(We're taken on a journey up a cobbled alleyway.)

Panel 1

(We are looking up an alleyway in the city, you could wander past it everyday and never notice it. The tiny old back street is cobbled and there is greenery growing up the sides. It's gloriously unattended and forgotten. Large bricks make up the building on the left and you can see a tower of some kind and trees in the distance.)

Text Box: Everyday hundreds of people walk past a certain cobbled alleyway. Only a few notice it. The rest walk past, busy with the day's stresses. Once in a blue moon someone will see it and amble up, curiosity getting the better of them.

Panel 2

(We have gone up a bit and round the corner. There are old shops and various old buildings up on the right and a stone wall on the left. You can just about make out a lamppost on the right and a little white building on the right.)

Text Box: They wonder why they never noticed it before and then they go back. And they forget.

Panel 3

(Close up of the white building on the right. It has big old black doors and white walls. The signpost is hanging down, old fashioned and wooden.)

Text Box: They never see the sign. It takes a certain type of person to enter.

Panel 4

(Close up of the old wooden signpost. It says ‘The Maze’ in old-fashioned black and red letters.)

Panel 5

(We are taken inside the Maze, which is lined with books. The manager is sitting, deep in thought behind the counter/desk. There are books all around him, a dark till to his right, a laptop to his left. There is clutter here and there and if you look really closely, a cross is in the foreground and a bottle of water. He has black hair with side burns, and is wearing a deep purple shirt with a lighter tie. He is serious looking and intense. This panel is from an angle facing into the corner of the bookshop where the desk is.)

Text Box: Some bookshops are airy and well lit. They have romance novels and the latest self-help books. You might even be able to buy postcards, notebooks and a cup of coffee.

Panel 6

(Straight view of the desk and the manager behind looking very unfriendly. He is resting his hand on the desk in front of him and there is a cup of coffee in front of him.)

Text Box: Foreign pastries are for sale.

Panel 7

(Head and shoulders shot of the manager.)

Text Box: And the staff are helpful and pleasant.

Panel 8

(Close up of his intense dark eyes.)

Text Box: This is NOT such a place.