Sun Thief. Jamie Buxton

      

      First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Egmont UK Limited

      The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

      Text copyright © 2015 Jamie Buxton

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

      First e-book edition 2015

      ISBN 978 1 4052 67991

      Ebook ISBN 978 1 7803 13689

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       For Amanda.

       Thank you.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

1. In which I tell you pretty much all I’ve learned before we’ve even started

2. In which you have the huge honour of meeting me

3. In which a guest actually arrives at the inn

4. In which I talk about mud (yes, mud)

5. In which I introduce you to our dead neighbours

6. In which my sister is too neighbourly

7. In which I overhear what I wish I hadn’t

8. In which help comes from an unlikely source and I behave oddly

9. In which I have a revelation

10. In which I accept that I have ruined my life forever

11. In which my father lets me down. Again. And uppances come

12. In which my fate is decided

13. In which my horizons open

14. In which an old god feasts

       15. In which I smell a smell and see a sight

       16. In which the Quiet Gentleman changes names

       17. In which I draw a blasphemous hippopotamus

       18. In which I discover my future

       19. In which I learn a thing or two

       20. In which I miss the Quiet Gentleman

       21. In which I lose an ache and gain a worry

       22. In which the Quiet Gentlemen returns

       23. In which the Quiet Gentleman puts me straight

       24. In which I understand an idea

       25. In which an idea bears fruit

       26. In which I have an unexpected encounter

       27. In which I prove my worth

       28. In which I learn my fate

       29. In which I leave my sister

       30. In which a boy discovers he can look at a queen

       31. In which my new life begins

       32. In which the queen gives me a name

       33. In which I receive a proposition

       34. In which Potipher delivers unwelcome news

       35. In which I am led astray

       36. In which the queen favours me

       37. In which I do not ride in a chariot

       38. In which I pay for my mistake

       39. In which the trap closes

       40. In which I do not learn a lesson

       41. In which I make a sacrifice

       42. In which I learn that death leads a dog’s life

       43. In which I meet the king

       44. In which I have an unexpected visitor

       45. In which I put my experience to use

       46. In which I learn that if you don’t move forward, you go back

       47. In which I see an unexpected consequence of my actions

       48. In which a truth is revealed

       49. In which I make a choice

       50. In which I see the destruction of Thutmose’s workshops

       51. In which I head into the desert

       52. In which I learn something surprising about myself

       53. In which I take a long walk in the dark

       54. In which I state the obvious

       55. In which we jump out of the frying pan and