In a gripping stand-alone fantasy from the acclaimed Alison Croggon , a pickpocket steals the cursed Stone Heart and is propelled into a power struggle, woven with witchcraft, that will change the kingdom forever.
With assassins on his trail and the ominou.
But when he picks the wrong pocket, Pip finds himself in possession of a strange dried heart in a silver casket--and those who lost it will stop at nothing to get it back.
Pip lives by his wits in the city of Clarel.
In a gripping stand-alone fantasy from the acclaimed Alison Croggon , a pickpocket steals the cursed Stone Heart and is propelled into a power struggle, woven with witchcraft, that will change the kingdom forever