Local author Jenny Valentine was inspired by an annual festival of fire and fireworks in Hay-on-Wye. (From Hereford Times)

Local author Jenny Valentine was inspired by an annual festival of fire and fireworks in Hay-on-Wye.

8:00am Friday 6th August 2010 in Books

HAY on Fire will never seem quite the same to readers of local author Jenny Valentine’s new novel, The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight.

The spectacular show with its blazing centrepiece of a gigantic wicker man plays a pivotal role in a dark tale about identity and family secrets, and the dangers inherent in getting what you wish for.

When one teenage boy assumes the identity of another, missing for two years from his home in Hay, the dream he thinks has come true turns out to be a nightmare.

To order a copy of The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight (published price £5.99) at the offer price £5.39, postage and packing free, see ‘How to order’ under the Hereford Times Book Group choice, opposite.