In the third and final book of his Wenger Trilogy, author and lifelong Arsenal fan Dave Seager takes us on a journey through Arsenal’s wilderness years and back to glory, culminating in the clubs 2014 FA Cup final win.

Wilderness to Thrillderness: The return of the magic hat is the follow up Dave’s 2018 “Arsene’s Double Double – a Cool Cat in a Magic Hat” and 2023 “From Double Double to Invincibubble – The further adventures of a Cool Cat in his Magic Hat”.

Like the previous two books in the trilogy, Wilderness to Thrillerness documents Arsenal’s history in Dave’s unique style, making it a perfect book for adults and children.

Starting after the FA Cup win of 2005, the wilderness years covers “selling too many players to City”, the “glorious run to a Champions League final” and “Highbury’s final day salute”.

At a good pace, we then traverse the near misses of the 2007/08 season, when we “fell away to third in a title race they had led most of the way” and the 2011 League Cup final “lost to a soon to be relegated team”.

A new dawn rises as the book takes a turn, focusing in depth on the 2013/14 FA Cup run. From Tottenham to Coventry, Liverpool, Everton and Wigan, Dave rhymes his way to a final showdown against Hull City.

With twists and turns that Hollywood could not script, I won’t spoil the conclusion but I am sure you have not forgotten!

Once more Dave joins up with Poorly Drawn Arsenal, whose illustrations bring the words to life.

The trilogy is a brilliant look at the Wenger years combining fun and history. A great book to introduce a young Arsenal to our past whilst also being a must have in any collection!

You can pre-order Wilderness to Thrillderness: The return of the magic hat today through Legends Publishing.