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|title=Fate

|author=L R Fredericks

|publisher=John Murray

|date=July 2012

|website=http://www.lrfredericks.com

|summary=Lord Francis Damory, bit player in [[Farundell by L R Fredericks|Farundell]], deserved a volume of his own, and this is it. A funny, enthralling, prequel that's better than the first book and certainly more intelligible.

}}

It's the 18th century and 11 year old Francis Damory is spoken to by great great grandfather, Tobias. Nothing odd except that Tobias is dead and speaks via a portrait in Farundell, the family's Oxfordshire home. Hence begins the obsession that will take the adult Sir Francis across the world and through a lifetime of adventures to track Tobias down. The longer Francis looks, the more he realises that Great Great Grandfather isn't dead and that, therefore, Francis wants whatever he's on.