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Synopsis
This is the third in a series of four novels - The Hidden, Cappadocia, The Travellers' Tales and At the Very End - that describe the adventures of Bran, Maggie and Ted, three mature explorers united in a desire to uncover hidden secrets and the truth.
The Travellers' Tales commences with the discovery of an ancient journal in the second-hand book capital of the world: Hay-on-Wye. The journal tells of the travels and findings of numerous people who contributed to the journal centuries before and followed its ethos in a journey through time and across continents. The friends Bran, Maggie and Ted are united again in an unfolding adventure deciphering the contents of the journal sent out from Ethiopia 1000 years before, by the ancestors of the current Custodians and Guardian of The Hidden. The journal was intended to capture peoples' views in the countries it travelled through so that cultural, religious and social differences could be better appreciated; and to allow some of the mysteries of the world to be recorded. And, importantly, those who carried the journal were to identify and help to protect any precious religious and historical finds that they come across in their travels. Many questions arose from initial study of the journal and it was agreed that these could only be answered by Bran, Maggie and Ted following the journal's trail from north-east Africa, through south-eastern Asia and across Europe. It is their adventures and the many secrets revealed by the journal - murder, thievery, precious finds, and the characters with their own stories to tell - that comprise The Travellers' Tales.