Ian Woodcock Libros

Forget about groundhogs seeing shadows and foretelling six more weeks of winter. In Ian Woodcock's book, Wind War, the Northlands face a future where every day of the population's lives will be lived in a state of deepest, darkest winter.Autumn is coming to an end, and it is time for Zephyr, Queen of the West winds, to retreat and re-group, ready for Spring. However, she is tipped off that Eras, Lord of the East winds, plans to stay and not let her return - ever!She decides to dig in and refuse to let him have his way, and war ensues. As they muster their troops and battle it out, all hell breaks loose. Thunder and lightning, hail - and even more thunder and lightning. The noise is enough to wake the dead!Boreas, Lord of the Polar winds in the North, is annoyed. His peace has been very much disturbed. He reacts by banishing Zephyr and Eras to Earth as Snowpeople and sort out their differences there.At the culmination of that battle it looks like Eras will win out, and winter is on the way, or is it...?

Jay Smith is a young boy living with his mother, Alice, while his father is deployed on active duty. He is desperate for a grandfather as he misses his father and is upset that his school friends all have grandparents to spend time with during the Summer.Jay produces a plan to get himself a grandfather and advertises for one. His plan doesn't work out as planned and instead of one, he has four volunteers. His mother provides a workable solution by getting them all to agree to a day each in the week, with Jay making the final choice of who he wants on day five.He spends one day each with the elderly gentlemen vying to be his grandfather. Each day brings something new, exciting, and different as the men do their best to convince Jay to choose him. Jay faces a tough decision because he likes all of them. When it comes time for his decision, a surprise is waiting that changes everything.