Damia & Afra-Raven-Lyon had reared their children in a brilliant & unorthodox way. All their young had been 'paired' when six months old with the furry, one-eyed Mrdinis, the only other sentient beings in the Alliance, who could communicate with humans by their 'dream messages'. Together, Man & Mrdini worked to create prosperous worlds & guard against the terrible threat of the annihilating Hivers.

And now, in the deeps of Space, Mrdini scouts had crossed the path of three Hive ships -- ships that were giant hulks of cell units, bearing the queens & workers out into space, to breed & multiply & destroy wherever they found a viable planet.

It was the four elder children of Damia -- Laria, Thian, Rojer & Zara -- all uniquely talented in their various ways, who were to play their part, helped by their life-long Dini friends, in the conquering & investigation of the Alien threat of the Hivers.



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Damian Drooth is a super sleuth, a number one detective, a kid with a nose for trouble. & here in this fantastic bumper edition are three of his hilarious stories: The Case of the Disappearing Daughter, How to Be a Detective & The Case of the Popstar's Wedding. ...

When a neighbour's dog goes missing, Damian & his gang of detective apprentices are called in to help find it. First they try posters
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The new girl at school has long blonde hair & big blue eyes, so naturally Damian is fascinated when she says that her grandparents' house is haunted. As the local specialist detective, he feels honour bound to solve the mystery! He agrees to spend a night in their bedroom, to see the ghostly white figures for himself
- & when the ghosts appear, they go into their nightly mime of one throttling the other. But this time Damian throws himself at them, & they turn out to be very solid humans wearing sheets!
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Damian Drooth is electrified to hear the Headmaster tell everyone off about graffiti in one of the school toilets. He immediately wants to bring all his powers of detection to bear to find the perpetrator
- with his class of willing detective apprentices. What with sorting out a handwriting test, & looking for matching paint, he needs all the help he can get! But even Damian isn't expecting to be accused of the crime himself! Can this phenomenally lucky & outrageously successful investigator extricate himself, & still catch the criminal?

Of course he can!


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Damian Drooth has already solved three cases to great acclaim (and uproarious chaos!), & now he is passing on his skills to eager pupils. He has decided to help a friendly old man who thinks that his precious & hard-won inventions are being ripped off by an unscrupulous neighbour. Naturally the meeting of Young Inventors is a good place to start
- & using all his old skill, he does uncover the bad guy...
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Damian Drooth, the one of a kind, clean-up-the world hero, has arrived. Criminals beware
- & be very afraid! In his first case,
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A superstar singer, Tiger Lilly, is gettng married to a footballer. Who better to guard her fabulous wedding pressents than her number one fan, the genius private eye Damian Drooth? Only his mother has serious doubts. But Damian's amazing brain power & cunning plans win through in the end. He tracks down crooks among the wedding guests & wins Tiger Lilly's undying admiration. ...