The Helios Book
Age range 8+
Twelve-year-old twins Hugo and Kitty have an ultra-rare condition called heterochromia, which bestows them with different coloured eyes: one hazel, the other blue. On holiday in rural Australia, the twins befriend their solitary neighbour, Lucas, who has developed a powerful solar device he calls the Helios Book.
Lucas promises it will revolutionise global energy use. In a desperate attempt to escape those who would steal the Helios Book, the twins follow a fairy wren down a wombat burrow and into the mysterious world of Taara, a land plagued by a terrifying earthquake-like phenomenon called the Blurrings, and home to those who would take a nefarious interest in the twins’ heterochromia.
The Helios Book is the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland for the Age of Extinction.
Slade Carter was born in Bendigo, Australia, and lives in London with his wife and two children. By day, Slade works in government affairs in the health sector. Slade enjoys reading, travelling, the wonders of nature, music and spending time with his family. The Helios Book is his first novel.
