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Contents VII

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Appendices
1 Supporting Characters 375
2 Who’s Who in Full 381
3 The Garrison 389
4 Music 393
5 Bibliography 395
6 Glossary 399

 

 

 

 

Next in the series:

SlenderWolf

In with the In Crowd

Due out in 2026

 

 

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Contents VI

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20 The Unexpected Visitor 153
21 Bubble and Squeak 159
22 A Delicate Question 165
23 Explosive Developments 173
24 Fate Rewards the Brave 183
25 Jackanory Square 193
26 The Almost True True Story of The Canneries 197
27 Inventors Club 221
28 Talent Contest 233
29 Behind the Scenes 253
30 Chocolate Chip Cookies 263
31 The Dandy Highwayman Café 273
32 On the Wolf Wavelength 281
33 Business is Business 293
34 Sovereigns and Crowns 299
35 MarshMallow Time 305
36 Sympathy and Patience 313
37 A Major Win 323
38 The Shorb 329
39 Suited and Booted 337
40 The CounterPlexity Ball 345
41 A Little White Lie 355
42 Magnum Opus 363

 

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Contents V

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SlenderWolf
Conflicts and Alliances

Contents

Prependices
1 Time and Place ix
2 Principal Characters xxvii
Chapters
1 Connectedness 1
2 Charming or Tedious 9
3 On the Canine Wavelength 17
4 In Philosophical Mood 27
5 Missing 35
6 Incursion 43
7 Floods and Famine 51
8 As Good as Gold 59
9 Red in the Face 67
10 Bronze Silver and Gold 73
11 Uncivilised Society 79
12 The Good Apples 87
13 Work or Die 95
14 The French Pirate 105
15 A Barrel of Laughs 115
16 The Battle of Puffin Island 121
17 Hidden Treasure 129
18 The Bathtub Regatta 137
19 Innovative Technology 145

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Rubric

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Copyright © 2025 Scott Rochester

The right of Scott Rochester to be identified as the author of this book has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published 25 Nov 2025 by

Secrets of Success Ltd
Unit 115
155 Minories
London
EC3N 1AD
 
Owl Logo - a simplified graphic in a circular design

All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence granted by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 4LP, without the permission in writing of the publisher.

Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. The SlenderWolf paw print logo, and the owl logo are the trademark property of Paul Brannigan and are used with permission. Other products and trademarks referred to in the novel are the property of their respective owners. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the imagination or are used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is purely coincidental and unintentional. In particular, the chapter, the myth, and the poem “The Good Apples” is pure fiction.

Front Cover:

Back Cover:
All artwork:

 Planet Earth from outer space, overlaid with a
graphic of a ghostly white horse
Main Characters and Supporting Cast
© Scott Rochester

www.slenderwolf.com

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SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances

Book front cover - a view of planet Earth from space - the top two thirds of the cover show outer space in black - the lower third shows cloud cover of about 20% revealing a mix of greens and blues, and indistinct divisions of land and sea - the horizon is prominent with various shades of hazy blues and whites. - All in capitals, in white, the top boldly proclaims SLENDERWOLF as one word - in place of the letter O there's a graphic representing the paw print of a wolf - below that, in a slightly smaller font, the remainder of the title says CONFLICTS AND ALLIANCES - There is no sub title -Overlaid in white capitals across the bottom of the cover is the author's name SCOTT ROCHESTER - Super imposed on the black in the centre of the cover, slightly over to the right, is an image of a graceful, ghostly, white horse appearing to emerge from the cover - the head, neck and forelegs are clear - the body becomes progressively vague as it disappears into the background - the hind legs cannot be seen.

Book 1 – SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances was released in November 2025. It is being serialised on this blog throughout 2026.

The book is available now on Amazon if you don’t want to wait until December 2026 to see how the serialised story unfolds on this blog.

The novel is set in Lancaster, England in the year 2450AD.

Dominated by horses and ships, 400 years in the future looks a lot like 200 years in the past. No oil, no cars and no internet. Youngsters all typically wear white T shirts, blue jeans, and soft Espadrille shoes, that’s all cheap and readily available.

 

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