Released on = March 2, 2006, 7:15 am

Press Release Author = Chris Mitchell

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = The Realm Legends is the first in a series of children\'s
books by Scottish writer and illustrator Chris Mitchell

Press Release Body = New book entitled
THE REALM LEGENDS is published by Chris Mitchell

Book Description: Zak and Rocky DooDle always wondered why they and their mother
Betty were the last of the once peaceful and brave gremlins. On their first day of
Realm Lessons at the Great Learning Tree they meet Lucy, a young forest rat girl,
who tells them that the mysterious Rat Elders are hiding many secrets from their
past. Determination to uncover the secrets soon leads the young cubs into a
terrifying Goblin Graveyard. Once there, trouble soon follows when Zak is kidnapped
by an evil Troll Warrior and taken to be the prisoner of the deadly Dark Witch Annie
Revoltful. Now, its up to his mother Betty, brother Rocky, Lucy and her brave father
Ralf to begin a legendary journey through the enchanted Realm to save him.

Excerpt from the Book: The many creatures of the realm all have a unique gift. Each
of them has special abilities and many have powers unlike any other. For the
peaceful gremlins that live in the deep forest of the realm, they were given an
important task. Centuries ago two warriors fighting in the dimensional wars stumbled
upon the gremlin valley when they were on the run from Troll Beasts. The gentle
gremlins took in the warriors and fed and healed their wounds. Upon leaving the
gremlins, the warriors asked them to protect something very important until they
returned - The Crest of Power - an object that contains some of the spells and
encryptions that would allow the secrets contained within the Book of Realm
Prophecies to be revealed. Years passed and the warriors did not return for the
Crest of Power, but the gremlins continued to uphold their promise and throughout
the years from generation to generation they kept the Crest safe and protected it
well.
But that all changed. The fearsome and deadly Dark Witch Annie Revoltful heard that
the gremlins were protecting the Crest and she led an army of Troll warriors on
their beast hogs into the gremlin valley. Determined to find the Crest and unlock
its powerful secrets, Revoltful released the wrath of her black magic on many
gremlins. But unknown to her, a female gremlin that had just given birth attached
the Crest to her infant daughter and put her on a raft and sent her down the water
stream, hoping that someone would rescue and protect her. Revoltful never did find
the Crest and in her anger killed many gremlins, cut off their heads and placed them
on sticks around the realm as a warning to all those who knew of her, not to get in
her way.
After days of floating down the stream, the baby gremlin female was found by a
family of forest rats. The leader of the rat pack and his wife took the baby gremlin
into their family and raised her like she was their own. Unaware of the power it
contained, the leader of the pack kept the Crest of Power on a chain around his neck
and promised to return it to the child when she was old enough.
The gremlin cub was given the name Betty DooDle and she grew up very happy with her
new family.
Events in the realm however would soon turn very bleak. In her continued quest to
find the Crest, Revoltful's black magic began to spread like a deadly disease
infecting many different peaceful creatures.
Terrified by the threat of Revoltful and her evil trolls, the Forest Rats decided it
would be best if they lived underground and separated themselves from the other
creatures of the realm.
It was from then on, Betty learned from the Wise Elders, played with her friends,
watched as her adoptive parents past away and when the time came gave birth to her
own cubs. Twins called Rocky and Zak.
Now three years old, Zak and Rocky are about to begin their first day of realm
lessons at the Great Learning Tree.

About the Author: Chris Mitchell, the author and illustrator of The Realm Legends,
lives in Stirlingshire in Scotland. Chris studied Art & Design before setting up
his own cartoon business, providing artwork for magazines and posters, and designing
murals for schools, nurseries, etc.

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FOR MORE INFO. CONTACT:

Chris Mitchell (author)
E-mail: chrismitchell93@hotmail.com

A copy of THE REALM LEGENDS can be ordered from Amazon.co.uk at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1420891294/qid

Web Site = http://authorhouse.co.uk

Contact Details = Chris Mitchell (author)
E-mail: chrismitchell93@hotmail.com