The William Aldridge Foundation

Dead Game by Claire Kinton is an exciting new novel which was successfully launched on 15th/16th October in Nottingham at the New Writers UK Festival 2010.

All profits from the sale of Claires imaginative and inspirational book are being donated to SSAFA Forces Help and Help 4 Heroes


"When Lance Corporal Archie Fletcher’s plane plummets into the Persian Gulf during the Second Gulf War, even his wild imagination could never have primed him for the adventure he must now undertake. With guardian angels, a cursed centaur and mythical saints, Archie battles his way through a feral land called 'Transit'. But 'Dead Game is no easy feat. The fantasy will sweep you away to a parallel world where you will follow Archie’s fateful story full of courageous imagination - confirming that knowing deep within us all that the adventure of life must go on".



About the Author and the inspiration behind the book
Claire has been writing since she was a child, usually making up mystical stories for her own enjoyment, but her inspiration to write Dead Game was ignited following the tragic death of her cousin, who served in Iraq with REME. Stricken with grief and pregnant with her first child, Claire found writing her way of coping with her bereavement. Three children later and after six years of living by an RAF camp with husband Gareth, Claire has forged close friendships with families whose young men risk - and all too often lose - their lives serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Witnessing at first hand the heartbreak of loss that conjures a multitude of emotions, particularly in children and young adults, spurred Claire on to complete Dead Game. For some young minds it is not enough to say ‘He’s gone to Heaven’, they need to know why, what happens next, how long will they be gone? Dead Game is Claire’s way of answering these poignant questions. Uplifting all those who have ever loved and lost, Dead Game strives to put forward one answer to death and at the same time teaches us; we are what we think; love never dies and that the human soul continues eternally.

The book is currently available to purchase through Claire's website: www.clairekinton.com
and at Walkers Bookshop, 27 Southgate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, NG34 7SY (www.walkersbookshops.co.uk/sleaford.htm)

Why not get yourself a signed copy of DEAD GAME?
Claire has two forthcoming signing dates in her diary on: Thursday 4th November at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire 10am-2pm and a special 'Remembrance' signing at Unicorn Tree Books, Central Market, Sincil Street in Lincoln LN5 7ET (www.lincolncentralmarket.co.uk/page_1158437533734.html) at 12noon-3pm on Sat 13th November 2010 – Unicorn Tree Books are kindly waiving their percentage of sales so the two Charities receive the full benefit.

this lovely lady, was helping us by retweeting the foundation website too xxx she is very kind xx