Syren (Septimus Heap)

Syren (Septimus Heap)

by Angie Sage (Author)

Synopsis

In the fifth book of this Magykal series, Septimus and his friends find themselves on an island whose secrets are as dark and dangerous as its inhabitants. Septimus Heap returns to the House of Foryx with Spit Fyre to pick up Jenna, Nicko, Snorri, and Beetle. But the journey home does not go well and when Septimus and his friends are caught in a storm, Spit Fyre crashes into the Rokk Lighthouse. They are rescued by the lighthouse keeper who is disturbingly sinister, and who has an equally sinister cat ...And all the while, Septimus is trying to fight the strange pull he's feeling to the island and its mysterious secrets.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 Apr 2010

ISBN 10: 074759886X
ISBN 13: 9780747598862
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: Magyk, Flyte, Physik and Queste all entered the UK Top 10 bestseller list in hardback - including at #1 The Septimus Heap series has sold over a million copies worldwide in 28 languages, and appeared on the bestseller lists in France, Sweden, Spain, and in the US

Media Reviews
Praise for Septimus Heap series: 'Warm, funny and humane, Sage takes care with the destiny of even her smallest characters, and is a real discovery' The Times 'Sage navigates her complex setting with suspenseful and well-structured plotlines ... These books open an array of dazzling worlds. It's worth hoping aboard this bus, and I'm eagerly waiting at the stop' The Times Praise for Syren: There's plenty of intrigue in the short chapters ... this is another incident-packed mass of reading pleasure' School Librarian 'Wonderful fantasy novel ... filled with joy, triumph and deceit' Teen Titles magazine
Author Bio
Angie Sage began her career illustrating books, and then started writing - first toddler books, later chapter books and then the masterful Septimus Heap. She lives in a fifteenth-century house in Somerset. She has two grown-up daughters.