by Patricia McKillip (Author)
The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince's son can stop her from seizing the throne but he's just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with. Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Atom
Published: 01 Jul 2004
ISBN 10: 1904233333
ISBN 13: 9781904233336
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
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