There comes a time when we look back on our younger days and remember some of the great times we had and the fun things we enjoyed. I'm not talking about a college student remember how easy high school once was, but rather how a man in his twenties remembers how he was as a child. In my case, I remember how, back when I still lived in South Africa, I used to line up toy cars in rows, fuelling my parents' speculation that I would grow up to be a parking attendant. I remember how I always spent my Saturdays at my friend Timothy's house dreaming of building a motorized cart. And I also remember how I loved reading serialized magazines designed specifically for my age group.

The serialized magazines I'm talking about are similar to the Zoo Books that you see every now and again on television; back in South Africa, I can remember subscribing to quite a few series. A couple magazines I can recall from memory are Bugs and Dinosaurs, magazines that dealt with their obvious subject matter. However, there was one serialized magazine that, for me, stood out from the rest. Unlike all of my other serialized magazines, this one was a fantasy story. I'm pretty sure that it's this series that started my love affair with fantasy and science fiction literature.

It was called - Resd About It Here!

The Ancestral Trail: An Epic Story of Myths, Magic and Monsters.

The Ancestral Trail is atrilogy book first put out in a magazine series published by Marshal Cavendish over a period from 1992-3. Written by Frank Graves and illustrated by Julek and Adam Heller (with computer-generated graphics in the second half by Mehau Kulyk).

The Ancestral Trail is split into two halves, of 26 issues each, making a total of 52 issues. The first half takes place in the aforementioned Ancestral World, and describes Richard's struggle to restore good to the world. The second half takes place in the Cyber Dimension, and is about Richard's attempt to find a way back to his own world. It is in this second half that The Evil One is finally defeatedThe Ancestral Trail was 'split' into two halves, of 26 issues each, making a total of 52 issues. The first half, published throughout 1993, takes place in the aforementioned Ancestral World, describes Richard's struggle to restore good to the world. After the initial international run which sold over 30 million copies worldwide, the second series was created. The second half, published in 1994, takes place in the Cyber Dimension, and is about Richard's attempt to find a way back to his own world. Each issue centered on an adventure against a particular adversary, and each issue ended on a cliffhanger.

The work itself has gained a somewhat cultish following. For further detail go to the Internet Search Engines or even Ebay as there is an abundance of websites advertising this project.

Iit tells the story of a boy called Richard who is suddenly plucked from his home world and into a new place, known as the Ancestral World. There, he learns from an old man named Golan that he is The Chosen One, appointed to save this world from a great evil being known simply as The Evil One. Said Evil One has already conquered the Ancestral World by stealing six pods from the Tree Of Life and imprisoning six Guardians (more on that later).

Richard, meanwhile, has two different coloured eyes, one green and one grey. The green eye sees only good; the grey eye sees only evil. Joined by a pig-man called Orkan, and a dwarf called Melek, Richard embarks on a quest to recover the pods, reinstate the guardians, and rally the forces of the Ancestral World together for the final battle, all within 26 days!

However, after the final battle is won, instead of returning home, Richard is catapulted into a new adventure in the deadly Cyber Dimension, a world where machines rule and carbon-based organisms cannot survive. Placing his trust in a small robot called Robo (no, really) he faces a desperate struggle to find a way back, while constantly on the lookout for the servants of the supreme overlord of the Cyber Dimension - The Evil One.