Nick and the First Alphabet (Nick Atlas Series Book 3)

His greatest challenges — and his greatest truths — are still ahead. The boy with blue sight is about to see far more than he ever imagined.“This story began with a secret… and continues with a boy discovering his family’s history is anything but ordinary, holds unexpected shadows … and truths he was never meant to know.”Nick Smith has never been like other kids — the strange blue sight, a chipmunk friend named Pecan, a mind built for puzzles, and a past wrapped in myth.What he discovers next about himself — and the heroes of old — will change how he sees the world… forever.Fade in on fourteen‑year‑old Nick, back in London after Year Two at The School. Emma. Scott. The three of them still piecing together the final days — the mysteries that refuse to stay buried.Scott joins them in London before heading home to Inverness. Three friends. One city. And a link to their past school year hiding in plain sight.(refocus) A strange symbol. A familiar echo. A clue that shouldn’t exist in London.Unexpected events follow them home — and Scott’s extra day in the city becomes anything but ordinary.Then, after Scott leaves, life settles… almost. Creaking stairs. Pancakes and bacon. Sharing nuts with Pecan in the garden. For a moment, Nick lets himself believe things might be normal again.But normal never lasts.A knock at the door. A letter for his mother. A symbol Nick doesn’t recognize.Nick does what Nick does best: He investigates.The truth? An old friend of his mother’s. An invitation. A family waiting across the sea.Soon, Nick and his mum are flying toward new faces, new stories, and a revelation that shakes him to his core — a family secret that changes everything he thought he knew about where his mum comes from… and wonders who he could.He’s unsettled. Confused. But he decides to wait — to tell Emma and Scott when the time is right.Because something bigger is happening.Life at The School is bleeding into London again. Two worlds merging. Magic and myth slipping into everyday life. New people. New dangers. New threads pulling him toward a destiny he’s only beginning to understand.“When the past refuses to stay buried… the future demands to be faced.”New adventures await. New friends. Lifelong enemies. Old relationships deepening in unexpected ways.Nick’s incredible journey continues — with a renewed hope, a fierce determination to make his parents proud, and the growing awareness that he is not just part of the story…He is becoming its center.Because the boy adopted (unbeknownst to him) by his real aunt… the boy with blue sight… the boy who stepped into a hidden world……is rising into the hero he was always meant to be.His world is expanding. His past is awakening. And Nick is ready.Book 1: Nick and the Golden Apple where the adventure begins,Book 2: Nick and the Lost Temple of Pelias begins with an unexpected “SPLASH!!!”,Book 3: Nick and the First Alphabet continues with a ‘suspicious encounter’ that is part of the bigger puzzle.Read all three!(Coming Soon)Book 4: Nick and the Lustral Waters (Summer 2026) where Nick is forced to question his very identity. Read more