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Children’s Fantasy Book
Chinese Zodiac – The Horse
Years of the Horse
1906 25 Jan 1906 – 12 Feb 1907
1918 11 Feb 1918 – 31 Jan 1919
1930 30 Jan 1930 – 16 Feb 1931
1942 15 Feb 1942 – 04 Feb 1943
1954 03 Feb 1954 – 23 Jan 1955
1966 21 Jan 1966 – 04 Feb 1967
1978 07 Feb 1978 – 27 Jan 1979
1990 27 Jan 1990 – 14 Feb 1991
2002 12 Feb 2002 – 31 Jan 2003
2014 31 Jan 2014 – 18 Feb 2015
The Horse looks good, is often a sportsperson, and is always popular. You have the ability to sway the crowd. You are quick-witted and gifted in practical and mental matters. You are also hot-headed, hot-blooded and impatient. Your fits of temper can border on the childish, and you must learn to manage them if you wish to succeed. You can appear selfish and egotistical, independent and self-willed. You hate to take advice, and like everything to revolve around you. In return though you are a good, hard worker, and have great talent in handling money. You are however a creature of ever changing moods. The Horse in love becomes totally besotted and will give up everything. In this way, you can be left high and dry despite your many positive gifts. If you can overcome your weaknesses, and let your ambitions get the better of your passions, then you will live very happily and successfully.
Chinese Zodiac – The Snake
Years of the Snake
1905 04 Feb 1905 – 24 Jan 1906
1917 23 Jan 1917 – 10 Feb 1918
1929 10 Feb 1929 – 29 Jan 1930
1941 27 Jan 1941 – 14 Feb 1942
1953 14 Feb 1953 – 02 Feb 1954
1965 02 Feb 1965 – 20 Jan 1966
1977 18 Feb 1977 – 06 Feb 1978
1989 06 Feb 1989 – 26 Jan 1990
2001 24 Jan 2001 – 11 Feb 2002
2013 10 Feb 2013 – 30 Jan 2014
You are romantic and charming with a good sense of humour. You dress well, though sometimes in an ostentatious way. You think often and deeply, and have great intuition. You rely very much on first impressions and feelings rather than facts. You will follow anything through to the bitter end, making decisions quickly and firmly. Nothing is allowed to stand in your way. You are sympathetic, but are freer with your help than you are with your money. A flaw in your make-up is that you tend to exaggerate, and if you do a favour you make a great thing of it. You have good luck with money, but are jealous and possessive in love. You sometimes cling so much, you can be suffocating. This might be made more difficult because most Snakes have a wandering eye themselves. With the Snake, a lot depends on the climate when they are born. One born in summer months will be happier than one born in winter. And be warned; beware of the Snake born on a stormy day!
Chinese Zodiac-The Dragon
Years of the Dragon
1904 16 Feb 1904 – 03 Feb 1905
1916 03 Feb 1916 – 22 Jan 1917
1928 23 Jan 1928 – 09 Feb 1929
1940 08 Feb 1940 – 26 Jan 1941
1952 27 Jan 1952 – 13 Feb 1953
1964 13 Feb 1964 – 01 Feb 1965
1976 31 Jan 1976 – 17 Feb 1977
1988 17 Feb 1988 – 05 Feb 1989
2000 05 Feb 2000 – 23 Jan 2001
2012 23 Jan 2012 – 09 Feb 2013
Dragons are bursting with good health and vitality. You are direct and incapable of being mean, but often get into a state for all the wrong reasons. You are a born perfectionist who asks too much of yourself, and of others. You can be irritable and stubborn, often speaking before you consider the possible consequences of your words. You do give good advice, though. You might lose your temper easily, and can be overly proud, but on the positive side you are gifted, intelligent, witty and generous. Whatever you do, you do well. You are often loved, but strangely have difficulty finding someone for you to love. Some dragons never marry because they are happier single. You are generally a lucky person, and this sign brings with it wealth, virtue, harmony and long life. You are very much a make-believe person with the happy knack of making others believe in you.
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Synopsis for Zac's Destiny
Zac’s Destiny is a children’s sword and sorcery fantasy novel aimed at the nine years of age to mid teen market.
Zac is a fifteen year old stable boy whose life is turned upside down when he finds himself in the midst of demons, magic and a perilous quest. The land around Albemerle castle is under attack, and the only hope of survival for Zac and the people he loves is to find the great wizard, Aldric.
Men have already died trying.
Strange dreams mark the beginning of Zac’s life changing events. Armed with a magic sword, ring and crystal, he sets out with a group of soldiers to find Aldric. Demon attack almost ends Zac’s quest as soon as it begins.
Zac refuses to give up, and soon finds himself accompanied by unusual travelling companions. Many dangers bar their way. Only Zac’s determination and the unexpected help he receives can make it possible to find and free Aldric, and return for the final battle to save the land…
Zac’s Destiny-Children’s Sword & Sorcery Fantasy.
Chinese Zodiac-The Cat
Years of the Cat
1903 29 Jan 1903 – 15 Feb 1904
1915 14 Feb 1915 – 02 Feb 1916
1927 02 Feb 1927 – 22 Jan 1928
1939 19 Feb 1939 – 07 Feb 1940
1951 06 Feb 1951 – 26 Jan 1952
1963 25 Jan 1963 – 12 Feb 1964
1975 11 Feb 1975 – 30 Jan 1976
1987 29 Jan 1987 – 16 Feb 1988
1999 16 Feb 1999 – 04 Feb 2000
2011 03 Feb 2011 – 22 Jan 2012
This is the happiest sign; gifted, nice, discreet, reserved and ambitious-but not too much. You are good company and make the best of yourself. You’re only negative point is that you can be superficial. You simply love company, and company loves you. You are never happier than when you can entertain. You enjoy acquiring new information, and sometimes study subjects in such depths that other, more important, things are ignored. You are placid and calm, and never easily provoked. You are sentimental rather than sensitive. You are moved more by personal problems than by worldly ones, and cry easily. You are quickly consoled though. You just hate problems disturbing your happy life. You are cautious, even to a point of timidity. Financially this is a happy sign; you have an eye for bargains. You are not really a family person though, in the sense that you sometimes benefit friends at the expense of those closest to you. Whatever else the Cat is, there is always something off-beat and mysterious about them, as though they hold a precious secret they dare not reveal…
Synopsis for Gertie Gets it Right (eventually)
Gertie Grimthorpe comes from a long line of witches. Unfortunately, she hasn’t really got the hang of it. Being blonde-haired, blue-eyed and free of warts isn’t much of an advantage.
Try as she might, Gertie’s spells fall flat. She manages to give her bat-headed umbrella the ability to talk, but then wishes she hadn’t when all he does is complain and insult people. Even finding an owl to be her Familiar doesn’t help. Then again, he is extremely shortsighted…
Gertie is sent to The Academy to improve her spell casting skills. She soon has a best friend in the form of Bertha Bobbit, a big girl, with a matching appetite.
Add to that a Moat Monster with a flatulence problem, the weirdest array of witch’s Familiars possible, and a warlock determined to ruin Gertie’s chances of success, and the story unfolds.
Not to mention the demon…