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By Diana Bain

A chance encounter with a hawk on Exmoor
sends two children on an adventure across the
threshold of time.
Caught up in the intrigue of desperate slaves, who help
and protect them, the children find themselves pitched
in conflict against a pompously comical Roman official
who, behind the mask, is both evil and deadly.
He discovers the slaves secret and there is a thrilling
battle to escape not only from his clutches but also
from one of the most devastating natural disasters of
the ancient world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Feb 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456864392

Diana Bain

My early life was spent in North Devon and it was then that I developed a love for The West Country. I married and came to Africa many years ago and my children were born here. I have been deeply moved by the warmth of the African people. Their strength and optimism, sometimes in the bleakest circumstances, have been an inspiration to me. Africa is a wide and wonderful wilderness, but my heart has always remained in the rolling moors and deep forested river valleys of Exmoor where, even now, I feel the magic of my childhood. After my children were grown I graduated from The University of South Africa with a degree in ancient history and art history. These subjects along with archaeology have always fascinated me. The magical power of Exmoor and the raw power of ancient Rome were an irresistible combination for me and something I wanted to share with the child in all of us.

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