Denholme and the Skeleton Puzzle

About the Book

The book is about a group of students from around the world who are invited to attend The School Ship Endeavour for their secondary education, which is based on an old aircraft carrier which has been decommissioned and purchased by a philanthropist. The story evolves around one young lad and his seven classmates and their interactions with those around them. Besides the usual education material they are encouraged with learning languages as well as outdoor education material and activities. In book one they also visit foreign ports which include Cape Town, South Africa; Fremantle, Western Australia; Christcurch, New Zealand; Solomon Islands; Sydney, Australia, then return to Southampton via Panama City and the Canal!

Aboard ship there are other activities to occupy the students which some of the ship's crew help to pass on crafts as well as traditions of the sea. Also a new unique sport has been devised for the ship which is hover hockey which utilizes World War II technologies of "Gauzing Ships" to counter magnetic mines. This allows the hockey puck to be repelled by the flight deck and so levitate whilst in play. It also controls the distance it can go from the ship's deck.

The high drama of the story is set in the Solomon Islands where our main eight students end up on the run from some local terrorists from adjacent islands and end up finding old Japanese caves with weapons and ammunition and more bizarre things are found.

About the Author

Christopher David was born in Yorkshire, immigrated to New Zealand with his parents in the mid seventies. So was Yorkshire born and bred and New Zealand reared. He attended Wanganui High School, leaving school during the economic slump in the early eighties. Eventually found work in heavy engineering before he enlisted in the New Zealand Army as a chef. Returning to England towards the end of the millennium to work in the Yorkshire hospitality trade, which included catering to many television stars, especially Yorkshire Television with Heartbeat, Emmerdale and Where the Heart Is. Since settling in the local pub trade he has catered numerous local personalities including his local MP.

Christopher has spent a lot of time over the last twenty or so years working in youth work both in New Zealand as well as England, promoting a healthy outdoor education.