Alan Fleet
Alan travelled extensively in the international oil and gas industry as a marine geophysicist and it was during his time off that he first began writing novels for adults. Following the selection of his third novel, Woollyback, for a tutored adaptation for the silver screen, Alan went on to complete a Masters in Screenwriting at Bournemouth Film School. From then on he decided to concentrate on writing screenplays and making short films, the best of which, Giri, won four festival awards. It was only when Alan completed his first screenplay for children, See Bella, that he came up with the idea for a series of children’s books. The first in the series, See Bella, was a Book Genre Winner in the 2022 Page Turner Awards. Alan now divides his creative time between writing for screen, TV and children.
Five people have been invited to take part in a paranormal trial set over four days in a secluded castle. They include a street magician, an end-of-career stage psychic, a TV ghost-hunter, a Vegas-style illusionist and a billionaire inventor/paranormal author. All claim to have mastered the art of astral projection.
With a large financial prize for the victor, they have accepted the challenge of the little-known Victorian 5-room trial, reputedly developed by two famous escapologists to expose fake psychics. Only someone with the genuine ability to leave their body at will in order to investigate what each room holds can safely complete the trial and avoid certain death. However, even for the victor awaits defeat, because the whole purpose of the trial is to steal their body while their astral form is away.
The billionaire is not what he seems. Far from being a participant he is a dying man who needs a new body to inhabit, and it is he who has arranged the whole trial. Only one of the participants will complete the trial, but in a thrilling finale the twist is that the victor will thwart the billionaire’s plan and inherit all his wealth.
