The breathtaking fantasy adventure for fans of His Dark Materials that The Times calls '
Unputdownable'. '
Unputdownable' - The Times '
Singularly brilliant' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars '
Energetic and inventive' - Sunday Times '
Absolutely cracking!' - Fleur Hitchcock, author of The Boy Who Flew '
A terrific debut of strange myths and dark secrets' - The Bookseller (Editor's Choice). . .
To save the boy, Ellie must prove who he really is - even if that means revealing her own dangerous secret .
But the Enemy can take possession of any human body and the ruthless Inquisition are determined to destroy it forever.
Only Ellie, a fearless young inventor living in a workshop crammed with curiosities, believes he's innocent.
When a mysterious boy washes in with the tide, the citizens believe he's the Enemy - the god who drowned the world - come again to cause untold chaos.
That grey morning, once the Tide had retreated, a whale was found on a rooftop.
The City was built on a sharp mountain that jutted improbably from the sea, and the sea kept trying to claim it back.
The breathtaking fantasy adventure for fans of His Dark Materials that The Times calls '
Unputdownable'