The Dream Factory: Ghosts - Softcover

'AS A CHILD I LEARNED TO DREAM... IT SCARED ME. IT TERRIFIED ME. STILL DOES.' For sixteen-year-old Peter, a.k.a. Pi, his life explodes when his parents - scientists who created a revolutionary new type of artificial intelligence - are brutally abducted by a sinister establishment, The Organisation, desperate to acquire the technology. He flees to the Dream Factory, an old stone hut rebuilt by his father on the remote Eastcombe Beach - and a place people are able to visit through their dreams... Can the combined resources of Pi, the brilliant Navinda, and the new local vicar - a literal doubting Thomas - take on the might of The Organisation?

John Simes is an experienced teacher of English in state secondary schools. He has served as Principal in two of the UK's largest comprehensive schools. He founded Collingwood Learning to advise on school improvement. In 2013, John set up Collingwood Publishing and Media Ltd. He writes fiction and supports programmes in the UK and Africa to set up new schools. He lives with his family in south Devon where he grapples with his addictions to cricket, poetry and the stunning local landscape. John retains his fascination for schools and love of teaching, and the key role of education and literature in shaping lives. Visit John's website: www.johnsimes.co.uk for his blog, news about forthcoming books, and to submit your questions and ideas.