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  • Published: 1 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780857986917
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

Mortal Combat




What's the worst idea you've ever had?

What's the worst idea you've ever had?

When 10,000-year-old boy Mortimer DeVere and his crew of accidental time travellers find themselves slap-bang in the middle of World War Two, things start to look pretty dicey. But once the gang escape Germany, they find that in comparison to where they end up, wartime Berlin is ein walk in the park. As he faces an army of vicious Vikings, demented dinosaurs and nutty nudists, Mort discovers that ripping a great big hole in the fabric of time was probably not one of his better ideas.

  • Published: 1 May 2015
  • ISBN: 9780857986917
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Martin Chatterton

Martin Chatterton was born in Liverpool, England, and has been successfully writing and illustrating for over thirty years. He has written dozens of books for children and illustrated many more, collaborating with a number of illustrious authors along the way, including several British Children's Laureates. His work has been published in fourteen languages and has won or been shortlisted for numerous awards in Australia, the US and the UK. As Ed Chatterton, Martin writes crime fiction, screenplays and historical fiction and several of his books are in development with various TV and film producers. Martin is also well known as a children's performer and tours globally. In 2017 Martin gained his PhD and is currently working on an animated feature related to his doctorate. After a period spent living in the US, he now divides his time between Australia and the UK, where he is a partner in a media production company.

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