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The first two-in-one would you rather and secret code book – double the puzzles means double the fun!
- Questions range from ick to incredible.
- Hilarious picture clues are guaranteed to make you giggle.
- Enjoy a variety of secret codes from letters to numbers to pictures.
- Difficulty builds gradually from 6 to 42 words.
Prepared to be challenged by one-of-a-kind would you rather questions from children’s & YA author Loris Owen. Great for screen breaks, rainy days, weekends, restaurants, road trips and holidays, sleepovers and game nights.
Designed for 9- to 13-year-olds but can be enjoyed by everyone. If you’re looking for an imaginative, quirky puzzle book, this is for you! And if you can’t get enough would you rathers, you’ll love Leela Lee from ‘The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith’.
Would you rather have a moustache made of fingers, or a voice that says everything twice, everything twice?
Leela Lee
The Observer
“Extraordinary”
Book 1
The Ten Riddles
When Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, his world changes forever.
Soon he finds himself chasing riddles and solving puzzles set 400 years earlier by a mysterious genius. Kip, his new friends, and their furry sidekicks must stay one step ahead to find the Ark of Ideas. But dark forces are closing in and getting closer…
Deeply hilarious, highly intelligent… Children’s Books Ireland
An ideal choice for whole class reading readingzone.com
Listen to chapter 1 Ten Riddles
Step into a world of riddles and science beyond any magic in The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith—an audiobook adventure that will keep you guessing to the very last clue.
'A mind-blowing, puzzle-packed, epic adventure...
…such a fantastic book, packed with so many ideas… it’s hard to sum it up in one sentence!’
Kieran Larwood
Author of Podkin One-Ear and the Five Realms series, Freaks, Treekeepers and the Carnival of the lost series
'An incredibly inventive, fabulously funny book...
stuffed with likeable characters and a plot that will keep you guessing until the very last page. One of the best children’s fantasy books I’ve read so far this year. Do not miss it!’
Dan Walker
Author of Sky Thieves, Desert Thieves and The Light Hunters
Book 2
The Myriad Mysteries
With the Ark of Ideas resisting even Professor Steampunk’s attempts to learn its secrets, the trail left by Renaissance genius Eartha Quicksmith has gone cold.
But then a dream discovery and a freak accident send Kip and Timmi hurtling on a dangerous quest through fantastical hidden worlds.
To survive these strange new realms, they must decipher new riddles, battle monsters and face old enemies. But can they escape the Myriad Pirates to complete Eartha’s mission, and can Albert and Leela help them get home safely again?
Our recommended Book of the Month…unlike any book I have read for some time…packed with inventions, teamwork, and gadgets that will have you scratching your head… Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books
The Guardian
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Just when you thought multiverses couldn’t get any stranger! For fans of Wonderscape, The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, and Philiip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series.
'one action-packed, amazingly plotted novel...
Science and technology were my two weakest subjects at school, occasionally leading me to be put off by plots involving the theory of time travel, dreams and world matter. However, Loris Owen has made the world of Eartha Quicksmith so engaging, lively and imaginative that these threads of the novel literally jump of the page, infecting the reader with their crackling energy (or should I say 'strange energy'). It's magical in a different way to other comparison novels and it's definitely a series I want to reread in order to get the most out of it. Highly original and memorable, this is definitely something special.'
Waterstones reviewer
'Exciting, dynamic and filled with puzzles and mysteries...
After Ten Riddles, things at Quicksmiths get bigger and more deadly than ever. There are two main additions into this thrilling world of science marvels so mind boggling they feel like magic. First we have the Myriad, a series of parallel worlds, a multiverse. This has long been a staple of fantastic storytelling and is really well handled here. Travelling between worlds feels chaotic and dangerous but so very exciting. Secondly, there's the dreamscape, and an invention that allows people to enter the dreams of sleepers.'
Bookwormhole Blog
Coming in early 2025!
Best friends Kip, Albert, Leela, and Timmi uncover more ingeniously hidden riddles from Renaissance luminary Eartha Quicksmith, propelling them on a perilous quest to find the eyepiece of the Futurescope. Aided by big-hearted android Incognita, they set sail in Eartha's extraordinary vessel, The Salamander, and journey through an ocean of transparent metal beneath the Earth's crust. Captured by the tyrannical Nexus organisation, they must use all their skills to escape the ice floes of the North, with the help of mysterious new allies. As the Grittleshank Cooperative's smoulderstone mine threatens global catastrophe, Kip faces an impossible choice: stop them or save his captive mother.
Please get in touch if you would like a free review copy of a book, or an ARC copy of ‘The Cyber Ciphers of Eartha Quicksmith’, coming in spring 2025.
