Secrets of the Dragon Tomb by Patrick Samphire

Well, The City of Death doesn’t have that problem. If I had a criticism of the first Ash Mistry book it was that it took a little while to really get going. So, well, where does that leave us? Right in the middle of a wild adventure full of demons, magic, deadly living statues, and some serious super-powered ass-kicking. If Lord Savage, the English sorcerer who murdered Ash’s aunt and uncle and nearly killed Ash, gets hold of it, he may be unstoppable. It was looted from India by the British, and it holds the power of one of the Hindu gods. The Koh-i-noor, a great diamond from the crown jewels has been stolen. He might have thought he’d left behind the great battles between demons and gods that he’d been caught up in in India, but those battles have followed him home. Which kind of gets in the way of the normal life he’s trying to lead back in England. Ash is now the Kali-aastra, the weapon of the goddess of death and destruction. But it does have the rest of it, and hooray for that! Well, it doesn’t have any chocolate liqueurs, so that’s a black mark for a start. So, how does Ash Mistry and the City of Death stack up? Not to mention hidden compartments containing little dark chocolate liqueurs. Here’s what I like in a book: action, humour, a cool setting, great characters, and a plot that doesn’t let up. Psamphire Note: in the US, this is book is called The City of Death.

Secrets of the Dragon Tomb by Patrick Samphire