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The city of The Rook-population 152,000 (not counting the undead-and many don't)-is a curious mix of an Elizabethan and Victorian city with a fair sprinkling of intrigue and magic. The Rook is the home of the four schools of Thaumaturgy. These comprise of Hydromancers (water), Pyromancers (fire), Circumancers (air), and last (but definitely not least) Terramancers (earth). The Rook is the home of Erisa and Calico, the cat (who isn't actually a cat at all). Erisa wants an easy life, avoiding the officers of the law (but not the pie-men), but she's also desperate for an adventure-and she's about to find it. Mayor Bradley Mackrell just wants to play Stickball. Captain Virgil Steele just wants everyone to do as he says. Ace reporter Verity Apley wants to get the latest scoop, and consultative detectives Lysander Ravencrest and his companion, Doctor Gregory Bancroft, just want to solve any cases presented to them without wanting to strangle each other. Not only that, but there's a strange man with a very odd name swinging on a rope around the city, fighting crime - or at least scaring the local dog population. Now that the sigil of the Hydromancer's has been found, you would think all was well, but that could hardly be further from the truth, as the remaining three sigils have to be brought together to save the city, and in The Rook, that is never going to be easy. A brand-new series featuring a large cast of very odd characters, ""The Rook: Book Two: The Stones of Binding"" is the second book in a trilogy of fantastic and not entirely serious adventures.

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Ex-drummer, Ex-software author and Ex-flares wearer Michael White was born and lives in the northwest of England. In a previous life he was the author of many text adventure games that were popular in the early 1980's. Realising that the creation of these games was in itself a form of writing he has since made the move into self-publishing, resulting in many short stories and novellas. Covering an eclectic range of subjects, the stories fall increasingly into that ""difficult to categorise"" genre, causing on-going headaches for the marketing department of his one man publishing company, Eighth Day Publishing. Having accidentally sacked his marketing director (himself) three times in the last two years, he has now retired to a nice comfortable room where, if he behaves himself, they leave him to write in peace. In his spare time (!) Michael likes to listen to all kinds of music, and is a big fan of Steven Moffat, whether he likes it or not. Michael is currently working on several new projects and can be contacted on my own website at http: //mikewhiteauthor.wordpress.com or via twitter on @mikewhiteauthor

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