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Long before movies like Minority Report and The Matrix, the world's writers have been recording the future as it might exist - and as it turns out, they were right. This bizarre anthology collects the most stunning predictions and imagined inventions here for the first time. Visions of Tomorrow includes "The Land Iron Clads" by H. G. Wells, who described a military tank in 1903 - long before it was ever a possibility; "The Yesterday House" by Fritz Leiber, who wrote about cloned humans; and more.

Max Mullers loves doing magic tricks—his gran has taught him everything she knows! But his tricks aren't enough to keep Bottley the Bully off his back. Then a run-in with Bottley at his parents' market stall gets Max into even bigger trouble—now the notorious East End gangsters the Crayfish Twins are after him! If Max is going to get out of this one, he's going to need a miracle. Fortunately for Max...anything is possible!

Max Magic is back! His dad's market stall is saved and the Crayfish Twins are safely behind bars but Max still has a lot to learn about his mysterious new magical abilities. Does Gran know more about the mysterious chest than she's letting on? Can Max triumph in the national Britain's Top Talent show without using his powers? The spotlight is on him - but some people are not happy about it....