Finally finished editing the last of the original Canon titles, this of course being the Sting of the Scorpion. Which in the UK is one of those books held back for "contractual reasons" actually a dispute between publisher Collins and an older publisher, who also had the Hardy's licence.
It doesn't really matter, mind, as this is one of the good ones, whereas Witchmaster's Key was a massive clusterfuck, this wasn't. A good story, with some previous nods to the series, just like the original stories, and the whole gang assembled to help fight, the crooks.
The story centers around two things mini airships and a wildlife park which is the target of the Scorpio gang. There is also a general scorpion related theme to it, too, with a scorpion hidden in a tree trunk at one point and a harmless whip scorpion sent to Aunt Gertrude, under the guise of a new cooking product.
Quite a few elephants added in this as well with a grumpy tusker and and exploding elephant too (though spoiler alert this was a mini airship with an explosive charge.)
I won't ruin it further, even the exploding 'phant isn't that central to the plot, as, like the scorpion in the tree before mentioned, its in chapter 1.
You can read the original story here.
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