MEET THE TIME KEYS
Hunt for the golden Scarab
BOOK ONE in the time keys series
Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim discovers why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time.
Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwit the sinister Council of Keys and be the first to find Nefertiti’s lost tomb and a powerful door to Ancient Egypt. They must piece together long-hidden clues if they are to solve the mystery of her golden heart scarab. Can they find it before the Council finds them?
AUDIOBOOK
WRITTEN BY: M. G. Leonard
NARRATED BY: Theo Solomon
SERIES: TIME KEYS, book one
LENGTH: 7 hours and 17 minutes
ACTIVITIES
A free fun activity sheet can be downloaded from Dropbox.
This contains a wordsearch, codes to crack, a crossword and a treasure map to solve.
Teachers, can find a free downloadable PDF of classroom activities in TES or you can download it from Dropbox.
There is also a playlist of videos featuring M. G. Leonard reading the first chapter from Hunt for the Golden Scarab, talking about the inspiration for the book, and Ancient Egypt in her YouTube channel.
REVIEWS & INterviews
THE LEGEND OF VIKING THUNDER
Coming 11th September 2025
Sim's Uncle Emmett is missing. He’s running from the ruthless Council of Keys. Sim and his cousin Jeopardy are determined to find him. Their search takes them through a hidden door in time to Viking Norway and a desperate mission across land and sea to stop the legendary Gjallarhorn - said to herald Ragnarök, the end of the world - from falling into the wrong hands.
The Legend of Viking Thunder can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the thrilling Time Keys series.
“This series fits perfectly into the Key Stage 2 History curriculum by providing high quality class reads that enhance what is being explored in lessons.”
The Impossible Gladiator
Coming February 2026
The action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who in the third title of this blockbusting epic series.
Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson are enjoying an amazing holiday in Rome, until they they are swept up in the mysterious disappearance of world-famous illusionist Kinetic. He vanished during a live, broadcast illusion in Rome's famous Colosseum, but he never reappeared. When Kinetic’s sister finds a strange description of a Roman gladiator in a history book who sounds uncannily like her brother, the friends are determined to help.
They travel through secret time doors to the spectacular – and deadly – Colosseum in 80 CE. Facing fierce gladiators, rhinos, hungry lions, and the ruthless Chairman of the Council of Keys, Kane Wolfe, can the brave trio survive the ancient games and bring Kinetic – and themselves – back to their own time?
The Impossible Gladiator can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the thrilling Time Keys series.
TIME KEYS 4
Coming September 2026