I think some of the inspiration for the character named Mara in my story came from Bagheera, one of the cats living at Freightliners farm in Islington, London.
The story
My latest book, out now.
Professor Peter Phew is a very clever man who invents devices and machines, things that are practical, things that are not so practical and things that are downright impossible either to build, or if they could be built, then to use. His greatest invention, perhaps, is his time and space travelling machine that when normally disguised looks like a portaloo. Why a portaloo? Well, nobody notices them when they arrive or disappear. Have you seen one recently? Is it still there? It could be the professor.
A very special and mysterious cat called Mara lived in Peter’s house. Mara’s completely black with piercing green eyes. She seemed to have changed since she and the professor fell out feeling very dizzy one day from of one of the machines that he had built. The experience appeared to have given her some special powers that even the professor could not understand and that she is certainly not going to let him know about.
Read all about their adventures in and around their town, Eldington, as Mara helps the professor and keeps an eye on his chaotic life. There are some problems to solve and the professor’s machines will certainly help him and Mara to sort them out. But she is certainly not going back in the machine again that made her very dizzy.
The wonderful cover and internal illustrations are by Alice Wright and can be seen throughout the book.
The books can be purchased directly from Amazon. This is the .co.uk link to this book, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Professor-Phew-His-Very-Special/dp/B0C7FBT877/, and this is the .com link, https://www.amazon.com/Professor-Phew-His-Very-Special/dp/B0C7FBT877/.
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