Into the Fire (11 page)

MICHAEL PANCKRIDGE

WITH BRETT LEE

It isn’t Toby Jones’ passion for cricket that makes him unusual—it’s his ability to travel through time, back to the great matches of the past.

Just when Toby thinks his time-travel adventures are over, he has to make another dangerous journey. He must travel to The Oval—the famous English cricket ground—to save his friend Ally, who has been ill since she broke the laws of time travel on her last trip with him.

Toby will have to face the embittered Cricket Lord, Hugo Malchev, and the ruthless Phillip Smale, who has his own agenda as far as time travel is concerned, and doesn’t want anyone getting in the way.

And if that isn’t enough, Toby is training at the cricket camp at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, hoping to be selected for Australia against England in the junior Ashes. If he doesn’t get stuck in the past during his travels. Or worse…

MICHAEL PANCKRIDGE

WITH BRETT LEE

Toby Jones is not your average cricket fan. As well as being an ace player, he has the amazing ability to travel through time, back to the great matches of the past.

Toby is playing for Australia in a junior Ashes match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It’s the most important game of his life so far. But things take a dramatic turn when one of a band of sinister soul-snatchers—known as Grubbers—makes a ghostly appearance in the outfield and takes over the body of one of the England players. To make matters worse, Toby discovers that his friend Georgie has gone missing.

Toby must return to the Timeless Cricket Match and confront the powerful and evil Father Time. Only by doing so can he save all the former and future Test cricketers doomed to be trapped in the past forever…and the game of cricket itself.

A thrilling conclusion to the bestselling Toby Jones series.

Thanks to the supportive team at HarperCollins, with special mention to Lisa Berryman, Liz Kemp and Anne Reilly for their continued support and professional expertise.

Pam would like to thank Michael for throwing petrol on the fire, and Michael would like to thank Pam for calling the fire brigade.

M
ICHAEL
P
ANCKRIDGE
is the author of the bestselling Toby Jones cricketing adventure series. He lives in Geelong, Victoria. His main interests include a wide variety of sports, music, reading and keeping fit. He has worked as a teacher for just over twenty years and currently teaches part-time at Geelong College.

Visit Michael’s website at www.michaelpanckridge.com.au

P
AM
H
ARVEY
lives in Bendigo with her husband, two children, two dogs, two goldfish, two ducks, fifteen chooks and a ghost horse. Pam works as a lecturer in medical education and writes whenever she can get to the computer. She’s enthusiastic about a lot of things—including books, chocolate and getting up in the morning—and wears a bracelet made out of spoons. Pam has been writing since 1993.

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Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack
(with Brett Lee)

Toby Jones and the Secret of the Missing Scorecard
(with Brett Lee)

Toby Jones and the Mystery of the Time-Travel Tour
(with Brett Lee)

Toby Jones and the Timeless Cricket Match
(with Brett Lee)

Toby Jones and the Clash with Father Time
(with Brett Lee)

Shielding the Truth (League of Legends, Book 1)
(with Laurie Daley)

Live Action (League of Legends, Book 2)
(with Laurie Daley)

On the Whistle (League of Legends, Book 3)
(with Laurie Daley)

BY MICHAEL PANCKRIDGE AND PAM HARVEY

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