Alex Mellanby

Tregarthur's Promise Alex Mellanby

Abandoned by his mum and with his dad in prison, 16 year old Alvin is facing life on the streets. Taking refuge in a school hiking expedition across Dartmoor, Alvin sees it as a way of avoiding his problems, but he didn t account for Miss Tregarthur and her dreadful Promise.
Following catastrophic events, Alvin finds himself, together with his old friend Jenna, lost in an unknown time and place, leading a group of school children in a desperate fight for survival. Disease, death and disaster follow them as they try to decipher the Promise and search for the way back home. But Miss Tregarthur has not played her last game.
Tregarthur s Promise was inspired by the Ten Tors Challenge, an annual event organised by the British Army, for 2,400 teenagers to visit ten tors across Dartmoor, UK over two days. A modern day Lord of the Flies, it follows a group of teenagers who find themselves cut off from the adult world in an unfamiliar environment. It deals with themes pertinent to the lives of young adults, such as bullying, leadership, grief, and friendship, whilst at the same time having a page turning story line full of adventure and mystery.
This is the first book in The Tregarthur Series.