This book is the sequel to "Austin" and the foundation stone for "Austin and the Lost Kingdom of Atlantis." Intended for readers over nine to adult, this classic adventure story is set in the present day and the Second World War. The gripping plot deals with spies, secret codes, and Austin's career in the Secret Service as part of a mysterious expedition to Atlantis to harness an awesome mystic force, known only to the ancients of Atlantis, which can both heal and destroy. The story glimpses a time when computer development was in its infancy, where mechanical computers look set to prevail,...

Austin is a wreck He's overgrown with weeds and brambles and lives at the back of Farmer Oats' old barn behind the rickety stone wall. Vole, Hedgehog and the Blackbird family shelter inside him and when the old stone wall collapses and Austin is sent by the greedy farmer to Butcher's scrapyard, the animals are all made homeless and put in terrible danger of being eaten alive by Marmaduke the evil farmyard tomcat. If this wasn't bad enough, when Austin is towed away to be thrown into the Giant Steam Crusher, the baby Blackbird Twins are trapped inside him Will the farmyard animals find the...