On a rainy September Sunday in the near future a cargo of strange, shapeless bags appears on the luggage carousel at Manchester Airport. The bags are huge, and some people think they move, but everyone is quite willing to forget them when they disappear. Only later, when Britain has been devastated by the cockatrice monsters they contain, is this recognised as the beginning of disaster. A train is sent with forces to do battle with the monsters and with tinned carrots to feed the starving population of Manchester. The last recruit to the train is a drummer boy, Dakin and his adventures are told in this imaginative story.
- ISBN10 0613575016
- ISBN13 9780613575010
- Publish Date July 2003 (first published 6 June 1996)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 6 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Econo-Clad Books, Div. of American Cos., Inc.
- Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Language English