Amelia Wainwright and the Chimera Project (seeking representation)

Thirteen-year-old Amelia Wainwright’s world is shattered when her father, an undercover secret agent, vanishes without a trace. Refusing to accept his disappearance as final, she launches a desperate mission to uncover what really happened, accompanied by her loyal best friend, Sebastian, and her father’s colleague, Rex.

While searching through her father’s belongings, a strange encounter changes everything: a mysterious woman transforms into a mouse before Amelia’s eyes, dropping a peculiar watch in the process. Amelia retrieves it, only to discover that the watch holds an extraordinary power. It allows its wearer to transform into animals.

As she learns to wield this impossible new ability, Amelia finds herself drawn into the secretive world of the Chimera Project, the same operation her father was investigating when he vanished. When her mother is kidnapped from their home, the mission becomes personal. The watch, it turns out, is more than a weapon; it’s the key to everything.

Their search leads them through the shadowy underworld of Cairo, ancient tombs and museums, and the scorching Egyptian desert, pursued relentlessly by the enigmatic and dangerous Agents of Celine: Windsor, Sherwood, as well as the sinister Celine herself. With Rex captured and Sebastian accidentally transported to the North Pole, Amelia is left to navigate treacherous terrain alone, aided only by two new allies, Nadia and Omar. But betrayal lurks closer than she realises.

The final confrontation unfolds in Celine’s secret desert stronghold, where Amelia must face the monstrous Chimera, a mythical creature with the body of a lion, a goat’s head protruding from its back, and a serpent for a tail. With her parents’ lives hanging in the balance and the full force of the Chimera Project revealed, Amelia must use every skill she’s gained to defeat her enemies, expose the traitor in their midst, and protect the world from the terrifying power the watch contains.

Amelia Wainwright and the Chimera Project is the first book in a planned trilogy. 

Currently Seeking Representation.