The Amber Pendant

The Amber Pendant Synopsis

When twelve-year-old Rose Muddle is taken from the workhouse by a mysterious woman, she finds herself working as a maid in a grand house. But it soon becomes clear that her new mistress, Miss Templeforth, has much bigger plans for Rose. She is the keeper of a strange amber pendant – a pendant which holds extraordinary things; shadows, spirits, which were trapped inside long ago… And Rose is to inherit it.

But with the pendant comes huge responsibility and danger, for there is a second pendant held by those who wish to wreak havoc on the world and turn it to a place of shadow… With the help of her friend Rui, and Bahula the monkey, Rose is flung into a treacherous adventure, pitting herself against the treacherous Brotherhood of the Black Sun.

The Amber Pendant was inspired by the real-life discovery of a relic known as the Hove Amber Cup. When Imogen moved to Hove, East Sussex, she discovered a little spoken-about Bronze Age cup made of amber, tucked away in the local museum. Found beneath an enormous 'Beowulf-style' burial mound which once stook in the centre of Hove (Hove comes from the Danish word 'Hof' meaning burial ground) - it's something few people know about.

Imogen comments: " I found myself imagining who this forgotten hero was, why they owned this cup crafted from amber, and what they might have done to be buried in such a grand way. Magical stories exist wherever you live, even in our towns and cities. If you just take a closer look, there are whispers in the landscape of incredible places and forgotten people from our past - clues to be found in our local folklore and legends."