Legend of Tom Hickathrift

by Jason Cobley

Published 24 July 2013

i"?Hundreds of years ago, in the East of England there was an area called The Smeeth. Shrouded in mist, it was a landscape of farming, fens...and fear. Strange demons haunted the fields and villages of this marshy hinterland. Into this West-Norfolk wilderness strode an unlikely champion: a bluff young boy called TOM HICKATHRIFT. As tall as a tree and as wide as a wall, young Tom sets out to prove himself a hero to his disapproving mother and his ever-so-hard-to-please girlfriend, Sarah. In less time than it takes to wave a walloping stick, Tom finds himself deep in the dark, dank Smeeth and has to face man-eating ogres, ghostly dogs, talking tree spirits, dragons, bears, wolves - and worst of all, his own ravenous hunger for pie Inspired by the West Norfolk legends of Marshland Fen, The Legend of Tom Hickathrift puts a witty, modern spin on the traditional tale.