{"id":2455,"date":"2016-03-11T15:56:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?page_id=2455"},"modified":"2022-06-16T13:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:12:08","slug":"the-comeback-of-the-king","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/the-comeback-of-the-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The Comeback of the King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/The-Comeback-of-the-King-cover.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2449\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/The-Comeback-of-the-King-cover-3D.png\" alt=\"The Comeback of the King cover\" \/><\/a>Buy <em>The Comeback of the King<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1530471397\/hismajestysstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">print edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Comeback-King-Gorse-Adventures-Book-ebook\/dp\/B01G29U566\/hismajestysstars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kindle edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Second Ted Gorse Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe King wants Ted Gorse.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is the week before Christmas, and Ted&#8217;s life is back on course after the events of the summer. Personal loss, the brief ability to command world-destroying magical powers, and a showdown with the mad magician who had shaped his life are behind him. And then the King appears in Salisbury.<\/p>\n<p>Who is the King? No one seems to know, but he rules the city, and the city is happy to be ruled. Even Ted&#8217;s nearest and dearest are under his spell. It seems the only person able to disobey him is Ted himself.<\/p>\n<p>The King wants Ted, and he doesn\u2019t wish him well.<\/p>\n<p>Set in Salisbury, the Ted Gorse Adventures are for fans of contemporary fantasy from young adult onwards. The series began with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/the-teen-the-witch-the-thief\/\">The Teen, The Witch &amp; The Thief<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra feature:<\/strong> The Comeback of the King includes a free short story showing Ted&#8217;s first appearance in print.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?page_id=2461&amp;preview=true\">Read the first chapter of <em>The Comeback of the King<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;An exciting and funny magical story,\u00a0heads above most of the competition!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0Liz Williams on The Teen, The Witch &amp; The Thief<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThese books would be a good introduction to modern fantasy for young computer enthusiasts and are a fun read for anybody.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Vector [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/the-ted-gorse-adventures-vector-review-june-2017\/\">read full review<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy The Comeback of the King: print edition Kindle edition The Second Ted Gorse Adventure \u201cThe King wants Ted Gorse.\u201d It is the week before Christmas, and Ted&#8217;s life is back on course after the events of the summer. Personal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/the-comeback-of-the-king\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3272,"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2455\/revisions\/3272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}