Blog Tour: Defender Of The Realm

Super-villains. Hungry monsters. One kid to stop them all. Meet King Alfie: fourteen-year-old British monarch and Defender of the Realm. Alfie never expected to become king so young. He definitely didn’t expect to become a legendary superhero: the Defender. Which means fighting an ancient secret battle against mega-villains and evil monsters. All while grappling with adoring crowds, paparazzi and minders. Now the terrible Black Dragon is rising. Only Alfie can stop him. Think being a king is just about wearing a crown? Wrong.
Today on Big Book Little Book Mark and Nick share their

Top Ten Fantasy Inspirations

Lord of the Rings

His Dark Materials

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

Elidor

Game of Thrones

Neil Gaiman

Artemis Fowl

Discworld

Stephen King

Chronicles of Narnia

Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler are Emmy and BAFTA-nominated screenwriters best known for writing popular TV shows such as Danger Mouse and Thunderbirds Are Go! To learn more about Mark, Nick and their work check out their website here. Alternatively you can follow,interact and converse with them on twitter. Click here to visit Mark’s twitter accountand here to visit Nick’s