Published in 2010 by Hamgee University Press, www.Hamgee.co.uk
Republished in 2014
Copyright © M T McGuire 2010
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This book is a work of fiction and, except in the case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Likewise, any events, organisations and products depicted in this book are also imaginary or used fictitiously and any resemblance to their real life counterparts is also entirely coincidental.
Few Are Chosen is written in British English, with some light swearing
Estimated UK film rating of this book: PG (parental guidance)
This edition ISBN:
mobi 978-1-907809-02-9
e-pub: 978-1-907809-02-6
Acknowledgements
Cover design by A Trouble Halved
Thank you to editors Trish Chapman and Mike Rose-Steel
Beta reader Francis Porretto
This version edited by Kate Jackson
Few Are Chosen, K’Barthan Series: Part 1
Meet The Pan of Hamgee: coward, unwilling adventurer and, by some miracle, K’Barth’s longest surviving outlaw. He just wants a quiet life so working as getaway driver is probably a bad career move. Then he falls in love at first sight with a woman he hasn’t even met who comes from an alternative reality. That’s when things really begin to get complicated.
Meet Ruth Cochrane: she’s the Chosen One, destined to play a pivotal role in saving K’Barth from a cruel dictator. She’s never heard of K’Barth, though. She’s a public relations executive from London and she’s totally unaware of the chaos about to hit her life.
Meet Lord Vernon: power hungry psychopath on the brink of world domination. He wants to cement his hold on K’Barth by kidnapping the Chosen One and forcing her to marry him. Only one person is standing in his way: someone who doesn’t even realise it, The Pan of Hamgee. For The Pan, and Ruth, that’s a deadly problem.