THE author of a fantasy book collection will be signing copies of the second installment in the region this month.

James David launched the Aqua Crysta series earlier this year, with the first part - Next To No Time - proving a big success.

The second book, Deeper Than Yesterday, is set beneath the North York Moors between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Mr David will be signing first editions at The Whitby Bookshop, in Whitby, on Saturday and Sunday.

He will also be at Ottakar's, in Darlington, next Tuesday; Borders, in York, on Wednesday, October 27; Waterstones, in Scarborough, on Thursday, October 28; Waterstones, Middlesbrough, on Saturday, October 30; and Pickering Railway Station on Sunday, October 31.