The Z squadron Iron Claws Tunic

Currently preparing to launch The Z Squadron - Iron Claw's Tunic. It is the first in a series of offbeat, high-concept, fiction children’s books aimed at Middle Grade 8-12 year olds. Find out more at jbbedford.com Sparta, Greece, a few thousand years ago, when myths, beasts, and heroes ruled the land. LONE is a 12-year-old cadet in The Agoge, the legendary school for Spartan warriors. The next four days will change his life forever. He's just got a bad forecast from the tricky oracle Baahdnewtz, in 3 days a blank gravestone with nothing but his name on it. Worse still, it’s the final year Passing In Trials where the WEAK squadrons perish and the GREAT flourish. Worser still, Sergeant Aristhrotle has made him squadron leader of a bunch of leftover misfits that none of the other squadrons want. The newly formed Z Squadron set off on the trials, on a mission that will either kill or make heroes out of them. The Twidget’s ticking and only the oracle’s know what lies at the end of it...