Davidia and the Foreboding Dinner - Softcover

Spargo, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925707326 ISBN 13: 9781925707328

Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers, 2023

Synopsis

Best friends Davidia and Slirander find themselves caught up in yet another adventure, this time in the fascinating land of Dododotovia.

Davidia is one of five guests invited to a lavish mysterious dinner with four other perfect strangers. Slirander feels it is too dangerous for Davidia on her own, so she travels incognito in the magical black pearl pendant which Davidia wears on her neck.

A five-course dinner of unusual taste sensations awaited; each course imbued with imaginative flavours and weird-named offerings, served by overly-attentive staff and five changes of clothes. But why? Did the free dinner come with a price? There was certainly an air of foreboding to this one. The guests didn't have an inkling?

The precocious, outspoken Davidia questions her hosts' every motive, much to their chagrin and those of the guests. Determined not to comply with the subserviency expected of the dinner guests, and warned by Slirander about the foods she should not consume, Davidia ventures outside the dining room to feign eating and falls down a shaft, disappearing into a tunnel of sludge and into the chocolate factory land of Dododotovia. 

To assume obscurity and escape, she has to make the right twists and turns in the labyrinth of tunnels in this chocolaterie. She discovers that Dododotovia is the secret factory farm for the mysterious ingredients used in the exquisite brand of chocolates served to the dinner guests, the taste guinea pigs. 

How did she escape being the target of a life of servitude to the Dododotovidians? And what of the other guests? 

Another fascinating adventure in the Davidia series.

About this title

About the Author

Ken lives in Melbourne, Australia.His first venture into writing began on a sewerage farm whilst engaged in an aquaculture project in 2002.On a boring Friday afternoon, his imagination got the better of him and he decided to fill in his time by writing a nonsense short story called The Frog who Hopped on One Leg.Within a year he had written a series of short stories and a year later began his first novel Stumped.Imagination supplies an endless supply of ideas used to create and craft his criminal fantasy fiction novels, his preferred genres.He loves to travel with many places he has visited providing inspiration for his novels. He has travelled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and other parts of the world and actually lived and worked in Austria, Europe, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Caravanning locally is also of great interest.Ken's primary occupation is an accountant currently running his own business.Sport has been a major influence in Ken's life. His two crime fiction novels have both been influenced by his involvement with sport (cricket and golf).Ken's inspiration for writing the Davidia series of novels has been his daughter, Sophie.He has assisted in raising two children.All novels have been written with a sense of humour which is a refreshing feeling and allows the seriousness of life to relax.We all need escapism at times.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925707326
• ISBN 13: 9781925707328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278