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  1. COVER
  2. ABOUT L. M. MORIARTY
  3. ALSO BY L. M. MORIARTY
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I know you and the others will work out some way to convince Enrico to let me out. Don’t forget how we convinced Princess Petronella not to destroy Earth!

In the meantime I am trying hard to become friends with the Thugs. My Travel Scrabble set has come in handy. The Thugs had never heard of the game and tonight I suggested we play it. They loved it! The meanest-looking one with the piggy eyes got a triple word score and he was so happy! See! I knew it would come in handy!

I know you’ll be worried about me but everything will work out fine, you’ll see. Say ‘hi’ to the others.

Lots of love,

Your friend,

Katie xxx

PS Try not to let Greta annoy you. Remember, you are the BEST!
The Space Brigade would fall apart without you as our leader.
PPS I am cutting all my hair off as soon as we get back to Earth.

Nicola laughed and almost cried. Leave it to Katie to be thinking about other people. If Nicola were in the same situation, she would have sent only one line: GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!

She folded the letter up carefully and put it in her backpack. At least she knew Katie was managing to keep her spirits up.

Nicola lay back down in bed and questions she couldn’t answer filled her head.

What would Topaz be like? How much time had already passed on Earth? Was the Time Squeeze working? Should they help Topaz overthrow –

Suddenly, as if she’d just stepped into a deep black hole, Nicola fell asleep.

It seemed like only seconds later that she woke to find the room filled with a kaleidoscope of glimmering colour. The sun had risen and Shobble’s rainbows were out again.

Nicola sat up, rubbing her eyes. She could hear a strange high sound that was like a cross between a horse’s neigh and a turkey’s gobble. The ShobGobbles were obviously being saddled up in their stables.

There was no time to waste. Topaz had to be found at once.

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Tyler, an early riser like Nicola, was already on the front steps of the mansion when Nicola got there, stamping his feet to keep warm.

Nicola gave him a nudge on the shoulder to say hello, then looked up at the rainbows soaring above them. At this time of the morning the light wasn’t too bright and you didn’t need sunglasses to appreciate the colour-splashed snowy landscape. She took a deep breath. Something about all this beauty made her feel stronger.

‘Did you sleep okay?’ she asked.

‘Not really. I was worrying about Katie and then when I did finally get to sleep I dreamed that Enrico put our spaceship into the washing machine on the maxi-wash cycle.’ Tyler rubbed his eyes. ‘I woke up screaming.’