When Tilly Trolley has a fall on the shopping centre escalator, Brandie and Boyle Barrier offer to help. When they arrive in the back corridors of the shopping centre however, they uncover a warehouse packed full of boxes of crisps and snacks. What started out as a favour from Bennie and Beatrice Barrier's parents quickly turns into a reunion with those that Brandie and Boyle left behind in the crisp factory in Leicester when they were recycled into barriers and moved south. Unfortunately ...

Alison Pearce, a recent graduate from the Police Academy, grapples with tragedy when her father is killed in a devastating earthquake in central London.Amidst ridicule from her colleagues, Alison takes on an undercover mission to unveil a Special Branch double agent collaborating with the Chinese government.As she navigates a world where every choice carries a perilous outcome, Alison confronts the daunting question: how far must she push herself to carve out her place in a...

Christmas time is always a busy period for The Maintenance Team but this year, Bennie Barrier and his team embark on an experience like no other.When Bruno Bus is sent into London to help support the London Buses, Chester Cone decides that it would be a great opportunity to visit his old workplaces. As Chester Cone, his nephew Costin Cone and Beatrice Barrier begin their exploration of London, Chester Cone is kidnapped and taken away to The Tower Of London.When Beatrice Bar...

Francis Boro and Liam Skit are thrown into the world of Izelfeld after being involved in a deadly car accident in the market town of Banbury in the UK.They have a sand timer watch on their wrists counting down the seven days until their death.The vicious king Charro Lynptuk has enslaved the people of Izelfeld to build his kingdom and fight those who oppose him.To survive, Boro and Skit must return the Polyranium Crystal to the Quill Star which controls Charro's invi...

When Bryony and Bennie Barrier take a peaceful boat trip along the Itchen River, they notice something unusual a neglected house on the riverside that neither of them has ever seen before. Its crumbling exterior suggests years of abandonment, yet one detail stands out: a vivid green door leading into an overgrown garden.Curious, they ask the boat's captain, who reveals that no one has been seen living there for years.Back at the City Centre Maintenance Yard, the mystery tak...

Bennie Barrier returns in another Big City Adventure. When Rupert, The Recycler, visited the city centre docks, he had some bad news for Bennie Barrier and his team. Isla, the Isle Of Wight Ferry, had a mechanical misconfiguration and would not be able to travel to the Isle Of Wight this weekend. Bennie Barrier and his team were due to welcome the cast of a big film premiere; Cones Of The Caribbean, to the island alongside The Prince Of Wales for an awards ceremony. When Courtney Cruise ar...

Bennie Barrier returns in his final adventure of series 3. It's New Year's Eve and the Maintenance Team are winding down after another busy year with a party at The Maintenance Yard when Justin Time and his friends from Arthur's Antique Shop arrive at the gate looking for their help. One of the antique clocks has been requested to attend the King's New Year's Honours gathering at Buckingham Palace but Justin Time has lost the letter confirming which clock is meant to attend. With less than...

Hello everyone, glad you could join me here in my third Big City Adventures book. We had a lot of fun in the first two series discovering new places, new faces and a few reminders of my old adventures before I came into the city.Now that I have had 2 years in the city, things are a bit more settled but that doesn't mean that it's going to lack adventure!! And speaking of adventures, you can enjoy all of these stories in this collection.The Tale Of The Missing PathTh...

Bennie Barrier returns in another big city adventure. Mr Sale has taken over the City Superstore after Mr Pike had been taken to prison. Tilly Trolley at Wet Floor Junior were there to cut the ribbon as the shop opened to thousands of people. During the first busy day, Douglas Delivery, the new express delivery cart, asked if Tilly Trolley wanted to join him on a local delivery a mile away. Tilly agreed and they headed down the road together. As they turned the corner by the hotel though, ...

A military history of a group of British miners who dug attacking tunnels under enemy lines during World War I.Undermining the positions of the enemy is one of the most ancient activities. For almost 3000 years even before 1914, it was a popular siege-breaking technique. During the Great War, arguably the greatest siege the world had ever seen, it presented a conflict environment that perfectly favoured the skills of the military miner. During 1915, the Western Fron...

SECOND SELF: A Rogue's StoryMind Virus SagaUSA Galactic EpochTarin Dex has spent his life becoming other people. It's how he survives.Then a bomb levels a Martian promenade mid-con, and when he wakes, he's already someone else — rebuilt by trauma medicine that doesn't ask permission, and handed a name that was never his: Cassian Rumpt, senator's son, presumed dead in the blast, and far too valuable to let stay that way....

Bennie Barrier returns in another Big City Adventure. When Highway Harry has to go to a dental appointment, he leaves Sally Sign in charge of The City Centre Maintenance Team alongside Bennie Barrier but when an urgent call pulls Bennie and his team onto the motorway for emergency roadworks, even Sally's careful planning is put to the test.