Little Bear! Little Bear! Tye called out as he climbed up the scree slope. What was the goat doing this high up? It was well past the his usual grazing grounds, and certainly was not an enticing place to a young kid. The ground was rocky red stone and gravel and there were precious few patches of green for him to munch on. The grass lower down was not a whole lot better, but at least it was more plentiful. What had got into that goat's head!

Little Bear, Little Bear! he called out again, this time getting slightly out of breath. His black hair was tousled, and his tunic was sticking to his thin and wiry young body. He turned to look back down the hill; the village was tiny, the houses were dots at the foot of the mountain, and he could not make out any people at all. The next village to the north and east, over a short ridge, was visible too, and then the deep blue sea stretched forever it seemed. He was very high up indeed.

He had been just about to bring the flock down for the night after a long day's grazing on the fields above the village, when Little Bear had just bolted. Tye couldn't make sense of it. He was an independent and headstrong kid, and would no doubt be a stubborn and belligerent Billy when he grew up, but he was always the first to seek the shelter and safety of the corral inside the village walls. Maybe it was the coming of the Boreas that spooked him.

For two hours Tye had tracked the goat up the hills. Higher and higher he had climbed, all the time thinking that he might have missed him somewhere. But whenever he stopped, he would hear the tinkle of the bell around the goat’s neck or catch sight of a little flash of white as Little Bear scampered up ahead.

Tye felt the hot dry air move past his face as he climbed. Was there a bit of sand in it? Was this the first puffs of the deadly desert storms? If he was caught out when the Boreas arrived....

He pushed it out of his mind; he couldn’t think about it coming just yet, he had to find Little Bear. There was no way he could go back without him. Unconsciously he fingered the marks on his hips where his uncle had beaten him the last time he had returned without one of his herd. After thrashing him Jaya had sent him out to look for the lost goat in the dark anyway. No, he wouldn't want to repeat that in a hurry.

But the Boreas was coming. If he didn't find Little