Bøger af J. M. Kelly

Harry, Bethany and Abigail continue their training to become Recruits under the not very watchful eyes of their mentor Mrs Suo Regnad (Arbiter Third Tier) who changes her accent as often as she changes her name. The three have been chosen by the Guardians to keep the Spirit Gateways safe as if they are destroyed the natural world will not regenerate. This time Mr Hobson (Arbiter First Tier) arranges a student exchange for the three to a famous public school, Elvingsborough College in order that they can recapture Festulantus, an evil fallen Guardian now living in nearby Diablerie Castle. . Festulantus has found a way of extracting evil from wicked people and transferring it to other, who under his influence, will carry out criminal acts which benefit him and which also cause environmental disasters. Harry, Abigail and Bethany with the help of some unsuspecting friends must frustrate his plans.

Readers of Jinxerypokery 2 and Jinxerypokery 3 often ask how old Agatha Pandora Goodfellow is, since she often talks of people who lived hundreds of years ago as friends of hers. Unfortunately, she is not always completely truthful (and sometimes not truthful at all) and combined with her habit of changing her accent (she says it is more interesting than changing her clothes) and her name whenever she feels inclined, readers are a little unsure about believing anything she says. In fact, for once, Agatha is telling the truth; she was actually born a peasant girl in 1068, just after the Normans invaded England. This is how Agatha's story began. Chosen as a recruit, alongside Edmund, the Baron's son, the two are being trained to help the Arbiters defend Spirits whose powers regenerate the natural world each spring. Unfortunately, these powers are coveted by others, including Edmund's uncle and his evil accomplice, Bishop Vermilus.

In the thirteenth century the Guardians gave the three families in the tiny hamlet of Oakhobgate special powers to protect the Spirit Gateway in Lycan's Forest. The spirits ensured that the natural world was safe, for without them regeneration was impossible. Eight hundred years later the descendants of the original families are still charged with this role. Three new recruits Harry, Abigail and Bethany are being trained in the Jinx by the redoubtable but eratic Mrs Suo Regnad (pseudonym). Because of unfortunate incidents with new recruits which featured hungry lions and grumpy bears she may need to attend a retraining programme (although as she said, "Nobody actually died"). First they will have to overcome Festulantus (an evil fallen Guardian) who intends to destroy the Forest Gateway. The story includes political intrigue, bribery, kidnapping, problems with Einstein's gravitational wave theories and the development of three very different twelve year olds.

This volume elucidates the chemistry of these elements in important enzymes and also explores the chemistry of elements that do not normally occur in biological molecules, but are useful in probing their structure and function.