Cartheno's Fire

The book is both a captivating read and a competition with the power to change one reader's life. Hidden within the story is the nature and location of Cartheno's Fire, a weapon of huge power.

The first reader to provide a correct answer to the puzzle will win the prize fund.

The fund itself is unique, made up of £1.00 (approx. $1.60) of every e-book sold. Competitors need only provide a valid receipt, forwarded on to the competition address, in order to qualify. With each fan motivated to share after entering, and national media upcoming, the estimated prize fund is over £1 million or $1.6 million.

Additional clues are included in The Fragile Tower (The Cold Lands Book 1) which you can read for free on Wattpad, though you don't need to have read it to

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Benjamin Lane is a popular, outgoing eight-year-old who loves to entertain. He also loves to have fun, which is why he helps his twin sister Maggie to let their father go to a strange fair that has appeared on their street in the sleepy town of High Peaks in New York state.

But the trip to the fair ends in him being snatched to the strange and magical Cold Lands to become one of the Queen's riezehn, a group of boys kept in a trance in order for their power to be used in keeping her fantastical palace standing. But in the trance, he finds himself in a dream state where he can still walk around the palace, and he isn't alone.

Another boy walks the dreams, as he has done for four years,. He is searching for Cartheno's Fire, a weapon of enormous power that will let him break free from the trance. He recognises Benjamin from a prophecy he read in the library, and thinks Benjamin can help him. But as Benjamin begins to search alongside the boy, he realises that his companion is lying to him. There is something else to this weapon, and Benjamin understands that it's up to him to find it first, or face the consequences...