If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.
It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.
You werenโt in any real danger. We knew exactly where you were all the time.
Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.
The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock.
Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt.