Tom and Isis are certain the sword will lead them to the next amulet, but can they fight off the other knights and get to it first? They looked at him with sour faces. “Oh, come on, guys!” Tom said. “This is fun!” After only ten minutes though, he found his arms had started to tremble under the weight of the clumsy blades. The blistering heat was tiring him. Wondering how Isis was getting on, he looked over to her group. As one of the sagittariuses, she was shooting arrows with a bow from the saddle of a chestnut-coloured horse. Tom wondered if she was struggling like him. “Yoohoo, Tom!” Isis shouted over to him. “Look at me!” She pinged off her practice arrows one after another, and hit the target every time. Each time she shot an arrow, she flashed Tom a triumphant look. During a rest break, Tom and Isis sat together briefly. “Any more ideas about the riddle, then?” Isis asked, gobbling down some dried apricots. Tom swigged from a jug full of horrible warm water. “Yes,” he said. “Triumphant in thirteen fights means we’re looking for a really experienced gladiator. If he’s won that many battles he must be a kind of hero.” Before they could discuss the riddle further, Rufus put the trainees into new groups. Tom and Isis were in the retiarius group, where they fought Getting their hands on the shield will be dangerous but, as the next terrifying battle gets closer, Tom and Isis are running out of time.

Written by Chris Blake, it follows a boy called Tom who accidentally frees a young mummy, Isis, from her curse. Soon the pair find themselves on a quest for her lost amulets so that Isis and her mummified moggy Cleo can move on to the afterlife.

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She was wearing shiny body armour made from metal scales. “Well, you look like… a stupid big fish! So there,” he said. Isis opened her mouth to respond but was silenced by Rufus as he thrust a piece of silky material into her free hand. He passed the same thing to Tom. “What are these?” Tom asked, smoothing the fabric out, and saw that it was a banner of some sort. “They’re sashes. Atillius always likes to advertise his other businesses in front of the arena crowds. He owns you, so you have to do it. Put them on.” Tom frowned as he read the slogan written down the length of the white silky sash. He translated the Latin for Isis. “‘Expandable loincloths. Atillius has got even the biggest bums covered!’” he read. “Hey, Isis! We’re going to advertise big pants!” Tom started to guffaw with laughter as he slipped his sash over his head but Isis stood rooted to the spot, her face crumpled into a thunderous expression. There are four books out now and with every story you get loads of extras like fun history facts and a collectable Gaming Card so you can collect history’s mightiest characters. Tom and Isis land in the realm of King Arthur, who needs to recruits more Dragon Knights to his army.

KGVID width=”580″ height=”326″]http://www.funkidslive.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Time-Hunters-SCRIPT-1.mp4[/KGVID]And that’s no easy task. Anubis, the God of the Afterlife, has scattered the amulets across history from Ancient Rome to the realm of King Arthur! If you’re a fan of action and adventure, then there’s a new series of books coming out called Time Hunters! Tom and Isis find themselves setting off on a Viking voyage, to raid a foreign country of its treasure. A riddle from Isis’s magical scarab reveals that the first amulet is hidden within the shield of a fierce gladiator hero.

Travel through time with Tom and Isis on more adventures! Time Hunters: Gladiator Clash Time Hunters: Knight Quest Time Hunters: Viking Raiders Time Hunters: Greek Warriors Time Hunters: Pirate Mutiny Time Hunters: Egyptian Curse For games, competitions and more visit: www.time-hunters.com Tom decides to speed things up by telling the Chief Commander, Odysseus, to build a wooden horse to hide his army . . . To prove their worth the would-be knights must find a precious sword, hidden within dark, unknown caves.

They need to get inside the walls of the City of Troy but the Greek army is still camped outside and can’t find a way in. Anubis held his long arms wide and the strange wind started to whip up again. “Prepare for your first journey,” he said. Tom, Isis and Cleo, nervous of where they might end up, held hands and paws in a circle. The powerful tornado started to curl around them, pulling them out of Tom’s world and into the unknown. * “Where are we?” Isis asked. Tom and Isis arrive in Ancient Rome where their fighting skills are put to the test as they’re forced to train as gladiators!